Chia-Ling Chao

Professor Chia-Ling Chao is a Professor of Accounting and Information Technology and currently serves as Chair of the Department of Accounting and Information Technology (AIT) at National Chung Cheng University (CCU) in Taiwan. Her research primarily focuses on auditing and financial accounting. She also serves as an Associate Editor for the Review of Pacific Basin Financial Markets and Policies and is a Certified Public Accountant in Australia. In recognition of her outstanding research performance, Professor Chao has been exempt from faculty evaluation at CCU since 2019. She has played a central role in advancing CCU’s international collaborations with several distinguished universities, including Fordham University, Rutgers University, and Thammasat University in Thailand. Under her leadership, the AIT Department has also established a robust industry–academia partnership with Taiwan Auto-Design Co., a leading firm in the information services industry. In addition, she represents AIT in formalizing a partnership with Ernst & Young (EY), one of the Big Four accounting firms. Through this collaboration, EY will award an AIT student a merit scholarship totaling USD 60,000 upon completion of a master’s degree at a pre-approved U.S. institution.