Lin Tong is an associate professor (with tenure) at the Gabelli School of Business at Fordham University. She received her PhD in finance from Tippie College of Business at the University of Iowa. She also holds an MS in mathematics from Iowa State University and a BA in mathematics from Nanjing University, China.
Dr. Tong's research interests include institutional investors, high-frequency trading, mutual funds, and behavioral finance. Her work has been accepted for publication in the Management Science, Review of Financial Studies, and many leading field journals. Her research has been presented at high-level gatherings, among them annual meetings of the American Finance Association, China International Conference in Finance, European Finance Association, and Financial Management Association, the NYU Stern Conference, and the SEC Conference on the Regulation of Financial Markets. Her work has been mentioned in several media outlets, including The Economist and Barron’s. She has been invited to serve as an ad-hoc reviewer for the Financial Research Letters, Journal of Banking and Finance, Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, Journal of Financial Markets, Journal of Financial Stability, Management Science, Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance, and Review of Finance.