JAY HEON JUNG
Dr Jay Jung is a Senior Lecturer in Accounting at Bayes Business School, City, University of London.
Dr Jung's research focuses on financial analysts and capital markets. His work has been published in top peer reviewed journals such as Journal of Accounting and Economics and featured in prestigious news outlets such as Bloomberg, Yahoo Finance, Le Monde, and NBC News Radio across USA, UK, Europe, and Asia.
Dr Jung is on the Editorial Board of European Accounting Review. He serves as an ad hoc reviewer for top peer reviewed journals, such as Journal of Accounting and Economics and The Accounting Review. He has received two Excellence in Reviewing Awards from the American Accounting Association's Financial Accounting and Reporting Section (FARS) and European Accounting Review.
Dr Jung has taught in MBA, Postgraduate, and Doctoral programs. He also teaches in the Executive Education (EMBA) program in Dubai, UAE (his latest teaching evaluation score in 2022 = 5.0/5).
In 2019, Dr Jung co-organized the CeFARR Accounting Conference on the theme of new trends in sell-side analyst research, with a special focus on MiFID II directives (Event Brochure; Program). The conference featured the editors of top accounting journals (i.e., TAR, CAR), finance practitioners from equity research firms and investment banks, journalists, and members of the U.K. Financial Conduct Authority.
Dr Jung has held visiting positions at Boston College, DePaul University, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, and University of Texas at Austin.
In his free time, Dr Jung enjoys training Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. He is an English Open BJJ Champion (all wins by submission; UKBJJA's highest ranked competition) and a North American Grappling Association (NAGA) UK Grappling Champion. Combining his hobby with the joy of being an educator, he often teaches BJJ to UK elementary school children through a non-profit charity program.