BIOGRAPHY

Linlin Jin is an Assistant Professor of Finance at Mount Royal University, with a PhD in Finance from the University of Manitoba. Research interests include corporate finance, behavioural finance, corporate governance, family business, and international finance, with current work examining how CEOs’ vocal emotions and communication during earnings calls influence investor perceptions, market reactions, and assessments of firm risk. Published research also explores investment efficiency in family and non-family firms and international strategies for hedging inflation risk. Teaching areas include securities analysis, equity valuation, corporate finance, and financial applications, with an emphasis on connecting financial theory to real-world analysis, technology, and critical thinking.