Jones Graduate School of Business at Rice University. Professor Xing became a faculty member in July, 2003. She earned her Ph.D. in Finance, with distinction, from the Graduate School of Business, Columbia University, in 2003. She received an M.S. in Decision Science and Economics from Northwestern University in 1998 and a B.A., with distinction, in economics from Peking University, Beijing, in 1997. Her research covers a wide range of topics in empirical asset pricing. She has taught Investments, Corporate Finance, Fixed Income, and Futures & Options here at the Jones School.