She received her Ph.D. in Accounting Information Systems from Rutgers University. Her primary research interests lie at the intersection of data analytics and accounting. Her Ph.D. dissertation, entitled “The application of Exploratory Data Analysis in Auditing” was selected as the winner of 2015 AAA SET section Outstanding Dissertation Award. She is also interested in Bibliographic Analysis of Accounting Literature. At URI, Dr. Liu teaches Accounting Information Systems. Prior to joining URI, she taught at Siena College, a liberal arts college in New York.