Our People - Faculty

Born in Bangladesh, Muhammad completed high school in the UAE and moved to Canada for post-secondary education. He then completed his Bachelor of Commerce at Queen’s University. From there, he moved to Toronto to work at Deloitte’s Assurance & Advisory services, during which time he obtained his CPA, CA degrees.

He then moved back to Kingston again to complete an M.Sc. in Finance before finally completing a PhD in Accounting at the University of Toronto. Following the completion of his PhD, Muhammad joined the City University of Hong Kong as an Assistant Professor and spent two years there before joining the University of Waterloo.

His primary research interests are in capital markets, specifically in the areas of ETFs, executive compensation, and financial reporting. He strives to do research that can have policy implications such as to better shape decision making for capital market participants.

Wenqian specializes in behavioral management accounting research. She obtained her Ph.D. from Georgia Institute of Technology, her Research Master from Tilburg University (the Netherlands), and her Bachelor’s Degree from Fudan University (China). Before academia, she worked at Bain & Company and Allianz Group in Shanghai, China.

As an educator, Miguel King is committed to teaching excellence and student engagement. His teaching background spans 17 years including high-school teacher, teacher-trainer, college instructor, and currently a lecturer at the university level. Additionally, his professional background includes working as an Assistant Registrar at a multi-national testing agency, and as a Junior Psychometrician at the Canadian Securities Institute where he managed a highly effective team of test developers in authoring and analyzing some of the largest financial services exams used across the nation. Miguel currently teaches Business Communication at the university level, combining years of teaching and industry experience to prepare students for excellence in written and oral communication in higher education and beyond.

Miguel has adopted a very student-focused pedagogy. He believes that when he meets struggling students where they are and helps them to develop a healthy relationship with failure, those students can begin to reach their full potential. Miguel also appreciates the unique challenges facing Canada’s large international student population. As an Applied Linguist and certified TESOL practitioner he can identify linguistic barriers and help his students overcome them so they can better focus on content. This highly rated educator is currently co-authoring an open educational resource textbook to make Business Communication even more accessible for students.

Tisha completed her PhD Management (Accounting) at Wilfrid Laurier University. She obtained her graduate degree in Finance from the University of Leicester and is a professional accountant (ACCA, CPA, CGA). Professor King’s research focuses on ethical judgment and decision making within the context of taxpayers. Some of her recent studies investigate how advances in technology, punishment outcomes, and fairness influence tax compliance. She also has a keen interest in ethical issues related to social justice. When Professor King is not doing research or learning with students, she enjoys running, biking, and hiking with her family.

Mingyue Zhang is an incoming Assistant Professor of Accounting at the School of Accounting and Finance at the University of Waterloo. She is broadly interested in empirical capital market research in accounting, with a special focus on financial disclosure, intangible assets, and environmental, social, and governance (ESG) issues. Her research is published in leading journals such as The Accounting Review.

Mingyue earned her Ph.D. in Accounting from Rotman School of Management at the University of Toronto, and Master of Professional Accounting from Singapore Management University. Prior to joining the Ph.D. program, She accumulated work experience in accounting firms as an Auditor. Mingyue is also an affiliate of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA).