Dr. Ting Zhang is a professor at the Merrick School of Business and associate director of the Jacob France Institute at the University of Baltimore. She holds the Harry Y. Wright Chair and has earned many honors, including the University System of Maryland Board of Regents Faculty Award in Scholarship/Research (2023), the University President’s Award (2024), the Black and Decker Research Award (2025), Teaching Awards (five times), APPAM Faculty Fellow, Kauffman Foundation Fellowship, USDOL Fellowship, Best Paper Awards, etc.

A past chair of the North America Regional Science Council and president of Northeastern Regional Science Association, Dr. Zhang has held leadership roles also with Association of Public Policy Analysis and Management (APPAM) and Labor and Employment Relations Association, and served on Maryland’s Equal Pay Commission. She has authored many journal articles, books, and book chapters, with research spanning human capital, employment, entrepreneurship, and workforce development. Her work appears in leading journals including Small Business Economics, Production and Operations Management, Transportation Research Part A, Journal of Small Business Management, Applied Economics, etc.

As principal investigator, she has secured over $10 million in grants from agencies such as the USDOL, USDA, the Gates Foundation, Maryland agencies. A sought-after speaker worldwide, her research has been cited by major outlets like Forbes, Bloomberg Businessweek, and Time, influencing both scholarship and policy. Dr. Ting Zhang is also an editor, associate editor, or member of the editorial boards for multiple high-quality and reputable academic journals, including Small Business Economics, Journal of Urban Management, and Letters in Spatial & Resource Sciences. She has also served as a guest editor for special issues in journals such as Entrepreneurship and Economic Development and Review of Regional Research.