Xinxin Jiang, PhD

Education

• PhD, Tufts University
• MS, Tsinghua University, Beijing, P.R. China
• BS, Tsinghua University, Beijing, P.R. China

Research/Creative Interests

• Probability Theory
• Statistics
• Financial Mathematics
• AI in Education

Teaching Philosophy

I love seeing what students are thinking, whether it appears as a smile, a raised eyebrow, or a thoughtful frown. Those moments often guide where the lesson goes next. I believe learning happens through interaction, exploration, and persistence. Bring a pencil, paper, and an open mind; the rest we will figure out together.

Employment History

• Suffolk University
  Associate Professor, Department of Mathematics and Computer Science (2012-present)
• Suffolk University
  Assistant Professor, Department of Mathematics and Computer Science (2006-2012)
• University of Miami
  Lecturer, Department of Mathematics (2005-2006)
• Rhodes College
  Assistant Professor, Department of Mathematics and Computer Sciences (2001-2005)

Recent Scholarly or Creative Contributions

• “Modeling Stock Return Distributions and Pricing Options”, The Journal of Derivatives, Spring 2026, 33(3) 14 – 27. DOI: 10.3905/jod.2025.1.244
• “Investment performance of shorted leveraged ETF pairs,” with Stanley Peterburgsky, Applied Economics, Vol 49, Issue 44, (2017), 4410-4427.
• “On generalized Leibniz triangles and q-Gaussians,” with Marjorie Hahn and Sabir Umarov, Phys. Letters A, 376, (2012), 2447–2450.
• “On q-Gaussians and exchangeability,” with Marjorie Hahn and Sabir Umarov, J. Phys. A: Math. Theor. 43, (2010), 165208.