Teaching

Teaching as an independent lecturer:
2020-Present MOS3311A&B Advanced Corporate Finance at Western University
2025 Fall MOS 4497A Selected Topics in MOS: Financial Modelling at Western University 
2019 Spring FIN3003 Survey of Finance: teaching evaluation at University of Texas at San Antonio
2018 Summer FIN3013 Principle of Business Finance at University of Texas at San Antonio
2017 Fall FIN3003 Survey of Finance at University of Texas at San Antonio

Teaching Award:
UTSA Keith Fairchild Teaching Excellence Award 2019

Selected Evaluation Comments:
  • Professor Liu is one of the most generous professors l have ever met! Extremely patient in answering any questions and fixing problems.
  • She is a really passionate and helpful teacher, which in turn motivates me! Love it when people who have genuinely work, and spent time in their field, then come back to teach it as there is a genuine passion that you can observe and that really can rub on every student as well as they in turn get inspired as well!
  • Professor Liu is a very serious and dedicated person, as well as very passionate in class and gentle to students. The class made me feel happy and comfortable
  • Liu is very kind and patient. She always explains complex concepts to us in interesting ways, and gives us examples and practice question to help us prepare for the exam. I love her classes so much.
  • Yini was an excellent professor, She was really helpful and encouraging. She had great office hours and even went out of her way to make time for me. She was very helpful and really did a good job teaching advanced finance.”
  • I think professor Liu is one of the best instructors I have in Western. She is super careful and make the difficult concepts clear and easy for understanding.
  • Professor Liu is one of the best professors I have had in my entire 4 years of MOS. She teaches in a way that she really wants the students to do well, rather than just teaching the content and then not caring about students. I loved the format she used, although I might ask her to upload recordings of her lectures after.
  • I deeply appreciate Yini Liu's teaching style and support throughout the course. She is incredibly supportive, always willing to help, and truly cares about her students' learning and grades. Her flexibility and accommodating nature have made the learning experience much smoother and more enjoyable. It’s clear she is committed to her students' success, and her efforts are greatly valued.
  • Yini Liu is a really nice and thoughtful person, and she help me gain more understanding. Her class is really great. She did a great job on connecting mos2310 with the content in this class. She is really great! Sometimes i even wish i can learn more about corporate finance.
  • Professor Liu is a very passionate instructor who has her students best interests at heart. She always ensures students understand the concepts and encourages participation in class discussions.
  • I feel more engaged in her class and she provide me a lot of help during her office hour, making me understanding better about the financial world and how it works in real life company. Thanks her a lot!
  • Yini has been a fantastic instructor for this course. I was scared at first of the level of difficulty of the content taught, however, through lectures, the information is presented in such an understandable method. Emails are quickly responded to, and even in office hours every question I have is answered.
  • Best finance teacher ever! This course was quite daunting at first, however, having a professor like Ms. Liu made it a whole lot easier! This was one of my favorite courses at UTSA as well as one of my favorite professors!
  • Professor Liu was AWESOME! She was always ready to teach and explain information step-by-step. This course was definitely challenging but as long as you study the material, you're bound to get an A or B. She was always available outside of class in person and through email, and she would respond quickly. I also loved how she would send email reminders about upcoming quizzes and homework. Definitely recommend this course to a business major who does not mind a little challenge. I will take her class if she ever teaches other courses. Super awesome professor and class!
  • Professor Yini Liu is an amazing professor. Through her demeanor and actions, she constantly shows that she cares for her students while at the same time, teaching concepts and giving out material that challenges all of her students. She seems as if she genuinely cares abut her students well being, and I respect that.
  • Professor was always ready to help when need be. Very knowledgeable and kind! Great teaching style, easy to understand. I will be recommending Professor Liu to other students who need to take Fin 3003!
  • I love the instructor. I honestly was worried about this class because of all the calculations we were going to be doing. But the instructor always made sure we understood the material by giving us plenty examples and reviews. Great woman!
  • She is a great professor. She explains things clearly, and always willing to help us out. She is very generous, and understanding. I would take her again if I could.
  • This has been a very hard class, especially for a 5 week summer course, but Professor Liu has done a great job teaching the class the necessary information needed to succeed. I had my doubts at first because of how young she is, but she knows he material and truly cares about any student who cares enough to put in the effort. Hopefully I will not have to take this class again, but if I do I will be sure to make sure I get her as my professor a second time. Very tough tests, but very informative lectures. She prioritizes teaching the coursework during class time, but at the same time, she does not have a problem with taking a short moment to allow us to jokingly complain and whine about the difficulty of the information expected to learn. She is very relateable, yet informative, and she, alone, does not make me regret taking such a hard class during a 5 week summer course.
  • Professor was always ready and answered all questions during class thoroughly so no doubts were left. Sometimes we ran out of time while the professor was explaining a concept, but she made sure to let us know we could attend her office hours if there were any lingering questions.
  • Professor Liu is a phenomenal educator.
  • Thanks for being a talented professor with the ability of breaking down a think material and making it easy to digest. great communication inside and outside of the classroom with all the students. Always on time, never late.
  • Tough class, but the teacher made learning about finance fun and was very informative.
  • I love that our professor was young and even made jokes we could relate to.
  • Very sweet professor.
  • Great professor, attentive, helpful and always available.