Vivian Giang

Biography

Vivian Giang joined New York University Stern School of Business in 2020. She teaches Business and Society, as well as Commerce and Culture.

Professor Giang is a senior staff editor at The New York Times where she provides editing support to multiple desks during news surges. She has worked on the business, politics, and national desks, and has worked on topics ranging from climate change, police brutality, terror – both domestic and foreign – economics and the presidential race. Since 2020, she has been part of a team of editors who help with elections and coronavirus coverage for The Times’s continuously updated live briefings, which includes the contributions of journalists from all corners of the world.

Prior to The Times, Professor Giang was a freelance writer and editor with a focus on how the changing workplace affects the way we work and live. Her writing has appeared in Fortune Magazine, Fast Company magazine, the BBC, Quartz and Marie Claire magazine. She was also the editor-in-chief of a workplace-focused digital magazine for the Bersin Group at Deloitte.

Professor Giang earned a bachelor’s degree from the University of Georgia, and a master’s degree from NYU at the Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute, where she completed graduate business courses at Stern to specialize in Business and Economic Reporting.

Courses Taught

• Business and Society
• Commerce and Culture

Academic Background

MA, Business and Economic Reporting
New York University

BA, Journalism and English
University of Georgia