Nan Zhang is a PhD student in Economics at Claremont Graduate University. She has a BA degree in International Business from University of International Business and Economics in Beijing, China, an MBA and an MS degree in Economics from California State Polytechnic University, Pomona. Her research focuses on international monetary finance such as global and regional financial crises, international monetary union and optimal currency areas, and so on. She has co-authored in several publications on the recent financial crisis and endogenous OCA analysis in the Euro zone.