My research examines how managers make voluntary disclosure decisions, and the implications of those voluntary disclosure choices for capital market outcomes.
ACCT 4828 - ESG Reporting: Accounting for a Changing World
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Spring 2024 / Spring 2025 / Spring 2026
Introduces students to the current state of corporate sustainability reporting through the lens of accounting and financial reporting concepts. The course has three basic elements. We will cover (1) data and measurement issues associated with corporate sustainability reporting, (2) current disclosure frameworks and the evolving regulatory landscape, and (3) other accounting-related topics including the intersection of sustainability and US GAAP and ESG Assurance.
ACCT 5300 - ESG Reporting and Analysis: Accounting for a Changing World
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Spring 2026
This course introduces students to the current state of corporate sustainability reporting through the lens of accounting and reporting concepts. The course will cover issues with data and measurement, including carbon accounting, and teach students how to access and interpret corporate sustainability information. The course will also provide an introduction to key reporting frameworks, cover current trends in reporting. The course will also touch on additional topics in sustainability reporting, including the intersection of ESG and US GAAP, assurance and ESG ratings, before culminating with a capstone group project.
ACCT 5820 - Topics in Business
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Spring 2024 / Spring 2025
Offered irregularly to provide opportunity for investigation of new frontiers in accounting. Degree credit not granted for this course and MSBX 5820.
ACCT 7340 - Doctoral Seminar: Managerial Accounting Research
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Spring 2026
Survey of managerial accounting research, emphasizing a variety of methodologies including economics-based archival empirical and experimental approaches. Topics include: management performance measurement; management incentives; non-financial performance measures; management control systems; cost behavior and cost structure; intra-firm transfer pricing; inter-firm relations and knowledge sharing; risk preferences; risk taking and risk sharing; strategic performance measurement; agency theory; and budgetary slack and performance.
MBAX 6720 - ESG Reporting and Analysis
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Spring 2025
This course introduces students to the current state of corporate sustainability reporting through the lens of accounting and reporting concepts. The course has three basic elements. We will cover (1) data and measurement issues associated with corporate sustainability reporting, largely at the conceptual level, (2) current disclosure frameworks and the evolving regulatory landscape, and (3) other topics including ESG assurance, ESG ratings and the role of ESG information in sustainable investing. Recommended prerequisite: MBAC 6020 Financial Accounting (MBA) or MSBC 5020 Financial Accounting (MS).
MSBX 5820 - Special Topics in Accounting
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Spring 2024 / Spring 2025
Provides a vehicle for the development and presentation of new topics with the potential of being incorporated into the standard graduate business curriculum. May be repeated up to 6 total credit hours. Degree credit not granted for this course and ACCT 5820.
