An active research program helps us bring our student the best practices in the field of accounting. Our faculty members collaborate with colleagues in higher education, business, and governmental agencies to address the most pressing needs in accounting.

The passage of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act in 2002, following a number of major corporate accounting scandals, presented new challenges to the accounting profession as will the adoption of new international financial reporting standards, now starting to make its way into U.S. multi-national corporations. These new challenges present new research opportunities. Our faculty members bring their research to their teaching for the benefit of our students.

Current research interests in the Department of Accounting include, but are not limited to:

• Financial accounting and reporting
• Managerial accounting
• Earnings management
• Stock options
• Corporate social responsibility
• Econometric issues
• Judgments and decisions made by preparers, auditors and users of financial statement information
• Quality of financial accounting information
• Audit quality and pricing
• Behavioral research in governmental accounting and auditing
• Tax practitioner cognition and behavior
• Small business tax planning
• Auditing (empirical and behavioral)
• Audit opinion decisions, quality, and fees

Our faculty members have recently been published in the following professional journals:

• Journal of Accounting and Public Policy
• Contemporary Accounting Research
• Group and Organization Management
• Auditing: A Journal of Practice and Theory
• The Accounting Review
• Accounting, Organizations and Society
• Research on Professional Responsibility and Ethics in Accounting
• Journal of Accounting and the Public Interest
• Behavioral Research in Accounting
• Research in Accounting Regulation
• Today’s CPA