Accounting Speaker Series
Upcoming Seminars Heading link
Spring 2025
January 17
Eva Labro, The Michael W. Haley Distinguished Professor of Accounting and Area Chair of Accounting
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Topic: “Internal Forecasts in Multi-Location Firms”
January 31
Andrew Belnap, Assistant Professor of Accounting
University of Texas at Austin
Topic: “Tax Preparation Assistance and Social Benefit Take-up”
March 7
Lian Fen Lee, Assistant Professor of Accounting
Boston College
Topic: “Managers’ Understanding of Macroeconomic News, Competitor Influence, and Firm Performance: Evidence from Consumer Sentiment News”
April 11
John Campbell, Department Head, Finance; Herbert E. Miller Chair in Financial Accounting and Professor, J.M. Tull School of Accounting
University of Georgia
Topic: TBA
April 25
Omri Even-Tov, Associate Professor of Accounting
University of California, Berkley
Topic: TBA
Past Seminars Heading link
Fall 2024
October 4
Melissa Lewis-Western (Visiting Scholar), Professor, W. Steve Albrecht Professorship, School of Accountancy
Brigham Young University
Topic: NA
November 8
Xiaoxia Peng, Associate Professor in Accounting
University of Utah
Topic: NA
November 15
Yifei Lu, Assistant Professor of Accountancy
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Topic: NA
November 22
Jaron Wilde, Director of Graduate Studies and Thomas and Margaret Kloet Professor in Accounting
University of Iowa
Topic: NA
December 6
Jonathan Glover, George O. May Professor of Financial Accounting
Columbia University
Topic: NA
Spring 2024
February 14
Ed deHaan, Professor of Accounting
Stanford University
Topic: NA
March 6
Sean Cao, Associate Professor and Director and Co-founder of the AI Initiative for Capital Market Research
University of Maryland
Topic: NA
March 27
Nina Xu, Assistant Professor of Accounting
University of Connecticut
Topic: NA
April 3
Jinhwan Kim, Assistant Professor of Accounting
Stanford University
Topic: NA
April 10
Ivy Feng, Assistant Professor, Accounting and Information Systems
University of Wisconsin- Madison
Topic: NA
April 17
Gerardo Perez Cavazos, Associate Professor of Accounting
University of California San Diego
Topic: NA
April 24
Huihao Yan, Assistant Professor, Stan Ross Department of Accountancy
Baruch College
Topic: NA
Fall 2023
August 30
Irene Zhong, Assistant Professor of Accounting
University of Illinois Chicago
Topic: “Under the “Spotlight”: Media Attention and Greenwashing”
September 20
Jeffery Piao, Assistant Professor and CBIZ MHM Faculty Scholar
University of Missouri
Topic: “Peer Effects of Price Transparency”
October 4
Gil Sadka, Professor, Accounting
University of Texas at Dallas
Topic: “When Micro Firms Speak Macro: Evidence on Firms’ Macroeconomic Disclosures”
October 25
Sarah Zechman, Professor of Accounting, Senior Associate Dean for Faculty
University of Colorado Boulder
Topic: “Improving Navigability of Financial Documents: Implications for Investors”
November 29
Michael Dambra, Kenneth W. Colwell Chair of Accounting and Law Associate Professor
University of Buffalo
Topic: NA