Accounting Seminar Series
Seminar Schedule
2025
Spring 2025
January 17
Eva Labro, The Michael W. Haley Distinguished Professor of Accounting and Area Chair of Accounting
Kenan-Flagler Business School, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Topic: “Internal Forecasts in Multi-Location Firms”
January 31
Andrew Belnap, Assistant Professor of Accounting
McCombs School of Business, University of Texas at Austin
Topic: “Tax Preparation Assistance and Social Benefit Take-up”
March 7
Lian Fen Lee, Assistant Professor of Accounting
Carroll School of Management, 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: “Artificially Intelligent or Artificially Inflated? Determinants and Informativeness of Corporate AI Disclosures”
April 25
Omri Even-Tov, Associate Professor of Accounting
Haas School of Business, University of California, Berkley
Topic: “Fee the People: Retail Investor Behavior and Trading Commission Fees.”
May 9
Mihir N. Mehta, Assistant Professor of Accounting
Stephen M. Ross School of Business, University of Michigan
Topic: “Politically Motivated Corporate Investment: Evidence from Banking”
Fall 2025
Forthcoming
2024
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 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
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