Ellen Engel, PHD, CPA

Associate Professor and Associate Dean, Undergraduate Programs

Department of Accounting

Contact

Building & Room:

UH 2309

Address:

601 S. Morgan St., Chicago, IL 60607

Email:

elleneng@uic.edu

CV Link:

Ellen Engel, PHD, CPA

About

Experience—Bulleted list starting with most recent position

Ellen Engel is Associate Professor of Accounting and Associate Dean of Undergraduate Programs at the University of Illinois Chicago. Her research examines the intersection of financial reporting, corporate governance, and executive compensation — with publications in the Journal of Accounting and Economics, Journal of Accounting Research, and Review of Accounting Studies, and an internationally recognized textbook on financial reporting used across multiple editions.
Before joining UIC, Professor Engel spent two decades at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business — one of the world's premier business schools — where she taught across MBA, executive education, and undergraduate programs and held the FMC Corporation Faculty Fellowship. She has also taught at Northwestern University's Kellogg School of Management and Stanford's Graduate School of Business.
A CPA with nearly a decade of professional experience as an Audit Manager at Plante Moran, and currently co-chair of UIC's AdHoc Committee on AI in Business, Professor Engel brings both deep practitioner grounding and forward-looking perspective to her teaching and leadership in the College.Audit Manager and Consultant, Plante Moran CPAs and Management Consultants, Southfield, MI (1983–1991) — nearly a decade of professional audit and consulting experience, including management-level responsibility across client engagements.

Certified Public Accountant (Michigan, 1985–present) — decades of licensure reflecting sustained professional standing in the field.

Faculty Coordinator, University of Chicago Booth School of Business CFO Forum conference (2012–2016) — convened senior financial executives and academics at the frontier of financial leadership.

Member of the Board of Advisors, College of Business Administration, University of Detroit Mercy (2003–2015) — contributed strategic perspective to business education at the institutional level.

Classes Taught

Introduction to Financial Accounting (MBA & Undergraduate)

Corporate Valuation and Accounting Information (MBA & MSA)

Financial Reporting & Financial Statement Analysis (MBA)

Accounting Cases, Research and Analysis (Undergraduate)

Financial Analysis for Nonfinancial Managers (Executive Education)

Accounting for Decision Making (MBA)

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Education

Doctorate in Accounting, Graduate School of Business, Stanford University, 1997
Masters in Business Administration, Booth School of Business, The University of Chicago, 1991
Bachelors of Science in Accounting, College of Commerce and Finance, The University of Detroit Mercy, 1983

Research Currently in Progress

Commitment to the student

Associate Dean of Undergraduate Programs (2022–present) — leads the strategic direction and student experience for all undergraduate business programs at UIC.
Co-chair, Committee on Student Success (AY24–AY25) and Faculty Liaison to the CPATrack initiative (2017–2024) — directly shaping pathways for students pursuing the CPA and accounting careers.
Co-chair, AdHoc Committee on AI in Business and AI Council (2024–present) — positioning UIC students at the forefront of how artificial intelligence is transforming the profession.
Faculty Fellow, UIC Honors College (2017–present); Faculty Advisor to Undergraduate Accounting Students (2016–present); Faculty Mentor, Business Scholars Program (2016–2021).
Published co-author of Cases in Financial Reporting (Cambridge Business Publishers, 6th–8th editions) — a widely adopted textbook that directly supports student learning in financial analysis.