Somnath Das
Professor & Coordinator of Doctoral Program
Department of Accounting
Contact
Building & Room:
UH 2330, (M/C: 006)
Address:
601 S. Morgan St., Chicago, IL 60607
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About
- Professor, College of Business Administration, University of Illinois Chicago, 2005- onwards.
- Head, Department of Accounting, College of Business Administration, University of Illinois Chicago, 2010-15.
- Associate Professor, College of Business Administration, University of Illinois Chicago, 1996-2005.
- Assistant Professor, Walter A. Haas School of Business, University of California at Berkeley, 1988-1996.
Selected Grants
University of Illinois Chicago, Faculty Scholarship Support Program: Raising the Research Profile, College of Business Administration, 2011-2013
Selected Publications
- Analyst’ Use of Dividends in Earnings Forecasts, (With P. Schaberl and P. K. Sen), November 2022. Review of Accounting Studies.
- The Effect of Accounting Expertise of Board Committees on the Short- and Long-term Consequences of Financial Restatements, (with J. Gong and S. Li), Journal of Accounting, Auditing, and Finance, Vol. 37 No. 3, 2022, pp. 603-632.
- An Empirical Examination of the Divergence between Managers’ and Analysts’ Earnings Forecasts, (with K. Kim and S. Patro), Contemporary Accounting Research. Volume 34, Issue 4, 2017.
- An Analysis of Managerial Use and Market Consequences of Earnings Management and Expectation Management, (with K. Kim and S. Patro), The Accounting Review, November 2011.
- Analysts’ Selective Coverage and Subsequent Performance of Newly Public Firms, (with R. Guo and H. Zhang), Journal of Finance, Vol. 61 (3), June 2006.
Notable Honors
2020, Financial Accounting and Reporting Section (FARS) Excellence in Reviewing Award, American Accounting Association
2019, Dean’s Research Professor by the Department of Accounting, UIC College of Business Administration
2014, Outstanding Service Award, American Accounting Association
2010, University Scholar Award of the University of Illinois by the Department of Accounting, UIC College of Business Administration
Education
PhD, Carnegie Mellon University.
M. Phil, Carnegie Mellon University.
Post-Graduate Diploma in Management (recognized as equivalent to a Master of Business Administration – MBA), Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, India.
BS, (First Division Honors in Physics with minor in Mathematics and Chemistry), St. Stephen's College, University of Delhi, India.