Accounting Ph.D. Placements

Castellani, Vincent 2024

Thesis: Essays on Corporate Disclosure and Certification for Special Purpose Acquisition Companies (SPACs)
Committee: Muller (Chair); Bonsall; Givoly
Initial Placement: University at Buffalo

Richardson, Paul 2024

Thesis: Do Audit Partners Serve as Information Intermediaries? Evidence from Audit Partner Macroeconomic Expertise
Committee: Bonsall (Chair); Aobdia; Hills; Neilson
Initial Placement: University of Texas at Arlington

Park, Kyungjin (K.J.) 2023

Thesis: Essays on Corporate Disclosure Related to the Changes in the Recent Investment Trends
Committee: Muller (Chair); Givoly; Gee
Initial Placement: Singapore Management University

Hagerty, Alyssa 2022

Thesis: Sources of Relative Bargaining Power and its Effect on Corporate Tax Enforcement 
Committee: Givoly (Chair); Muller; Louis; Wellman
Initial Placement: Georgia Southern University

Orton, Lyndon 2022

Thesis: Are Friday announcements special? Limited investor attention and unanticipated disclosure
Committee: Bonsall (Chair); Muller; Neilson
Initial Placement: U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission

Yu, Dawei (David) 2022

Thesis: Does social capital affect risk taking in corporate pensions?
Committee: Muller (Chair); Bonsall; Xie; Gustafson
Initial Placement: University of Manitoba in Canada

Boghossian, Mirna 2021

Thesis: The Economic Consequences of Supplier of the Year Awards
Committee: Muller (Chair); Bonsall; Wellman; Moran
Initial Placement: University of Delaware

Gogar, Apoorv 2021

Thesis: Frequency of Financial Reporting and Bank Loan Contracting
Committee: Louis (Chair); Muller; Bonsall; Haushalter
Initial Placement: Maastricht University

Shirley, Syrena 2020

Thesis: Essays in Corporate Governance
Committee: Muller (Chair); Bonsall; Louis; Haushalter
Initial Placement: George Mason University

Vafi Sani, Jalal 2020

Thesis: Information environment, the organization of firms, and investment decisions
Committee: Muller (Chair); Louis; White; Haushalter; Green 
Initial Placement: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Alhusaini, Badryah 2019

Thesis: Peer Information and Managerial Myopia
Committee: Muller (Chair), Givoly, White, Iliev
Initial Placement: Arizona State University

Deng, Junfang 2019

Thesis: Exposure to Foreign Exchange Risk, Hedging, and Tax-Motivated Outbound
              Shifting
Committee: Givoly (Chair), Muller, Louis, Moran
Initial Placement: Oregon State University

Guo, Di 2019

Thesis: Do Firms Engage in Accrual Earnings Management and Real Activities                                      Manipulation to Gain Russell 1000 Membership?
Committee: Givoly (Chair), Gong, Xie, Haushalter
Initial Placement: Hong Kong Baptist University

Tarrant, Ian 2019

Thesis: Anticipated Financial Incentives in CEO Compensation Contracts:
              Estimation and Application
Committee: Gong (Chair), Muller, Ketz, Song
Initial Placement: University at Buffalo

Carnes, Robert 2018

Thesis: Riding the Merger Wave: The Gatekeeping Role of Auditors
Committee; Muller (Chair), White, Barron, Haushalter, Christensen
Initial Placement: University of Florida

Jiang, Xin (Daniel) 2018

Thesis: Essays on Fund Managers' Disclosures
Committee: Huddart (Chair), Givoly, Du, Cooper (Economics)
Initial Placement: University of Waterloo, Canada 

Sikochi, Anywhere (Siko) 2016

Thesis: Corporate Families and Creditor Recovery Rates
Committee: Givoly and Muller (Co-Chairs), Green, White, Song (Finance)
Initial Placement: Harvard University

Berg, Bjorn 2016

Thesis: The Credit Relevance of Litigation Materiality Disclosures
Committee: Gong (Chair), Huddart, Muller, Thompson (Law)
Initial Placement: Loyola University Chicago-Quinlan School of Business

Chapman, Kimball 2015

Thesis: Limited Investor Attention and the Earnings Announcement Premium
Committee: Barron (Chair), Green, Muller, Misangyi (Management)
Initial Placement: Washington University, St. Louis

Koharki, Kevin 2014

Thesis: Mandatory Disclosure Requirements and Rating Agency Catering: A Study of the Rule Changes for Qualified Special Purpose Entities
Committee: Muller (Chair), Barron, Laux, Ambrose (Risk Management)
Initial Placement: Washington University, St. Louis

Russomanno, Daniel 2014

Thesis: Accounting: Chief Accounting Officers (CAOs), Internal Controls, and Auditor Effort
Committee: Barron (Chair), Dirsmith, Louis, Hambrick, (Management)
Initial Placement: University of Arizona

Flasher, Renee 2013

Thesis: Impact of a Home-Country Regulator on Public Company Accounting Oversight Board Inspections for Foreign Accounting Firms
Committee: Huddart (Chair), Du, Qu, Crocker (Risk Management)
Initial Placement: Ball State University

Hoffman, Patrick 2013

Thesis: Does Audit Regulation Stifle Misreporting? The Case of the Hedge Fund Industry
Committee: Barron (Chair), Givoly, Green, Simin (Finance)
Initial Placement: Purdue University

Rhodes, Adrienne 2013

Thesis: The Relationship Between the use of Accounting Measures in Debt and Incentives Contracts
Committee: Huddart (Chair), Dirsmith, Du, Ghosh (Statistics)
Initial Placement: Texas A&M University

Watson, V. Luke 2013

Thesis: Executive Overconfidence and Financial Reporting of Unrecognized Tax Benefits
Committee: Muller (Chair), Givoly, Laux, Thompson (Law), Handlon (MIT)
Initial Placement: University of Florida

Bonsall, Sam 2012

Thesis: The Informational Effect of Firm-Funded Certification: Evidence from the Bond Rating Agencies
Committee: Fischer and Muller (Co-Chairs), Barron, Givoly, Huang (Finance)
Initial Placement: Ohio State University

Schenck, Kristy 2012

Thesis: The Deterrence Effects of SEC Enforcement Actions
Committee: Givoly (Chair), Gong, Fischer, Crocker (Risk Managment)
Initial Placement: Bucknell University

Penn, Michael 2012

Thesis: Read All About It: Do Auditors Respond to Press Visibility?
Committee: Barron (Chair), Dirsmith, Givoly, Green, Dardis (AD PR)
Initial Placement: Florida State University

Sinclair, James 2011

Thesis: Past Performance and Changes in Local Bias
Committee: Muller (Chair), Fischer, Givoly, Upneja (HRRM)
Initial Placement: University of Connecticut

Bozanic, Zahn 2011

Thesis: The Role of Accounting-based Financial Covenants in Preventing Defaults of Public Debt
Committee: Fischer and Muller (Co-Chairs), Barron, Givoly, Reilly (Law)
Initial Placement: Ohio State University