Accounting Ph.D. Placements

The Accounting doctoral graduates since 2011 are listed below by year of graduation with thesis title, committee, and initial placement.

Recent Placement Records

Note: Placements are within one year of graduation, and all academic placements are tenure track unless an alternate job title is provided.

Li , Ce 2026

• Thesis: Disclosure Dissemination and the Reallocation of Corporate Innovation: Evidence from the EDGAR Adoption

• Committee: Mergenthaler (Chair); Louis; Pan

• Initial Placement: Visiting Assistant Professor- Indiana University

Thakkar, Kavi 2025

• Thesis: Voluntary Disclosure in Response to Negative Political Attention: Evidence from Congressional Hearings

• Committee: Louis (Chair); Givoly; Schmidt

• Initial Placement: DePauw University

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 Management)

• 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