Accountancy Seminars

Christopher S. Armstrong, The Joan E. Horngren Professor of Accounting at Stanford Business School, will deliver a talk on his research as part of the Eugene B. Clark Research Seminar Series. His research interests include Corporate Governance, Incentives and Compensation, and Contracting. He was previously the EY Professor of Accounting at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. He is on the editorial board of the Journal of Accounting and Economics and is an editor of The Accounting Review. He holds a BS from the University of Virginia, MPA from the University of Texas at Austin, and PhD from Stanford University.

Justin Blann, an assistant professor of accounting at the Scheller College of Business, will deliver a talk on his research as part of the Eugene B. Clark Research Seminar Series. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Arkansas in 2022, his Master of Accountancy from the University of Arkansas in 2018, and his Bachelor of Business Administration in Accounting and Finance from Southern Arkansas University in 2017. Prior to joining the Scheller faculty, he was a Postdoctoral Research Scholar at Arizona State University.

Professor Blann’s research focuses on financial accounting and auditing. Using archival methods, his research examines the causes and consequences of regulatory and standard-setting actions. His research has been published in Contemporary Accounting Research and featured on the Columbia Law School Blue Sky Blog on Corporations and the Capital Markets, and the Duke University School of Law FinReg Blog.

João Granja, an Associate Professor of Accounting at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business, will present his research as part of the Eugene B. Clark Research Seminar Series. The primary focus of his research is in investigating the role that disclosure mandates and their enforcement play in preserving financial stability in the banking industry. His papers have been accepted in prestigious academic journals such as the Journal of Accounting Research, Review of Financial Studies, and the Journal of Finance and his research has been covered in major mainstream newspapers such as the New York Times, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, and Bloomberg News.

Granja earned an undergraduate degree in economics from the Universidade do Porto (Portugal). In 2008, he completed a Master’s thesis in economics from the Universidade Católica Portuguesa (Lisbon). Prior to joining academia, he has consulted on several projects that involved the use of financial statements to evaluate the efficiency of regulated industries in Portugal. He completed a PhD in accounting from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business in 2013. Before joining Booth in 2016, João Granja worked as an assistant professor at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Business.

Rachel Yoon, an assistant professor of accounting at Boston University Questrom School of Business, will deliver a talk on her research as part of the Eugene B. Clark Research Seminar Series. Professor Yoon received both her Ph.D & SM in Management from MIT Sloan School of Management. She holds an MS in Accounting and BA in Economics, both from Seoul National University. Her current research interests center on understanding the drivers and consequences of corporate disclosures. She is also interested in exploring the economic effects of disclosure or tax regulations. She teaches financial accounting.

Jackie received a Ph.D in accounting from the University of Colorado Boulder. She also holds a master's degree in accounting and a bachelor's degree in finance, both from Tulane University. Her research focuses on the production and use of information in the capital markets, with an emphasis on the implications of emerging technologies and financial regulators. At Marshall, Jackie teaches the introduction to financial accounting, BUAD 280. Prior to starting her academic career, Jackie worked as an auditor at Ernst and Young LLP in Tampa, Florida, primarily serving financial service organizations. She remains an active CPA in the state of Florida.

Maria Ogneva is an Associate Professor at the Leventhal School of Accounting, Marshall School of Business. Before joining University of Southern California, she served as an Assistant Professor of Accounting at Stanford Graduate School of Business. Maria received her Bachelor’s and Master’s in Economics from Moscow State University and a PhD in Accounting from University of Southern California. Maria’s research focuses on accounting-based risk assessment, accounting information and market efficiency, accounting-based equity valuation, and, more recently, on the link between accounting information and macroeconomy. Her work has been published in the top accounting and finance journals, including Journal of Accounting and Economics, The Accounting Review, Review of Accounting Studies, Journal of Finance, and Journal of Accounting Research. She currently serves as an Associate Editor at Management Science and Journal of Accounting Research. She is a member of editorial boards at The Accounting Review and Journal of Financial Reporting.

Jody Grewal, Assistant Professor of Accounting at the University of Toronto Mississauga, will deliver a talk on her research as part of the Eugene B. Clark Research Seminar Series. Jody examines the capital market effects and real effects (i.e., changes in behavior through investment and use of resources) of financial and sustainability information disclosed voluntarily and under mandatory reporting regimes. Jody’s research is published in leading journals such as Management Science. Media outlets including the Wall Street Journal and Bloomberg have covered her work. Jody has a Doctorate from Harvard Business School, a Master of Accounting and Bachelor of Accounting and Financial Management from the University of Waterloo, and is a Chartered Professional Accountant in Ontario.

Tanya Paul, an assistant professor of accounting at Haas School of Business, will deliver a talk on her research as part of the Eugene B. Clark Research Seminar Series. Professor Paul’s expertise and research interests are in:

• The effect of accounting standards in capital markets
• Financial institutions
• Disclosure and the role of information in capital markets

Her expertise and interest is in banking, standard-setting financial reporting, determinants and consequences of voluntary disclosure.