Education:
Ph.D. , University of Hawaii at Manoa - 2016 (Business Administration (Accounting))
M.S., University of Hawaii at Manoa - 2011 (Accounting)
Areas of Expertise:
Areas of Expertise:
* audit quality and auditor independence
* financial reporting and disclosure
* business education
Books and Publications
"U.S. Business Needs for International Expertise by Functional Business Discipline", co-authored with Dr. Shirley J. Daniel and Dr. Ben L. Kedia, is published at the Journal of International Business Education, Volume 14, 2019. This journal is ranked as B journal in the ABDC journal list. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2019
Awards, Honors and Fellowships
Brooklyn College School of Business Award for Research Contribution (Awards and Honors) 2018
PSC-CUNY Research Award (Tradition B) (Awards and Honors) 2018
J. Michael Cook/Deloitte Foundation Doctoral Consortium Fellow, American Accounting Association. Dallas, June 2014. (Grants and Fellowships) 2014
Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums
"U.S. Employer Needs for International Expertise in the Financial Services Industry" was presented at the Academy of International Business Annual Meeting in June 2019 (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2019
"Does Audit Market Competition Reduce Audit Quality: Evidence from Auditor Independence?", presented at 2017 American Accounting Association Annual Meeting, San Diego, August 2017 (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2017
"Competition, Auditor Independence and Audit Quality", presented at 2016 American Accounting Association Annual Meeting, New York, August 2016 (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2016
"2014 U.S. Business Needs for Employees with International Expertise.", (with S. Daniel, B. Kedia, and Zhou Chen), presented at 2015 Academy of International Business Annual Meeting, Bengaluru, India, 2015 (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2015
"Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), Fundamental Analysis and Transparency: International Views.", (with T. Wang, H. Lin, and J. Yen), presented at 2015 American Accounting Association Annual Meeting, Chicago, August 2015 (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2015
"Does the Market value M&A Risk Factor Disclosures?", (with T. Wang), presented at 2014 American Accounting Association Western Region Conference, Salt Lake City, April 2014 (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2014
"Internationalizing the Accounting curriculum: A Survey of U.S. Employers and the Required Skills for Business and Accounting Graduates.", (with S. Daniel, B. Kedia), presented at 2014 American Accounting Association Conference on Teaching and Learning in Accounting, Atlanta, August 2014 (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2014
"Cost Tradeoffs in Lean Manufacturing: An Exploratory Study of Attitudes in Japan, China and Korea.", (with S. Daniel, W. Reitsperger), presented at 2013 American Accounting Association Annual Meeting, Anaheim, August 2013 (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2013
Other Professional Activities
* Ad Hoc Reviewer for the Hawaii Accounting Research Conference 2018
* Ad Hoc Reviewer for Asian Review of Accounting 2018
* Ad Hoc Reviewer for the AAA Annual Meeting 2017
* Ad Hoc Reviewer for the AAA Annual Meeting 2016
* Ad Hoc Reviewer for Asian Review of Accounting 2015
* Ad Hoc Reviewer for the AAA Annual Meeting 2015
* Ad Hoc Reviewer for Asian Review of Accounting 2014
* Ad Hoc Reviewer for the AAA Western Region Conference 2014
