Current Projects

"Geography and Hedge Fund Activism" with Xuesong Hu (data collection phase)

Awards and Honors

Best Paper Award, AAA Government and Nonprofit Section, 2007, for "Municipal
Restatements and Governance" with Bill Baber, Angela Gore, and Jean Zhang.
American Accounting Association Doctoral Consortium Fellow, Lake Tahoe, CA, 2007.
FARS Doctoral Consortium and Mid-Year Meeting, 2007 participant
Roger and Robin Best Teaching Award, Lundquist College of Business, University of
Oregon, 2006
Accounting Circle Doctoral Student Award, Lundquist College of Business, University of
Oregon, 2005, 2006
National Society of Accountants Stanley H. Stearman Scholar, 1998.

Professional Experience/Certification

Graduate Teaching Fellow, University of Oregon, 2004 - 2009.

Senior Auditor, Business Risk Services, Ernst & Young LLP, Chicago, IL 2000-2001;Boston, MA, 2001 - 2004.

Teaching Assistant, University of Notre Dame, Summer 2000.

Professional Memberships

Certified Public Accountant