PhD in Accounting
Accounting serves a critical role in communicating information about individuals and organizations. Leeds’ PhD students strive to inform as well as influence this communication process through academic research, teaching and professional service. The Accounting PhD program provides students the opportunity to work in collaborative relationships with faculty and gain the skills necessary to conduct research that contributes to knowledge in corporate disclosure, information intermediaries (e.g., financial analysts, media, etc.), market microstructure, corporate governance, executive compensation, corporate social responsibility, and standard setting. The accounting group specializes in empirical financial research, which relies heavily on econometric methods.
Become a leading expert
Accounting PhD students are trained to be successful academic researchers and teachers. They develop their own research ideas and implement appropriate research methods. The accounting doctoral courses tap into faculty research and expertise on a wide range of topics that are of particular interest to accounting academics, practitioners and standard-setters.
Accounting students build their teaching portfolio by first acting as a teaching apprentice (TA) for three sections of a semester-long class and subsequently teaching their own two sections of a semester-long class.
Additional information about our Accounting faculty can be found here.
General details about the curriculum, requirements, and structure of the program can be found here. Please be aware this document is not an exhaustive list of the requirements for the Program.
PhD Graduates' Publications
- (2023)
Review of Accounting Studies
Jesse Glaze – (PhD 2022)
Nikki Skinner – University of Georgia (PhD 2019)
Andrew Stephan –
Journal of Accounting Research
Andrea Pawliczek – (PhD 2017)
Nikki Skinner – University of Georgia (PhD 2019)
Sarah L.C. Zechman –
The Accounting Review
Marc Cussatt – Clemson University (PhD 2014)
Paul Demere – University of Georgia
The Accounting Review
Nathan Marshall –
Nikki Skinner – University of Georgia (PhD 2019)
The Accounting Review
Bok Baik – Seoul National University
Katherine Gunny – University of Colorado Denver
Boochun Jung – University of Hawaii at Manoa (PhD 2007)
Duri Park – Sogang University
The Accounting Review
Sophia Hamm – Tulane University
Boochun Jung – University of Hawaii at Manoa (PhD 2007)
Woo-Jong Lee – Seoul National University
Daniel Yang – The Ohio State University
Review of Accounting Studies
Andrea Pawliczek – (PhD 2017)
Nikki Skinner – University of Georgia (PhD 2019)
Laura Wellman – Pennsylvania State University
The Accounting Review
Andrea Pawliczek – University of Missouri (PhD 2017)
The Accounting Review
Jonathan Black – Purdue University (PhD 2015)
Chad Ham – Washington University in St. Louis
Michael Kimbrough – University of Maryland
Review of Accounting Studies
Caleb Rawson – University of Arkansas (PhD 2018)
Journal of Accounting and Economics
Brian Bushee – University of Pennsylvania
Matthew Cedergren – University of Pennsylvania
Jeremy Michels – University of Pennsylvania (PhD 2014)
Review of Accounting Studies
Stephen Glaeser – University of North Carolina
Jeremy Michels – University of Pennsylvania (PhD 2014)
Robert Verrecchia – University of Pennsylvania
The Accounting Review
David P. Weber – University of Connecticut (PhD 2005)
Yanhua Sunny Yang – University of Connecticut (PhD 2006)
The Accounting Review
Jonathan Black – Purdue University (PhD 2015)
Jeff Zeyun Chen – Texas Christian University
Marc Cussatt – Washington State University (PhD 2014)
Journal of Accounting Research
Yonca Ertimur - University of Colorado at Boulder
Caleb Rawson - University of Colorado at Boulder (PhD 2018)
Jonathan L Rogers - University of Colorado at Boulder
Sarah L.C. Zechman - University of Colorado at Boulder
Review of Accounting Studies
Christopher Ittner – University of Pennsylvania
Jeremy Michels – University of Pennsylvania (PhD 2014)
Journal of Accounting Research
Jeremy Michels - University of Pennsylvania (PhD 2014)
The Accounting Review
Kevin K Li - University of Toronto
Charles M.C. Lee - Stanford University
Ran Zhang - Peking University, Guanghua (PhD 2006)
The Accounting Review
Sarah C. Rice - Texas A&M University at College Station
David P. Weber - University of Connecticut (PhD 2005)
Biyu Wu - University of Connecticut
Journal of Accounting Research
Michael Willenborg – University of Connecticut
Biyu Wu - University of Nebraska at Lincoln
Yanhua Sunny Yang - University of Connecticut (PhD 2006)
Journal of International Business Studies
Liang Shao - Hong Kong Baptist University
Chuck C Kwok - University of South Carolina at Columbia
Ran Zhang - Peking University, Guanghua (PhD 2006)
Contemporary Accounting Research
Boochun Jung – University of Hawaii (PhD 2007)
Woo‐Jong Lee – The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
David P. Weber – University of Connecticut
The Accounting Review
Brian M Burnett - Indiana University at Bloomington (PhD 2011)
Bradrick M. Cripe - Northern Illinois University
Gregory W. Martin - Indiana University at Bloomington (PhD 2009)
Brian P. McAllister - University of Colorado at Colorado Springs
Contemporary Accounting Research
Boochun Jung – University of Hawaii (PhD 2007)
Naomi Soderstrom –
Yanhua Sunny Yang – University of Connecticut (PhD 2006)
The Accounting Review
Jeremy Michels – University of Colorado at Boulder (PhD 2014)
Journal of Accounting and Economics
Boochun Jung – University of Hawaii at Manoa (PhD 2007)
Philip B. Shane – University of Virginia, McIntire
Yanhua Sunny Yang - University of Texas at Austin (PhD 2006)
Journal of Accounting Research
Sarah C. Rice - University of Connecticut
David P. Weber - University of Connecticut (PhD 2005)
The Accounting Review
Leslie G. Eldenburg - The University of Arizona
Katherine A. Gunny - University of Colorado at Boulder
Kevin W. Hee - San Diego State University (PhD 2008)
Naomi Soderstrom - University of Colorado at Boulder
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