Accounting Doctoral Program
Marilyn Johnson
Accounting Doctoral Program Director
Associate Professor of Accounting and Information Systems
Welcome to the PhD Program in Accounting at the Eli Broad Graduate School of Management at Michigan State University. The Accounting faculty are interested in working with prospective graduate students who demonstrate the potential to become highly regarded scholars in the field. The goal of the Accounting PhD program is to prepare doctoral students to become productive researchers and teachers at top research universities. We look forward to your joining us!
Selected Activities of PhD Students and Recent Graduates
Min Shen (Class of 2005) had her paper titled "The Interdependence between Institutional Ownership and Information Dissemination by Data Aggregators" accepted at The Accounting Review (co-authored with Julia D'Souza of Cornell University and Min's advisor K. Ramesh)
Edward Li (Class of 2008) recently had his paper titled "Market Reaction Surrounding the Filing of Periodic SEC Reports" accepted at The Accounting Review (co-authored with his advisor K. Ramesh) and Min Shen (Class of 2005) had her paper titled "Disclosure of GAAP Line Items in Earnings Announcements" accepted at Review of Accounting Studies (co-authored with Julia D'Souza of Cornell University and Min's advisor K. Ramesh)
Han Yi (Class of 2006), Assistant Professor, University of Oklahoma was invited to speak at the Spring 2009 Conference on Accounting and Corporate Governance at the University of Texas at Austin. Chang Song (Class of 2004) is one of the co-authors of the paper Han presented at the conference. Han's research on the role of accrual accounting (co-authored with Bradley Lail and Robert Lipe) was recently discussed during the FASB Research office hours.
Michelle Lau's paper with MSU faculty Sue Haka and MSU alumnae Andrea Drake and Fabienne Miller is accepted for presentation at the AAA 2009 Management Accounting Section Meeting.
Ge Bai's paper co-authored with Sylvia Hsu and MSU faculty Ranjani Krishnan is accepted for presentation at the AAA 2009 Management Accounting Section Meeting.
Michelle Lau presents a paper at the 2008 AAA Annual Meeting co-authored with MSU faculty Sue Haka and MSU alumnae Andrea Drake and Fabienne Miller.
Tyler Thomas is awarded a prestigious MSU University Distinguished Fellowship.
Eric Marinich, Joe Schroeder, and Tyler Thomas join MSU accounting PhD Program.
Edward Li joins the University of Rochester and Alex Woods joins the College of William and Mary.
Ge Bai wins 2008 PhD Student Excellence in Research Award from the Department of Accounting & Information Systems.
Mike Hopwood to participate with MSU faculty Sanjay Gupta and Ed Outslay in research project funded through PricewaterhouseCoopers INQuires Grant Program.
Dara Marshall participates in the Financial Accounting Standards Board's Doctoral Student Program.