Kim Charron and Robert Cornell (both Accounting) published the article “AI Can Simplify Complexity in Litigation Support,” in the September/October 2025 issue of Fraud Magazine. The article earned UNLV accounting faculty Charron and Cornell, along with Rick Warne, the Hubbard Award from the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (ACFE…

Scott Jackson (Accounting) recently presented at the 2026 European Network for Experimental Accounting Research (ENEAR) Conference held in Bern, Switzerland. Jackson presented two papers, one titled “Profanity and the Company-Investor Relationship" and another titled "CEO Gender and Investors' Judgments: Evidence on Information Acquisition and…

Jason Smith (Accounting) and his co-author John Keyser from Arizona State University recently published their paper, “Private Equity and Public Accounting: New Development or Variation on a Theme?” in Accounting Horizons. Investigating the recent surge of private equity investors acquiring stakes in U.S. CPA firms, the study examines the roots of…

Scott Jackson (Accounting) and co-authors Paul E. Ordyna (University of Missouri-St. Louis) and Srinivasan C. Ragothaman (University of South Dakota) received the 2026 “Excellence in Accounting Ethics Education” Award from the Public Interest, Ethics and Sustainability Section of the American Accounting Association. The award recognizes their case…

Xu (Joyce) Cheng (Accounting) and her co-authors Travis Holt, James Long, and Tina Loraas (Auburn University) recently published their paper, “Blockchain Applications: The Impact of a Firm’s Choice of Financial Accounting System on Nonprofessional Investor Judgment and Decision-Making,” in Information & Management. Using an experimental design…

Aaron Saiewitz (Accounting) completed his term as President of the Accounting Behavior and Organizations (ABO) Section of the American Accounting Association (AAA) by hosting the 2025 ABO Research Conference in Indianapolis. Dr. Saiewitz also had a paper accepted to the conference (presented by a co-author), titled "Clients’ Experiences with the…

Scott Jackson (Accounting) recently presented at the 2025 BYU Accounting Research Symposium held in Provo, Utah. Jackson presented his paper entitled “Nonprofit CEO Compensation and Gender: A Different Context for the Implied Communality Deficit."

Scott Jackson (Accounting) recently published a case study, "A COVID-19-Related Fraud at Applied BioSciences Corp.: What Are the Lessons?" in Issues in Accounting Education, the premier educational journal in accounting. The case, co-authored with Paul Ordyna (University of Missouri - St Louis) and Srini Ragothaman (University of South…

Aaron Saiewitz (Accounting) and his co-authors, Mary Kate Dodgson (Lehigh University) and Marcus Doxey (University of Alabama), recently had their paper, "Examining the Use of Trait Skepticism Feedback in Auditor Training," accepted for publication in Accounting Horizons. Their study used an experiment to test the efficacy of a new audit firm…

Scott Jackson (Accounting) and co-authors Elaine Wang and David Piercey from the University of Massachusetts Amherst recently published their paper, "Does Temporal Immediacy Impact Investors’ Judgments? It Depends on Communication Mode," in the journal Behavioral Research in Accounting. The study finds that investors are more willing to…

Truman Rowley (Accounting) has been honored with the 2024 Outstanding Dissertation Award by the Accounting Behavior and Organizations (ABO) Section of the American Accounting Association. The award was recently announced at the ABO Conference in Montreal, Canada, where Rowley also presented his research, titled "Does 'Making a Difference' Make a…

Scott Jackson and Truman Rowley (both Accounting) recently presented research papers at the 2024 Accounting Behavior and Organizations Research Conference, held in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Jackson presented two papers, the first entitled, "CEO Speech Rate Effects during Conference Calls" and the second entitled, “Nonprofit CEO Compensation and…