Monika Causholli recently presented the paper titled “The Role of Assurance in Equity Crowdfunding” at Catholic University Leuven, Belgium. The paper is co-authored with Evisa Bogdani (Gatton Ph.D. student) and W. Robert Knechel from the University of Florida.
This month, Simon goes behind the scenes at UK's 2019 graduation, and introduces a number of our graduating seniors, who talk about their plans for the future, the amazing jobs they’re starting, and how Gatton has prepared them for the next steps in their careers.
Audit, tax and advisory firm KPMG LLP has named University of Kentucky professor Jeff Payne, KPMG Professor in the Von Allmen School of Accountancy in UK’s Gatton College of Business and Economics, as the 2019 KPMG James Marwick Professor-In-Residence.
Payne believes accounting students should understand the opportunities that technology provides in improving financial statement audits, but also importantly, the new risks that are created by their use.
Jenny Wang, ACC PhD student presented the paper, “Complex Estimates and Auditor Reliance on Artificial Intelligence at the 4th Ethics Symposium sponsored by the Centre for Accounting Ethics and CPA Canada, held in Toronto on April 25, 2019. The paper is authored by Dr. Ben Commerford and Dr. Sean Dennis, (UK Gatton College) and Dr. Jennifer Joe, University of Delaware along with Ms. Wang
Ji Youn (Rose) Kim's coauthored paper (with Emily Pahnke, Michael Howard and Warren Boeker), "Bankers or Brokers? For Favored Firms, VCs Invest More than Dollars" has been chosen for a Schulze Publication Award for 2018.
Scott Soltis' professional development workshop, “Building a Research Community: Advancing a Social Network Paradigm in Human Resource Management" (to be presented at the upcoming Academy of Management Meetings in Boston), was selected for a $1,000 sponsorship from Boston University.
Ph.D. students Jason Ross and Ajay Mehra's paper, “The Role of Memory and Cognition (vs. Activity and Behavior) in Social Networks," has been accepted for presentation at the upcoming Academy of Management Meetings in Boston. The symposium was accepted by three divisions (Organization and Management Theory, Management and Organizational Communications, and Organizational Behavior) and was chosen by the Organizational Behavior division as a "showcase Symposium", which is in the top 10% of symposia accepted, and is expected to attract a large audience.
Dan Halgin has received the 2019 Honors Pathways Faculty of Excellence Award, given by students in the Social Enterprise and Global Scholars Honors programs.
Shonta Phelps, Director of Leadership Initiatives and Living Learning Programs and Dr. Jenny Minier, Sturgill Professor; Director of the Center for Business and Economic Research, were both finalists for the Sarah Bennett Holmes Award, created by the UK Women's Forum. This award recognizes female members of the UK community for their contributions to issues that affect women at the University and across the Commonwealth.
