PhD in Accounting
Accounting PhD students are trained to be successful academic researchers. Students are trained to develop their own research ideas and implement appropriate research methods. Our program focuses on empirical research, where students analyze real-world data to study the impact of firm communication and corporate governance practices on markets, organizations, or behavior. 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 the broad areas of corporate disclosure, governance, and sustainability.
Leeds’ accounting research reputation is among the strongest: Leeds ranks No. 18 for financial-archival research publications and No. 15 for managerial-archival research publications in the U.S. over the last six years (source: BYU Accounting Research Rankings). Leeds’ graduates also demonstrate strong research potential: Leeds’ accounting PhD program ranks No. 28 for financial-archival publications and No. 7 for managerial-archival publications six years post-graduation.
Our program also places strong emphasis on preparing our graduates for the classroom. Accounting students build their teaching portfolio by first acting as a teaching apprentice (TA) for a semester-long accounting class and subsequently teaching their own two sections of a semester-long class.
General details about the curriculum, requirements, and Please be aware this document is not an exhaustive list of the requirements for the Program.
Program Faculty
Led by Program Directors Nathan Marshall and Bryce Schonberger, our award-winning and renowned Accounting faculty are published experts on topics including:
Corporate Disclosure
Information Intermediaries
Market Microstructure
Corporate Governance
Executive Compensation
Corporate Social Responsibility
Standard Setting
Empirical Financial Research
Econometrics
Tandean Rustandy Esteemed Professor
Assistant Professor
Assistant Professor
Associate Professor • Tisone Memorial Fellow & KPMG Faculty Fellow • Accounting PhD Program Director
Assistant Professor
Assistant Professor • Stone Family Faculty Scholar
Associate Professor • Chair of the Professional Effectiveness Division • Interim Chair of the Accounting Division
Professor
Assistant Professor • JRN Faculty Scholar
Assistant Professor • Craig and Cynthia Smith Faculty Scholar
Assistant Professor • Dean's Faculty Scholar
Assistant Professor
Plante Moran-Dave Steiner Accounting Faculty Fellowship Endowed Fund • Professor • Center for Ethics and Social Responsibility Faculty Director
Tisone Memorial Fellow • Professor • Senior Associate Dean for Faculty
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Program Graduates
The PhD program prepares students to be researchers and teachers at major universities. See where our graduates started their careers and published research.