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Plenary - "Generally Accepted Reporting Practices"

Sunday, June 30, 2024
1:45 PM - 3:00 PM
Great Room 1 (Plenary)

Presenter

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Professor Sarah McVay

Plenary - "Generally Accepted Reporting Practices"

Biography

Sarah McVay is the William A. Fowler Professor of Accounting at the University of Washington in Seattle. Her research focuses on the financial reporting environment—exploring how earnings quality, non-GAAP earnings, and earnings guidance vary with managerial incentives and characteristics, and firm-level challenges, such as ineffective internal controls or unusual events. She currently serves as an Editor for Review of Accounting Studies, and previously served as an Editor for Contemporary Accounting Research and Journal of Financial Reporting. Sarah is in her final year as the Vice President of Research and Publications on the Board of Directors of the American Accounting Association and is in her first year as a member of the Financial Accounting Standards Advisory Committee. She teaches financial accounting and financial statement analysis. Before joining the University of Washington in 2012, Sarah taught at New York University (2004–2007) and the University of Utah(2007–2012). Sarah received her Ph.D. from the University of Michigan (2004),and Undergraduate degree from the University of Oregon (1997). Before entering the PhD program, she worked in public accounting (1997–2000) and is an inactive Certified Public Accountant.
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