FACULTY RECOGNITION
Mark Covaleski
Karla Johnstone
Mark Covaleski was awarded the 2015 Erwin A. Gaumnitz Wisconsin School of Business Research Award for career research pertaining to the use of accounting information for planning and control in organizations and society, as well as research pertaining to the evolution of the accounting profession compared to other professions in the United States.
Karla Johnstone, EY Professor of Accounting, is serving as the vice president of the auditing section of the American Accounting Association. That role will transition to the role of president next year, followed by past president in the third year. Karla provides this service in addition to being an editor at Auditing: A Journal of Practice & Theory. Karla Johnstone was awarded the dean’s Fetzer Fellowship for the 2015-2016 academic year. This will include a two-week trip to China in March 2016 to present research workshops at several universities followed by a public talk on campus describing her travels and what she learned.
Emily Griffith Emily Griffith, assistant professor of accounting and information systems, was awarded a research grant from the Center for Audit Quality (CAQ) to investigate the factors that affect auditors’ cognitive processing. This is the second year in a row that Griffith has received a grant from the Washington, D.C.-based organization, which is closely affiliated with the American Institute for CPAs. Out of 34 research proposals, the CAQ selected Griffith’s and her colleagues’ project as one of the three projects to fund. Last year, Griffith and Wisconsin School of Business Ph.D. student Patrick Hurley (Ph.D. ’15) received the Access to Audit Personnel Program Award from CAQ, one of only four research teams in the country to receive the prestigious honor. CAQ is an autonomous public policy group dedicated to enhancing investor confidence and public trust in the global capital markets.
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ACCOUNTING & INFORMATION SYSTEMS | YEAR IN REVIEW
Ella Mae Matsumura Ella Mae Matsumura, Robert and Monica Beyer Professor of Accounting, was named associate dean of full-time MBA programs for the WSB, effective August 1, 2015.