
Faculty
Full-time
Jack Barcal
JD, Stanford University; BS, DePaul University
Randolph Beatty
PhD, MAS, BS, University of Illinois
Sarah Bonner
PhD, University of Michigan; MA, George Washington University; BS, Wake Forest University
Ruben Davila
JD, BS, Loyola Marymount University; MBA, University of Southern California
Patricia Dechow
Ph.D. Accounting and Finance 1993, W. E. Simon School of Business Administration, University of Rochester (supervised by Professor Ross Watts);<br>M.S. Business Administration 1990, W. E. Simon School of Business Administration, University of Rochester;<br>Bachelor of Commerce (First Class Honors) 1986, University of Western Australia (supervised by Professor Philip Brown).
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Mark DeFond
PhD, University of Washington; BA, San Francisco State University
Chrislynn Freed
MBA, University of Southern California; BSA, University of Florida
Shane Heitzman
Ph.D., University of Arizona; M.Acc., University of Arizona; B.S., Business Economics, Eastern Oregon University
William Holder
DBA, MAcc, University of Oklahoma; BS, Oklahoma State University
Merle Hopkins
PhD, Michigan State University; MS, BA, Western Michigan University
Cecil Jackson
D .Commmerce, University of South Africa; M. Commerce, Rhodes University; B.Commerce, University of the Witwatersrand
He has been interviewed on CNN, Bloomberg News, The Street.com and other television news shows, and is the winner of numerous teaching awards.
Kristen Jaconi
B.A., Pomona College; M.A., University of California, Irvine; J.D., Stanford Law School
Robert Kiddoo
MBA, BS, CSU Northridge
Greg Kling
MST, Golden Gate University; BS, University of California at Berkeley
Rose Layton
MAcc, BS, DePaul University
Clive Lennox
Ph. D University of Oxford, 1998, Economics.
M. Phil. University of Oxford, 1995, Economics.
B. Sc. University of Warwick, 1991, Economics.
Tracie Majors
PhD, University of Texas Austin; MS, BA, Wake Forest University
Shirley Maxey
University of California, Davis
Patricia Mills
LLM, University of San Diego; JD, BS, Syracuse University
Daniel O'Leary
PhD, Case Western Reserve University; MBA, University of Michigan; BS, Bowling Green University
Maria Ogneva
PhD, University of Southern California; MS, BS, Moscow State University
John Owens
BS, USC
Smrity Randhawa
Ph.D., Stanford; B.S., University of Michigan
Francisco Roman
Thomas Ryan
MBA, DePaul University; BS, University of Illinois - Chicago
Matthew Shaffer
Richard Sloan
PhD, Business Administration (Accounting and Finance), University of Rochester; MS, Business Administration, University of Rochester; Bachelor of Commerce University of Western Australia
Lori Smith
B.S., University of Southern California <br>
Mark Soliman
PhD, University of Michigan; MS, Seattle University; BS, California State Polytechnic University
Lorien Stice-Lawrence
Ph.D., Accounting, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2017, B.S., Economics, Brigham Young University (summa cum laude), 2011, Minors: Business Administration, French, Arabic
K.R. Subramanyam
PhD, University of Wisconsin; MBA, Indian Institute of Management - Ahmadabad; BCom, Madras University
Charles Swenson
PhD, University of Southern California; MS, Arizona State University; BS, University of Arizona
David Tsui
Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania; BBA, University of Wisconsin- Madison
Shiing-Wu Wang
Ph.D., University of Michigan, Business Administration, 1988
M.B.A., University of Wisconsin-Madison, Accounting, 1980
B.S., National Chiao-Tung University, Taiwan, Engineering, 1978
Zivia Wilson Sweeney
MBA, BS, University of Southern California
Regina Wittenberg Moerman
Ph.D., The University of Chicago Graduate School of Business, 2006.<br>MBA, The University of Chicago Graduate School of Business, 2006.<br>MBA, Finance and Accounting, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Summa Cum Laude, 1999.<br>B.A., Accounting and Economics, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Magna Cum Laude, 1996.
Wittenberg-Moerman is the senior editor of the Journal of Accounting Research. She also served on the editorial board of the Journal of Accounting and Economics and the Journal of Accounting Research and is a referee for numerous journals, including The Accounting Review, Journal of Finance and Journal of Financial Economics.
Forester Wong
PhD, Columbia University
T.J. Wong
PhD, MBA, UCLA;
Shelley Xin Li
DBA, Harvard University
S. Mark Young
PhD, University of Pittsburgh; MAcc, The Ohio State University; BA, Oberlin College
Adjunct and Part-time
Tony Aaron
Paul Bader
David Boschetto
MBT, University of Southern California; B.B.A., Loyola Marymount University
George Braunegg
B.S., Indiana University of Pennsylvania; MBA, University of Southern California
After 6 years at KPMG, Professor Braunegg Co-Founded CAST Management Consultants, a highly regarded boutique consulting firm. CAST was sold in 2017 after 31 years serving the largest and most successful financial services companies.
Professor Braunegg earned a B.S. magna cum laude from Indiana University of Pennsylvania and a MBA from USC. He is a CPA in California & Pennsylvania, serves on the Boards of Mercury Insurance and two not-for -profits (VOALA & SCADP) and is an advisor to Terafina a Silicon Valley Fintech firm.
Diane Comi
LL.M., Boston University; J.D., Southwestern University School of Law; B.S., University of Southern California
Cynthia Gensler
J.D., Southwestern School of Law; BBA, University of West Los Angeles
James Leonetti
BS, Accounting, University of Southern California
Mike Paranal

Samuel Perlmutter

Thomas Phelps
Harris Smith
BS, Accounting, University of Baltimore
Emeriti
Jerry Arnold
PhD, University of Michigan; MA, BS, University of Missouri
Joseph Keller
MS, BS, Utah State University
Thomas Lin
PhD, The Ohio State University; MS, UCLA; MBA, National Chengchi University; BA, National Taiwan University
Kenneth Merchant
PhD, UC-Berkeley; MBA, Columbia University; BA, Union College
Theodore Mock
PhD, UC-Berkeley; MBA, BS, The Ohio State University

Zoe-Vonna Palmrose
PhD, MBA, University of Washington; BS, Oregon State University
Leslie Porter
PhD, UCLA; MS, BS, University of British Columbia
Kendall Simmonds
MBA, UC-Berkeley; BA, CSU-Hayward
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