Ph.D. Students

Stacey Ritter is a Ph.D. student in the Leventhal School of Accounting. Her research interests include behavioral topics in auditing, financial reporting, and managerial accounting. She has professional experience in the Enterprise Risk Services practice at Deloitte, the Internal Audit department at Raytheon, and the Provost Office at the University of Cincinnati. Stacey is a licensed Certified Public Accountant with a master’s degree in Accounting and a minor in Management Information Systems from The University of Texas at Austin.

Satish Sahoo is a Ph.D. student in accounting. He is interested in empirical research in cost of
capital, equity valuation, accounting information and market efficiency, mergers and acquisition
and debt contracting. He earned his bachelor’s degree (B. Tech, Electrical Engineering) from
National Institute of Technology, Rourkela and master’s degree (MBA, Finance) from Asian
Institute of Management, Manila. He is a CFA charter holder and a certified FRM (Financial Risk
Manager). Prior to entering the Ph.D. program, Satish worked as a Research Associate at The
Indian School of Business.

Simeng Shao is a PhD student in the Data Science and Operations department in the Marshall School of Business. She previously studied Statistics at Renmin University of China. Her research interests are High-dimensional Data Analysis and Functional Data Analysis.

Elisa Solinas is a first year Ph.D. student in Marketing specializing in consumer behavior research.