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Academic Background

• Ph.D. in Accounting, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2012
• M.B.A. National Taiwan University, 2002
• B.S. National Taiwan University, 2000

Academic & Professional Experience

• Associate Professor of Accountancy, Miami University (August 2018 - Present)
• PwC Endowed Assistant Professor of Accountancy, Miami University (July 2016 - July 2018)
• Assistant Professor of Accountancy, Miami University (August 2012 - July 2018)
• Instructor, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. (2007 - 2011)
• Graduate Assistant, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (August 2006 - May 2012)
• Business Analyst, ABeam Consulting (April 2004 - June 2006)

Recent Publications

• Ballou, B., Chen, P., Grenier, J., and Heitger, D. 2018. Corporate Social Responsibility Assurance and Reporting Quality: Evidence from Restatements. Journal of Accounting and Public Policy 37(2): 167-188.
• Burke, Q.L., Chen, P., and Eaton, T.V. 2017. An empirical examination of mark-to-market accounting for corporate pension plans. Journal of Accounting and Public Policy 36(1): 34-58.
• Chen, P. 2016. Banks' acquisition of private information about financial misreporting. The Accounting Review 91(3): 835-857.
• Abdel-Khalik, A.R. and Chen, P. 2015. Growth in financial derivatives: The public policy and accounting incentives. Journal of Accounting and Public Policy 34: 291-318.
• Eaton, T.V., Burke, Q.L., and Chen, P. 2015. Marking pension plans to market. The CPA Journal 85: 30-33.

Honors & Awards

• Winner of Richard K. Smucker Teaching Excellence Award - Outstanding Junior Professor, Miami University 2016
• CELTUA Commendation for Influence on Students, Miami University 2014-2017
• University Fellowship, University of Illinois, 2008 - 2012
• List of Teachers Ranked as Excellent by Their Students, University of Illinois, 2007

Research Interests

• Financial Reporting Quality; Loan Contracting; Accounting Choices; Audit Quality; Corporate Social Responsibility.

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