Biography
Bill joined the Goizueta Business School in the fall of 2007 after completing his Ph.D. in management at Cornell University. His research explores psychological and social forces affecting judgment and decision making in accounting. His work has been published in The Accounting Review, The Journal of Finance, and The Review of Financial Studies. Bill and his wife are the parents of five wonderful daughters.

Publications

• “Information pursuit in financial-statement analysis: effects of choice, effort and disaggregation,” The Accounting Review, 2007, with M. W. Nelson.
• “Margin Trading, Overpricing, and Synchronization Risk,” The Review of Financial Studies, 2009, with S. Bhojraj and R. J. Bloomfield.
• “Momentum, reversal, and uniformed traders in laboratory markets,” The Journal of Finance, forthcoming, with R. J. Bloomfield and F. Zhou.
• "The balanced scorecard as a strategy evaluation tool: the effects of implementation involvement and a causal-chain focus,” The Accounting Review, forthcoming.

Working Papers

• “Norms, conformity, and controls,” under second round revision at the Journal of Accounting Research, with R. J. Bloomfield.
• "Lost in translation: The effects of incentive compensation on strategy surrogation,” working paper, with W. Choi and G. Hecht.

Areas of Specialization

• Managerial and financial accounting
• Judgment and decision making
• Behavioral economics

Achievements and Honors

• Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation Award, Management Accounting Section of the American Accounting Association, 2008
• Goizueta Business School Dean’s Research Grant Award, 2008
• Goizueta Business School Dean’s Research Grant Award, 2007
• Teaching Honor Roll, Recognition for Excellence in Teaching, Cornell University, 2006
• American Accounting Association Doctoral Consortium Fellow, 2005
• Glenn E. and Geraldine Hill Scholar, 2002
• Lewis M. Jones Scholar, 2001
• Robert K. Thomas Scholar, 2001
• School of Accountancy and Information Systems Scholar, Brigham Young University, 2001
• Trustees Scholar, Brigham Young University, 1995
• Phi Kappa Phi

Professional Memberships and Activities

• American Accounting Association
• Institute of Management Accountants
• Atlanta Management Society
• Ad hoc reviewer for The Accounting Review, Advances in Accounting Behavioral Research, Behavioral Research in Accounting, Contemporary Accounting Research, and the Journal of Management Accounting Research

Academic Background
PhD, management, Cornell University, 2007
MS, management, Cornell University, 2006
MA, professional accounting, Brigham Young University, 2002
BS, accounting, with honors and magna cum laude, Brigham Young University, 2002