Accounting External Speaker Series: Clare Wang from University of Colorado Boulder

Clare Wang is the Professor at Leeds School of Business, University of Colorado Boulder. She is the Plante Moran/EKS&F Faculty Fellow. Her research examines the roles that legal, regulatory and financial reporting regimes play in capital markets and corporate activities. She also studies emerging forms of disclosure such as corporate accountability reporting and social media platforms. Her research has been published in accounting leading journals including the Journal of Accounting Research, Journal of Accounting and Economics and The Accounting Review.

Professor Wang is currently an editor of The Accounting Review and Accountability in a Sustainable World Quarterly, and an associate editor of the Management Science. Her previous academic appointments include Associate Professor of Accounting at the University of Iowa (2017-2019) and Assistant Professor of Accounting at Northwestern University (2011-2017). Before devoting herself to academic research, sheworked for Goldman Sachs in the investment banking division. She received both her B.S. and Ph.D. degrees from the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania.