Recent Faculty Scholarship

Updated: March 5, 2024

Faculty Scholarship from November 2023 to February 2024

JESSICA BUCHANAN

  • Paper Presentation: Buchanan, J. L., E. Hamilton, A. Saiewitz and S. Vandervelde. 2024. “Testing an Intervention to Improve Audit Inquiry Quality.” AAA 2024 Auditing Section midyear meeting, January 13, 2024. 

RAE CALOURA

  • Media Appearance: Segment on consumers’ willingness to spend in Q1 after the holidays. WPRI 12, January 17, 2024.
  • Media Appearance: Segment on whether grocery prices will ever return to ‘normal.’ WJAR 10, February 15, 2024.

JULIA CAMP

  • Award: The American Taxation Association 2023 Outstanding Paper Award for the Journal of Legal Tax Research – 2023 publication “Religion versus Politics: An Age-Old Question with Continued Importance to the U.S. Nonprofit Classification System,” written with John J. Masselli of Texas Tech University and Amy J.N. Yurko of Duquesne University. 

ABIGAIL CORRINGTON

STEVEN DANNEMILLER

  • Award: The Notable Contribution to the Literature Award by the AIS Section of the American Accounting Association for 2024 – Paper – “The ChatGPT Artificial Intelligence Chatbot: How Well Does It Answer Accounting Assessment Questions?” Project led by David Wood, joined by 325 coauthors.

CHRISTINE EARLEY

  • Article Published (with N. Mackenzie and S. Kuselias): “Two Sides of the Same Coin: The Good and Bad of Alumni Affiliation during Auditor Evidence Collection,” The Accounting Review, 99(1): 191-206.
  • Award Received: American Accounting Association (AAA) Auditing Section 2024 Innovation in Auditing Education Award for “Wealthy Watches Inc.: The Substantive Testing of Accounts Receivable in the Evolving Audit Environment” with L. Andiola, D. Downey and D. Jefferson.
  • Paper Presentation: “Passing the Buck: The Joint Impact of Audit Firm and Engagement Level Tone at the Top,” AAA Auditing Section Midyear Meeting, January 2024.
  • Presentation: “Artificial Intelligence,” Warwick Rotary Club, December 2023.

JACQUELINE ELCIK

  • Paper Presentation: “Innovative Approaches to Supplement the Curriculum with Experiential Learning.” Absel Conference, March 2024.
  • Paper Presentation: Submitted paper and co-presented the following month with Angela Hersch from Suitable. Academic Experiential Learning Conference.   

MATTHEW ERIKSEN

  • Conference Presentation: “Re-Imagining Self-Leadership.” 21st International Studying Leadership Conference. December 2023.

RONALD JELINEK

  • Paper Accepted: Jelinek, K. Jelinek, R. (2023) Leading an Early-Curriculum Discussion on Professional Integrity. Accounting Educators’ Journal.(33), 121-136.

ARATI KALE

PATRICK KELLY

  • Presentation: “Emerging Issues in Accounting Ethics Education – Engaging Students in Ethical Leadership Discussions and Involving Students in Competitive Case Analyses.” The American Accounting Association weARE Webinar, December 5, 2024.
  • Presentation: “International Ethics Standards for Professional Accountants – Current Issues and Integrating Standards into Your Accounting Ethics Course.” The American Accounting Association weARE Webinar, January 19, 2024.
  • Presentation: The Evolution of Cost Accounting: Integrating Sustainability and Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) Topics for the Next Generation of Accounting and Business Professionals.”  The Sustainability, ESG and Accounting Implications for the Academy and the Profession Conference on February 17, 2024.
  • Service Assignment: Coordinated Providence College Michael Smith Ethics Case Competition: “Ethical Implications of Generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) Chatbots,” February 24, 2024.
  • Media Appearance: Gambling in Rhode Island with a specific focus on online casino gambling or igaming, Tara Granahan show, March 6, 2024.

KARL KERN

  • Article Published: Kern K., “5 Steps for Effective Ratio Analysis” Association for Financial Professionals. November 2023. Article.

SYLVIA MAXFIELD

  • Paper Accepted: Maxfield, S. and Wang, L., “Board Gender Diversity, Firm Risk, and the Intermediate Mechanisms: A Meta-Analysis.” Corporate Governance an International Review Special Issue. March 2024

KEVIN McMAHON

  • Awarded Providence College Humanities Program’s C.S. Lewis Fellowship. Article.
  • Community Engagement Activity: Accepted into the Rhode Island Department of Correction prison ministry on the men’s maximum-security side. 

KEVIN NEWMAN

  • Invited Talk: February 9, 2024 at Villanova University presenting on the eco-gender gap in sustainable consumption as a part of their annual Villanova Environmental Law Journal Blank Rome LLP Symposium.  

NEA NORTH

  • Paper Accepted: North, N., “Improving donation service design: expanding choice to increase perceived justice and satisfaction.” Journal of Services Marketing.
  • Community Engagement Activity: Strong Leader Mentor for Strong Women, Strong Girls (nonprofit organization) 

ROBERT REILLY

  • Moderator: Providence College Alumni Entrepreneur Pnal. 11 November 23.
  • Membership Appointment: Providence College National Alumni Association Council. Committee appointment: Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion.

AINSLIE SCHULTZ

  • Paper Accepted: Wright, S. A., & Schultz, A. E. (forthcoming). Unleashing the Power of AI And Big Data for Advertising A Framework for Intensive Longitudinal Mediation When Using AI to Study Advertising Effectiveness. Journal of Advertising Research. 

CHRISTOPHER STARKEY

  • Paper Published: Starkey, C., “Measuring Financial Contagion: Dealing with the Volatility Bias in the Correlation Dynamics”. International Review of Financial Analysis.

LIU WANG

  • Paper Accepted: Maxfield, S. and Wang, L., “Board Gender Diversity, Firm Risk, and the Intermediate Mechanisms: A Meta-Analysis.” Corporate Governance an International Review Special Issue. March 2024