Professor of Accounting
Deloitte & Touche Professor of Accounting
PhD, Duke University, 1992
MBA, University of Alberta, 1977
BBA, University of New Brunswick, 1976
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Michael G. Foster School of Business |
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225 Mackenzie Hall
jkennedy@u.washington.edu
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Accounting Department
Box 353200
Seattle, WA 98195-3200 |
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Specialties
Behavioral decision theory and cognitive psychology as it relates to uses of financial information.
Positions Held
At the University of Washington since 1991
Visiting positions
- INSEAD, Fontainebleau, France (January-March 2001)
- Indiana University (January-May 1997)
- University of Alberta, Canada (1982-87)
Lecturer, University of Alberta, Canada (1977-81)
Senior accountant for Alberta Energy Company (1981-82)
Selected Publications
- "Are M.B.A. Students a Good Proxy for Non-professional Investors?" with Brooke Elliott, Frank Hodge and Maarten Pronk, The Accounting Review, January 2007, pp. 139-168.
- "Motivated Reasoning as a Source of Bias in Analysts' Earnings Forecasts," with Michael Eames and Steve Glover, Behavioral Research in Accounting, Vol. 18, 2006, pp. 37-52.
- “Does Search-Facilitating Technology Improve Transparency of Financial Reporting?” with Frank Hodge and Laureen Maines, The Accounting Review, July 2004, pp. 687-703.
- “The Effect of Quality Assessment and Directional Goal Commitment on Auditors’ Acceptance of Client-Preferred Accounting Methods,” with Kathryn Kadous and Mark Peecher, The Accounting Review, July 2003, pp. 759-778.
- “Eliminating Recency with Self-Review: The Case of Auditors’ Going Concern Judgments,” with Robert Ashton, Journal of Behavioral Decision Making, July 2002, pp. 221-231.
- “The Association between Trading Recommendations and Broker-Analysts’ Earnings Forecasts,” with Michael Eames and Steven Glover, Journal of Accounting Research, March 2002, pp. 85-104.
Current Research
Fair Value vs. Historical Cost of Tangible Assets: the Effect on Non-professional Investors' Decision.
Honors and Awards
Lex N. Gamble Family Award for Excellence in Teaching in Case Development & Curriculum Innovation (2009)
Faculty Case Award for "Exxon Mobil Corporation: The Politics of Profit" (2007)
PACCAR Award for Teaching Excellence (2004)
William A. and Helen I. Fowler Award for Special Achievement in Accounting or Finance (2004)
MBA Core Professor of the Quarter for Autumn (2002, 2003, 2008, 2009)
Faculty of Business Teaching Award, University of Alberta (1981, 1987)
Canadian Institute of Citizenship Award (1976)
Academic Service
Behavioral accounting editor for The Accounting Review (2002-2004)
Past chair of ABO section American Accounting Association (2000)
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