Faculty Profile
Ehsan H. Feroz, Ph.D., CFE, CGFM
- Ph.D., University of Chicago, 1982.
| Office: | DOU 301D |
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| Phone: | 253-692-4728 |
| E-mail: | ehf2@u.washington.edu |
Ehsan H. Feroz is a Professor of Accounting at the Milgard School of Business of the University of Washington, Tacoma. He previously taught accounting at the University of Minnesota Minneapolis and Duluth, Baruch College of the City University of New York, and the State University of New York at Buffalo. His teaching interests are mainly in the areas of financial accounting, forensic auditing, corporate governance and management control systems, and international accounting. In addition to serving numerous students in classrooms, Dr. Feroz has formally supervised seven doctoral students as a member of their dissertation or comprehensive examination committees, 25 master's students as supervisors of their MBA/MS theses or field projects, and eight Undergraduate Research Opportunities projects. His supervisees have been placed with international public accounting firms, corporations, and major research universities.
Professor Feroz's current research interests are in the areas of detection and prevention of fraudulent financial reporting, performance measurement in corporate governance, and productivity growth accounting. Feroz's published papers have appeared in refereed academic journals such as The Accounting Review; Journal of Accounting Research; Accounting, Organizations, and Society; Accounting Horizons; Journal of Business Finance and Accounting; Journal of the Operational Research Society; IEEE Transactions; International Journal of Accounting; Advances in Accounting; and Australian Journal of Management. Several of his coauthored papers have been highly cited in the accounting literature (AR, 1992; AOS, 1992 and 2001) including one which is regarded as a seminal study (JAR,1991).
Professor Feroz is currently serving a second four-year term on the U.S. GAO Advisory Council on Government Auditing Standards. Dr. Feroz has been profiled in the Who's Who in Finance and Industry; Who's Who In America; Who's Who in the World; Who's Who in Business Higher Education; International Who's Who of Intellectuals; Community Leaders in America; Personalities of the Americas; and One Thousand Great Americans.
Specialty
- SEC Enforcement Actions (AAERs)
- Forensic Accounting and Auditing
- FASB/GASB Standards Setting
- Governmental Accounting and Auditing (Yellow Book)
- Productivity Growth Accounting
- Microfinance (Grameen Bank)
Selected Publications
Dr. Feroz's papers are available at http://ssrn.com/author=16772
- Performance measurement for accountability in corporate governance (with S. Goel and R. Raab), Review of Accounting and Finance, vol. 7, no. 2, 2008, pp. 121-130.
- A productivity growth accounting approach to the ranking of developing and developed nations, (with R. Raab), The International Journal of Accounting, vol. 42, 2007, pp. 396-415.
- Global warming and environmental production efficiency ranking of the Kyoto Protocol nations, (with R. Raab, G. Ulleberg, and K. Alsharif), Journal of Environmental Management, 2008, pp. 1-6.
- Governance of water supply systems in the Palestinian Territories: A data envelopment analysis approach to the management of water resources, (with K. Alsharif, A. Klemer, and R. Raab), Journal of Environmental Management, vol. 87, 2008, pp. 80-94.
- Analytical Procedures: A Data Envelopment Analysis Approach (with S. Kim and R. Raab), Journal of Emerging Technologies in Accounting, vol. 2, 2005, pp. 17-31.
- Financial Statement Analysis: A Data Envelopment Analysis Approach (with S. Kim and R. Raab), Journal of the Operational Research Society, January 2003, Vol. 54, No.1, pp. 48-58.
- Institutional Theory and Accounting Rule Choice: An Analysis of the Four US State Governments' Decisions to Adopt Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (with V. Carpenter); Accounting, Organizations and Society, October 2001, Vol. 26, pp. 565-596 (lead article).
- An Income Efficiency Model Approach to the Economic Consequences of the OSHA Cotton Dust Regulation (with R. Raab and S. Haag), Australian Journal of Management, June 2001, Vol. 26, No.1, pp. 69-89.
- The Efficacy of Red Flags in Predicting the SEC's Investigation Targets: An Artificial Neural Networks Approach (with T. Kwon, V. Pastena, and K. Park), International Journal of Intelligent Systems in Accounting, Finance, and Management (lead article of Vol. 9, No. 3) September 2000, Vol. 9, No. 3, pp. 145-157 (lead article).
- The Occurrence of Fibonacci Numbers in Time Series of Financial Accounting Ratios: Anomalies or Indicators of Firm Survival, Bankruptcy and Fraud? (with A. Amershi), Managerial Finance, 2000, Vol. 26, No. 11, pp. 5-20 (lead article).
Current Research
- SEC Enforcement Actions and its impact on Risk Profile of Firms
- Corporate Governance Changes on the Post SEC Enforcement Period
- Microfinance (Grameen Bank)
Honors and Awards
- Two SSRN "Top Ten Downloaded" papers
- Emerald Literati Network 2006 "Highly Commended Award" for the co-authored paper, "Performance Measurement in Corporate Governance: Do Mergers Improve Managerial Performance in the Post-Merger Period," (with S. Kim and R. Raab), Review of Accounting and Finance, 4(3), 2005, pp. 86-100.
- US Comptroller General's Certificate of Commendation for dedicated services on the Comptroller General's Advisory Council, 2005
- Profiled in the 'One Thousand Great Americans' (2005).
- Recognized as "one of the most prolific researchers publishing in the accounting literature" by a survey of top thirty refereed academic accounting journals(2004).
- Honorary member, Beta Gamma Sigma, University of Minnesota, Duluth Chapter, inducted in 2002.
- Special Project Associate of the Vice Chancellor of UMD (one faculty per year was chosen for this leadership position), 1995
- Invited participant, Journal of Accounting Research Conference, 1991.
- Honorary member, Beta Alpha Psi, State University of New York at Buffalo Chapter, inducted in 1985.
- "Guest of the Institute" at the Center of International Studies, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, July through September, 1979.
Affiliations
- American Accounting Association, Sarasota, Florida.
- Association of Government Accountants, Alexandria, Virginia.
- Association of Certified Fraud Examiners, Austin, Texas.
Professional Service
Editorial
- 2007-present - Editor, International Journal of Accounting
Review Board Memberships
Ad hoc reviewer for academic journals
- The Accounting Review (AAA)
- Auditing: A Journal of Practice and Theory (AAA)
- Issues in Accounting Education (AAA)
- International Journal of Intelligent Systems in Accounting, Finance and Management (USC)
- Journal of Accounting Auditing, and Finance (NYU)
- Journal of Accounting and Public Policy (U. Maryland)
- Advances in Public Interest Accounting (CUNY Baruch)
- Critical Perspectives in Accounting (CUNY Baruch/U. Alberta)
External reviewer of promotion and tenure dossiers
- Syracuse University (Ph.D. granting), full professor of accounting, 2005
- McMaster U. (Ph. D granting), two dossiers for full professors in accounting, 2005
- Temple U. (Ph.D. granting), associate professor of accounting, 2002
- Kent State U. (Ph.D. granting), full professor of accounting, 2001
- Rutgers U. Camden, associate professor of accounting, 2000
- Indiana U. Northwest, associate professor of accounting, 1997
- U. Michigan Flint, associate professor of finance, 1994
