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Mission & Philosophy of the Department of Accounting

The mission of Department of Accounting is to create, debate and disseminate knowledge about the measurement and communication of financial and non-financial information that will inform our students, alumni, managers and capital market participants and facilitate rational financial, economic and policy decisions.

MESSAGE FROM THE DEPARTMENT CHAIRMEN

Stern's Department of Accounting offers a wide range of courses and programs for students interested in acquiring the skills that will better enable them to serve the information needs of professional clients and the organizations that employ them.

We offer a Ph.D. degree with an emphasis in accounting as well as an M.B.A. degree with a major or double major in accounting. Students often select a menu of courses stressing financial statement analysis. In the undergraduate college, we offer two accounting majors - one with a C.P.A. emphasis; the other less technical in nature. The latter option is often taken together with finance or information systems as a double major. All students have access to the faculty of departments throughout the Stern School.

Our faculty are committed to the pursuit of excellence in their teaching and research activities. The Department is consistently ranked as one of the top accounting faculties in the United States, and we pride ourselves in the knowledge that more of our accounting graduates have entered the ranks of senior partner of the major accounting firms than any other business school.



Paul Zarowin
Chair
Professor of Accounting

Julian Yeo
Deputy Chair
Clinical Associate Professor of Accounting

Faculty in the News

Professor Joshua Ronen authored an op-ed: “Regulators Should Stop Trying to 'Whack' So-Called Junk Fees.” Read more

Professor Ilan Guttman's co-authored paper,  "Earnings Management and Earnings Quality: Theory and Evidence," has been selected as the recipient of the 2024 FARS Best Paper Award. Read more

Professor Amal Shehata was interviewed on NPR's Planet Money, "Accounting and The Last Supper". Read more

Professor Eli Bartov won the Notable Contributions to Accounting Literature Award from the American Accounting Association.


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Prof. Aleksander A. Aleszczyk

Professor Aleksander Aleszczyk has been named of the 2025 Poets & Quants Best 40-Under-40 MBA Professors. This recognition celebrates rising stars making a meaningful impact through research, dynamic teaching, and student engagement. 

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Prof. Christine Cuny

Received the 2021-2022 Distinguished Teaching Award. Prof. Christine Cuny teaches residential and online courses in Financial Statement Analysis in undergraduate and graduate schools.

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Prof. Amal Shehata

Received the 2020-2021 Distinguished Teaching Award  on April 06, 2021. Prof. Amal Shehata teaches residential and online courses in financial accounting and auditing in undergraduate and graduate schools. She has recently created a new course, Accounting and the Blockchain, that explores how this technology will impact many dimensions of the accounting industry.

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