Visiting Scholars
The visiting scholar program extends specified courtesy titles and privileges to scholars of distinction who visit Stern to engage in research and scholarship. Visiting scholars are considered guests of the university who may visit for a temporary period of up to one year (renewable). Privileges include participating in colloquia, auditing classes, consulting members of the faculty, and using the university libraries.
The Visiting Scholars program is highly selective, and to apply, you must have sponsorship from an Accounting Department faculty member. The visiting scholar application can be found here.
Please note: The standard application processing time is approximately 4-6 weeks following department approval. If visa sponsorship is required, an additional 3 months are required for the visa application process.
Visiting Scholars for the 2024-2025 Academic Year:
Tim Baldenius / b84@stern.nyu.edu
- Affiliation: Columbia University
- Sponsoring Faculty: Xiaojing Meng
- Appointment Dates: May 5, 2025 - May 4, 2026
Tuba Toksöz / tt753@stern.nyu.edu
- Office: 10-89
- Affiliation: Koç University
- Sponsoring Faculty: Joshua Ronen
- Appointment Dates: August 4, 2025 - September 4, 2025
Serkan Özdemir / sfo215@stern.nyu.edu
- Affiliation: Ankara University
- Sponsoring Faculty: Joshua Ronen
- Appointment: September 1, 2024 - August 31, 2025
Antonella Russo / ar10145@stern.nyu.edu
- Office: 10-83
- Affiliation: University of Greenwich
- Sponsoring Faculty: Joshua Ronen
- Appointment Dates: July 21, 2025 - August 21, 2025
Massimiliano Bonacchi / mb2995@stern.nyu.edu
- Affiliation: University of Bolzano
- Sponsoring Faculty: Ilan Guttman
- Appointment: September 14, 2024 - October 5, 2025
Former Visiting Scholars
Barbara Seitz
University of St.Gallen, Switzerland
Research area: Financial Reporting by Banks and Reporting for Financial Instruments
Faculty Sponsor: Stephen Ryan
Qiuhong Zhao
Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi
Faculty Sponsor: Stephen Ryan
Francesco Reggiani
University of Zurich
Faculty Sponsor: Stephen Ryan
DongJoon Han
The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Research area: Accounting Theory and Corporate Finance
Faculty Sponsor: Tim Baldenius
Massimiliano Bonacchi
University of Bolzano
Faculty Sponsor: Paul Zarowin
Swati Kanoria
University of Warwick
Research area: Hedge Fund Activism, Executive Compensation, Banking and Risk, Incentives, Information Asymmetry, and Corporate Governance
Faculty Sponsor: April Klein
Morten Jensen
Copenhagen Business School, Denmark
Research area: Financial Accounting
Faculty Sponsor: Stephen Ryan
Catalin Starica
University of Neuchâtel, Switzerland
Faculty Sponsor: Paul Zarowin
Aikaterini Ferentinou
University of Graz, Austria
Research area: Long-term debt contracts
Faculty Sponsor: Tim Baldenius
Raffaele Manini
Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Spain
Faculty Sponsor: Baruch Lev
Alfredo Antonino Scarfo
University of Pisa, Italy
Research area: Corporate Finance, Mergers and Acquisitions, Intangibles
Faculty Sponsor: Paul Zarowin
Minlei Ye
University of Toronto
Research area: Economics of Auditing; Financial accounting research on disclosure, manager discretion and the effect of regulation on capital markets
Faculty Sponsor: Tim Baldenius
Yazhou He (Ellen)
University of Warwick, UK
Research area: Corporate governance, corporate finance, behavioral finance, capital market research, equity valuation
Faculty Sponsor: April Klein
Evgeny Petrov
Swiss Finance Institute at Swiss Federal
Research area: Voluntary Disclosure, Asymmetric Information, Financial Intermediation, Contract Theory, General Equilibrium
Faculty Sponsor: Ilan Guttman
Ferrari, Mascia
University of Modena and Reggio Emilia
Research area: Corporate Social Responsibility
Faculty Sponsor: Joshua Ronen
Hoffmann, Kira
Copenhagen Business School, Denmark
Research area: Cost behavior, Financial and managerial accounting
Faculty Sponsor: Tim Baldenius
Kukec, Sandra
University of Graz Center for Accounting Research
Research area: Debt Contracting and Accounting
Faculty Sponsor: Tim Baldenius
Bonacchi, Massimiliano
University of Napels Parthenope
Research area: Financial Reporting Quality of private firms
Faculty Sponsor: Paul Zarowin
Kaspereit, Thomas
University of Oedenburg
Research area: Environmental Disclosure Management
Faculty Sponsor: Eli Bartov
Pieirni, Lucia
LUISS Guido Carli
Research area: Intangible Assets
Faculty Sponsor: Baruch Lev
Quan, Xiaofeng
Soochow University
Research area: Accounting and Corporate Finance
Faculty Sponsor: Xiaojing Meng
Dong, Minyue
HEC, University of Lausanne
Research area: Financial Analysis of banks and other financial services firms
Faculty Sponsor: Stephen Ryan
Ferrari, Mascia
University of Modena and Reggio Emilia
Research area: Corporate Social Responsibility
Faculty Sponsor: Joshua Ronen
Allini, Alessandra
University of Napels Federico II
Research area: Innovations in the Risk Market System
Faculty Sponsor: Joshua Ronen
Rossi, F. Manes
University of Salerno
Faculty Sponsor: Joshua Ronen