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 scholar application can be found here. Please note, the Visiting Scholars program is highly selective, and to apply, you must have sponsorship from an Accounting Department faculty member.
Visiting Scholars for the 2024-2025 Academic Year:

Serkan Özdemir / sfo215@stern.nyu.edu
- Affiliation: Ankara University
- Sponsoring Faculty: Joshua Ronen
- Appointment: September 1, 2024 - August 31, 2025

Massimiliano Bonacchi / mb2995@stern.nyu.edu
- Affiliation: University of Bolzano
- Sponsoring Faculty: Ilan Guttman
- Appointment: September 14, 2024 - October 5, 2025
Our Visiting Scholars for the 2017-2018 Academic Year
➖ 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 Neuchatel, 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
Our Visiting Scholars for the 2016-2017 Academic Year:
➖ 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
Our Visiting Scholars for the 2015-2016 Academic Year:
➖ 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
Our Visiting Scholars for the 2014-2015 Academic Year:
➖ 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