Published: 13 Iunie 2023

Wayne R. Landsman, one of the leading scholars in the field of Accounting, was awarded the title of Doctor Honoris Causa of Babeș-Bolyai University on June 8, 2023.

Wayne R. Landsman is a KPMG Distinguished Professor of Accounting at the Kenan-Flagler Business School at The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Professor Landsman received his academic titles (Ph.D. in business, MBA, and MS in statistics) from Stanford University and graduated ‘magna cum laude’ in economics from Princeton University.

Over his career, Professor Landsman promoted worldwide excellence in accounting education, research, and practice. In brief, he served as Associate Dean of the School’s Ph.D. Programs from 2001-16 and as top-ranked accounting area chairman from 1991-98. He achieved impressive recognition from its institution as he spearheaded the revival of the accounting area, which led to its prominence in accounting doctoral education “more than anyone” over the last 25 years, said Professor Doug Shackelford (former Dean of UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School).

His absolute values must also be recognized by the knowledge transfer from the research area into the business environment, specifically into the accounting practice at the national and international levels through standard-setting activities. Thus, he contributed to developing and implementing high-quality accounting and reporting standards while he served on the Financial Accounting Standards Advisory Council from 1998-2001. Moreover, Professor Landsman activates in the American Accounting Association (AAA), the premier community of accountants in academia. He acted as a member of the AAA Doctoral Consortium Committee in 2013 and 2014 (which he chaired in 2014) and as Financial Accounting and Reporting Section (FARS) president (1996-97). Furthermore, he served on editorial boards of prestigious journals (e.g., Management Science, European Accounting Review, and Journal of Business Finance and Accounting) and was editor of The Accounting Review from 2017-20.

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