YUN-CHIA (ANDERSON) YAN, PH.D. Assistant Professor of Accounting Department of Accounting & Management Information Systems University of Texas at Brownsville CURRICULUM VITAE EDUCATION Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Florida International University, 2007 Co-Chairs: Kannan Raghunandan & Dasaratha Rama Dissertation: Associations between SOX 404 Opinions and Auditors, Audit Committees, and Executives Master of Science (MS), Utah State University, 2000 Major: Business Information Systems Bachelor of Arts (BA), Tamkang University, Taiwan, 1996 Major: Accounting PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Assistant Professor University of Texas at Brownsville (2013 present) Assistant Professor University of New Orleans (2008 2013) Assistant Professor California State Polytechnic University Pomona (2007 2008) Graduate Teaching / Research Assistant Florida International University (2004 2007) Responsible for syllabi preparation, course teaching, and student consultations for two course preparations, as well as dedicated research assistance to senior professors in accounting at a Carnegie Doctoral Research Extensive (Research-I) university with separate AACSB Accounting Accreditation. Software Engineer Chunghwa Telecom Co., Ltd. Taiwan (Jul. 2001 Aug. 2004) Designed web based system written in C++, XML, Oracle 8i, Java Script, HTML, CORBA to streamline the process of hiring new employees and providing the necessary office equipment and account information for the International Business Group of the largest telecommunications company in Taiwan. Built two Linux-based firewalls using IPChains and ipmasqadm. Customized initialization scripts to start and stop the firewall. Adapted the firewall script to needs of the project by adding, removing and improving the IP chains as required. Management Accountant Taiwan Army (Ranking-Private, Sept. 1996 Aug. 1998) Accountant for the commissary supermarket, responsible for maintaining cost accounting, cost reporting, preparing and reviewing documents for account changing and input to the accounting system, and preparing monthly/yearly closing statements. RESEARCH RESEARCH INTERESTS Auditing, Financial Reporting, Capital Markets and AIS
Page 2 PUBLICATIONS Is Default Probability Associated with Corporate Social Responsibility? (with Tacheng Chang and Li-Chuan Chou), Asia-Pacific Journal of Accounting and Economics (ERA-B), forthcoming. Top Management Resignation and Firm s Subsequent Bankruptcy, (with Joseph Beams and Hua-Wei Huang), Accounting and The Public Interest (AAA) (ERA-B), December 2013, Vol. 13, No. 1, pp. 39-54. New Executives and Audit Fees, (with Clark Wheatley). Journal of Forensic & Investigative Accounting, 3(2), 2011. Appointment of New Executives and Subsequent SOX 404 Opinion, (with A. Barua). Journal of Accounting and Finance, 11(2): 78-90, 2011. Market reactions of female audit committee director appointments: Evidence from US-traded foreign firms, (with Hua-Wei Huang, James Fornaro and Ahmed Elshahat). International Journal of Banking and Finance (ERA-C), 8(1): 59-75, 2011. Internal Control Opinions and Auditor Resignations, (with Clark Wheatley and A. Barua). Journal of Forensic & Investigative Accounting, 2(2), 2010. Economic Consequences of the Sarbanes Oxley Act on E-commerce Firms, (with Ronald Young and Hua-Wei Huang), Issues in Information Systems, 11(1): 377-383, 2010. Effect of Management Change on R&D/IA and Stock Return in IT Companies, (with Hua-Wei Huang and Hsiao-Wen Huang), Issues in Information Systems, 9(2): 518-522, 2008. WORKING PAPERS Types of CEO Turnover and Audit Pricing, (with Hua-Wei Huang and Robert Parker), under revise for the 2 nd round at - Accounting Horizons. The impact of social responsibility on corporate performance: Evidence from Taiwan, (with Tacheng Chang and Li-Chuan Chou), under 1 st round review at - Asia Pacific Management Review. CEO/CFO Resignations and Going Concern Opinions, (with Joseph Beams), under 1 st round review at - Abacus. The Effect of Financial Crisis on Auditor Conservatism: US Evidence, (with Joseph Beams), under 1 st round review at - Accounting Research Journal. The gender of corporate board members and the quality of internal controls, (with Hua-Wei Huang, Dao Thi Tuyet Mai and Robert Parker). Types of Material Internal Control Weakness, Fraudulent Financial Reporting, and Information Content, (with Hua-Wei Huang, Alan Jiang and David Manry). Shareholder Wealth Effects of Accounting Expertise for Firms Reporting Internal Control Material Weakness Changes, (with David Manry and Scott Wandler). ABSTRACTS AND CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS PUBLICATIONS Huang, Hua-Wei, Robert Parker, and Yun-Chia Yan. Types of CEO Turnover and Audit Pricing. Abstract of paper published in the Proceedings of the 2012 Annual Meeting of the American Accounting Association, Washington, D.C. August 2012. Beams, Joseph and Yun-Chia Yan. CEO/CFO Resignations and Going Concern Opinions. Abstract of paper published in the Proceedings of the 2012 Annual Meeting of the American Accounting Association, Washington, D.C. August 2012.
Page 3 Chen,Yen-Tzu, Hua-Wei Huang, Hsiao-Wen Huang and Yun-Chia Yan. Knowledge Management, Education and Firm s Performance. Abstract of paper published in the Proceedings of the 2011 IEEE International Conference on Fuzzy Systems, Taipei, Taiwan. June 2011. Wheatley,Clark and Yun-Chia Yan. New Executives and Audit Fees. Abstract of paper published in the Proceedings of the 2010 American Accounting Association Forensic and Investigative Accounting Section Research Conference, Baton Rouge, LA. May 2010. Beams, Joseph, Hua-Wei Huang and Yun-Chia Yan. CEO Resignation and Subsequent Firm s Bankruptcies. Abstract of paper published in the Proceedings of the 2010 American Accounting Association Forensic and Investigative Accounting Section Research Conference, Baton Rouge, LA. May 2010. Beams, Joseph, Hua-Wei Huang and Yun-Chia Yan. CEO Resignation and Subsequent Firm s Bankruptcies. Abstract of paper published in the Proceedings of the 2010 American Accounting Association Southeast Region Meeting, Mobile, Alabama. April 2010. Huang, Hua-Wei and Yun-Chia Yan. Audit Committee Gender Diversity and the Quality of Internal Controls. Abstract of paper published in the Proceedings of the 2010 American Accounting Association Southeast Region Meeting, Mobile, Alabama. April 2010. paper published in the Proceedings of the 2009 American Accounting Association Annual Meeting, New York, New York. August 2009. paper published in the Proceedings of the 2009 American Accounting Association Southeast Regional Meeting, Oxford, Mississippi. April 2009. paper published in the Proceedings of the 2009 American Accounting Association Public Interest Section Mid-Year meeting, Charleston, South Carolina. March 2009. Barua,A. and Yun-Chia Yan. Appointment of New Executives and Subsequent SOX 404 Opinion. Abstract of paper published in the Proceedings of the 2009 American Accounting Association Public Interest Section Mid-Year meeting, Charleston, South Carolina. March 2009. Barua,A. and Yun-Chia Yan. Appointment of New Executives and Subsequent SOX 404 Opinion. Abstract of paper published in the Proceedings of the 2009 American Accounting Association Southeast Regional Meeting, Oxford, Mississippi. April 2009. Huang,Hua-Wei, Che-Hung Liu and Yun-Chia Yan. The Impact of Sarbanes-Oxley Act on For-Profit and Not-For-Profit Healthcare Organizations. Abstract of paper published in the Proceedings of the 2006 American Accounting Association Government and Nonprofit Section Mid-Year Meeting, Miami, Florida. March 2006. PRESENTATIONS Types of CEO Turnover and Audit Pricing, (with Hua-Wei Huang and Robert Parker), American Accounting Association 2012 Annual Meeting. CEO/CFO Resignations and Going Concern Opinions, (with Joseph Beams), American Accounting Association 2012 Annual Meeting. Knowledge Management, Education and Firm s Performance, (with Yen-Tzu Chen, Hua-Wei Huang and Hsiao-Wen Huang), 2011 IEEE International Conference on Fuzzy Systems. New Executives and Audit Fees, (with Clark Wheatley), American Accounting Association 2010
Page 4 Forensic and Investigative Accounting Section Research Conference. CEO Resignation and Subsequent Firm s Bankruptcies, (with Joseph Beams and Hua-Wei Huang), American Accounting Association 2010 Forensic and Investigative Accounting Section Research Conference. CEO Resignation and Subsequent Firm s Bankruptcies, (with Joseph Beams and Hua-Wei Huang), American Accounting Association 2010 Southeast Region Meeting. Audit Committee Gender Diversity and the Quality of Internal Controls (with Hua-Wei Huang), American Accounting Association 2010 Southeast Region Meeting. Audit Committee Gender Diversity and the Quality of Internal Controls (with Hua-Wei Huang), American Accounting Association 2010 Southwest Region Meeting. Accounting Association 2009 Annual Meeting. Accounting Association 2009 Southeast Regional Meeting. Accounting Association 2009 Public Interest Section Mid-Year meeting. Appointment of New Executives and Subsequent SOX 404 Opinion, (with A. Barua), American Accounting Association, Public Interest Section 2009 Mid-Year Meeting. Appointment of New Executives and Subsequent SOX 404 Opinion, (with A. Barua), American Accounting Association 2009 Southeast Regional Meeting. Effect of Management Change on R&D/IA and Stock Return in IT Companies, (with Hua-Wei Huang and Hsiao-Wen Huang), International Association for Computer Information Systems 2008 Conference. The Impact of Sarbanes-Oxley Act on For-Profit and Not-For-Profit Healthcare Organizations, (with Hua-Wei Huang and Che-Hung Liu) American Accounting Association, Government and Nonprofit Section 2006 Mid-Year Meeting. POPULAR PRESS QUOTATIONS: CIO Magazine, CFOworld. TEACHING INTERESTS TEACHING Cost/Managerial Accounting AIS COURSES TAUGHT IT Auditing and Advanced Accounting Information Systems Intermediate Financial Accounting Principles of Financial Accounting Principals of Managerial Accounting Accounting Lab(QuickBooks 2012)
Page 5 ACADEMIC SERVICE American Accounting Association, Auditing Section 2012 Midyear Meeting Submission Reviewer American Accounting Association, Southwest Regional Meeting, 2010 Submission Reviewer American Accounting Association, Southwest Regional Meeting, 2010 Moderator HONORS, AWARDS & SCHOLARSHIPS Emerging Scholar Best Paper Award, American Accounting Association, Public Interest Section 2009 Mid-Year Meeting. Honor Student on Dean s List, Florida International University (2006). Awarded Graduate Fellowship, Florida International University (2004), covering three years of tuition and research support. Honor Student on Dean s List, Utah State University (2000). PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS American Accounting Association. International Association for Computer Information Systems.