Asher Curtis
Associate Professor of Accounting and Herbert O. Whitten Endowed Professorship
Faculty Director, Master of Professional Accounting Program.
Michael G. Foster School of Business, University of Washington
Areas of Specialization: Valuation • Forecasting • Capital Markets • Financial Reporting • Sentiment.
I have been at the University of Washington since 2012, where I teach in the MPAcc and Ph.D. Programs. My research interests include understanding how investors use accounting information and how financial reporting complexity affects the quality of accounting disclosures. I have presented my work to academic audiences, finance industry professionals and the FASB Board. Prior to becoming the director of the MPAcc program, I taught the undergraduate accounting capstone class for five years, winning the “Lex N. Gamble Family Award for Excellence in Case Development & Curriculum Innovation.”
My research has been published in The Accounting Review, Management Science, Review of Accounting Studies, Contemporary Accounting Research, Journal of Business Finance & Accounting and Journal of Accounting and Public Policy. I co-teach graduate level “Advanced Financial Statement Analysis” in the autumn quarter and co-teach graduate level “Advanced Cases in Advisory Services” and the Ph.D. level “Capital Markets Research in Accounting” in the spring quarter.