Education/Professional Certification:

B.S., Bucknell University Ph.D., Penn State University CPA

Areas of Expertise:

Financial Accounting Auditing

Biography:

Dr. Willenborg is the Andersen Faculty Fellow (since 2000) and a School of Business Ackerman Scholar (since 2001). He has published research in Contemporary Accounting Research, the Journal of Accounting and Economics, Journal of Accounting Research, Journal of Financial Economics and the Journal of Risk and Insurance. He received a School of Business Best Article Award for 1999, 2000, 2004 and 2007. In 2000, he received the American Tax Association's Outstanding Manuscript Award. He received the Beta Alpha Psi Professor of the Year Award in both 1998 and 1999 , the School of Business Undergraduate Professor of the Year for 2000, the School of Business Graduate Professor of the Year for 2002 and the MBA Professor of the Year Award for 2001, 2003 and 2004-2007 for teaching excellence. Dr. Willenborg's research interests include studying accounting, auditing and finance issues associated with new offerings of equity securities. He is currently Associate Editor for Contemporary Accounting Research and previously was a member of the Editorial Advisory and Review Board of The Accounting Review. In 2004, he received the School of Business Oustanding Service Award.