The Ph.D. Program prepares students to conduct state-of-the-art research and to become highly effective instructors so they can assume faculty positions in business schools at leading universities. Our students' accomplishments serve as evidence that our program is successful in turning out some of the best.

Faculty at UConn are required to publish research in high quality journals, to continually improve their teaching skills, and to provide service to the field of marketing, UConn, and the School of Business. Students gain experience in each of these areas during their time spent in the doctoral program. They are invited to present research and provide other services at major marketing conferences, they identify and develop their areas of interest for research and teaching, they begin teaching their second year in the program, and some have the opportunity to teach at the graduate level before they leave.

Highlighted below are some of the outstanding accomplishments accounting students have made as they learn to balance the demands of an intensive program and rewarding career.

*Papers accepted for conference presentations are not included here. Most students have one or more papers accepted for presentation at one or more conferences per year - individually or with co-authors.

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Current Students

Tim Bell

• 2004-2005, Equipment Leasing Association, Tax Executives Roundtable – Speaker FIN 46 Issues



• 2003-2005, Equipment Leasing Association, Lease Accountants Conference – Speaker Advanced Leveraged Leasing



• 2001-2004, Equipment Leasing Association, Lease Accountants Conference – Speaker Basic Lease Pricing



• 1992-1994, Babson Fellow, Center for Entrepreneurial Studies Babson College, Wellesley, MA

Jesse A. Dwyer

• 2006, University of Connecticut candidate to the AAA-Deloitte-J Michael Cook Doctoral Consortium



• 2004, University of Connecticut candidate to the AAA Audit Doctoral Consortium



• 2004,2005,2006, Predoctoral Fellowship, University of Connecticut



• 2004,2005,2006, Summer Fellowship, University of Connecticut

Fei Han

• 2004,2005,2006, Predoctoral Fellowship, University of Connecticut



• 2004,2005,2006, Summer Fellowship, University of Connecticut

Sarfraz Khan

• 2003, Chartered Financial Analyst Scholarship, Department of Finance, Illinois State University, March



• 2005,2006, Predoctoral Fellowship, University of Connecticut



• 2005,2006, Summer Fellowship, University of Connecticut

Linda Kolbasovsky

• 2007, Sylvia Santiago Memorial Award



• 2007, University of Connecticut candidate to the AAA-Deloitte-J Michael Cook Doctoral Consortium



• 2005, 2006, Predoctoral Fellowship, University of Connecticut



• 2005, 2006, Summer Fellowship, University of Connecticut

Ling Lei

• 2007, Outstanding Accounting Teaching Assistant Award



• National Winner of the PwC xFAC 2006 PhD student competition (shared with Stan Veliotis). Other winners are from NYU, Ohio State, Texas, and Washington



• 2006, Accounting Department Summer Research Grant, University of Connecticut



• 2006, Predoctoral Fellowship, University of Connecticut



• 2006, Summer Fellowship, University of Connecticut



• 2006 Auditing Section Midyear Meeting, American Accounting Association (AAA). Los Angeles, California, January 2006 Industry expertise and audit quality – An audit-partner level analysis.



• Graduate Fellowship, University of Rochester



• Postgraduate Studentship, HKUST



• Excellent Student Scholarship (GPA ranked 1st in class), SJTU

Robin Lovell Knowles

• 2006, Predoctoral Fellowship, University of Connecticut



• 2006, Summer Fellowship, University of Connecticut



• 2001, University of Connecticut, Graduate Scholarship (Person – Wolinsky Award)



• 1988, UC Berkeley President’s Undergraduate Fellowship (declined, to graduate early)



• 1986, The Ward Blanchard Memorial Award



• 1986, President’s Recognition of Outstanding Achievement



• 1986, The Alpha Gamma Sigma Honor Society Award



• 1986, The Abe Hochler Memorial Award



• 1985, The American Business Women’s Association Award



• 1986, The Washington Township Bar Association Award



• 1986, The Associated Students of Ohlone Scholarship Award



• 1985, The Frank and Lisa King Award



• 1985, President's Recognition of Outstanding Achievement

Holli McCall

• 2003,2004,2005,2006, Predoctoral Fellowship, University of Connecticut



• 2004,2005, 2006, Summer Fellowship, University of Connecticut



• 2005 Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award



• 2004 Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award

Stanley Veliotis

• 2006, National Winner of the PwC xFAC PhD student competition (shared with Ling Lei). Other winners are from NYU, Ohio State, Texas, and Washington



• 2006, Sylvia Santiago Memorial Doctoral Scholarship (inaugural award)



• 2005 and 2006, KPMG/ ATA Tax Doctoral Consortium Fellow



• 2005, AAA/ Deloitte/ J.Michael Cook Doctoral Consortium Fellow at Lake Tahoe



• Tax Evasion by Publicly Traded Corporations. with John Phillips. American Taxation Association Newsletter, Summer 2005, Vol. 51, No. 2



• 2004,2005,2006, Predoctoral Fellowship, University of Connecticut



• 2004,2005, 2006, Summer Fellowship, University of Connecticut



• Employee Stock Options. with Henrik Poulsen. Danish-American Information System (DAISY), August 2002, Vol. 6, No. 3 (also published in Danish in Skat Udland, Tidsskrift for International Beskatning, November 2002)



• Employee Stock Options and Transfer Pricing. with Gareth Green and Jeremy Glover. International Tax Review, Vol. 13, No. 5.com, May 2002, Vol. 13, Iss. 5



• Stock Option Plan Audit Activity Stirring Multinationals Into Action. International HR Journal, Fall 2000, Vol. 9, No. 3



• Offshore Equity Compensation Plans. Compensation & Benefits Review, July/August 2000, Vol. 32, Iss. 4