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Associate Professor of Accounting, Director of Accounting Ph.D. Program
Joined UConn in 1991
Education/Professional Certification
B.E., University of Singapore
M.B.A., Dalhousie University
Ph.D., University of Oregon
Member, IEEE
Other Professional Experience
University of Washington
FASB Academic Fellow
Shanghai University of Finance & Economics, Visiting Scholar
Texas Instruments, Singapore, Senior Development Engineer
Shell Singapore, Process Engineer
Teaching Interests
Financial Accounting, Capital Markets Research
Research Interests
Accounting standard-setting and securities regulation in international capital markets, accounting and valuation of financial derivatives, the effects of corporate risk management policies on firm value, and the international aspects of accounting for intangible assets and business combinations
Dr. Seow has published in the Journal of Accounting and Economics; Contemporary Accounting Research; Journal of Accounting, Auditing and Finance; Journal of Multinational Financial Management; Review of Quantitative Finance and Accounting; Decision Sciences; and Financial Practice and Education Journal. During 1997-98, he has served as an Academic Fellow at the Financial Accounting Standards Board, contributed to the Derivatives and Hedging Project, and helped develop the Derivatives Training Manual. In July 1999, he taught a capital markets research seminar for Ph.D. students at the Shanghai University of Finance and Economics and was invited to speak at the Chinese Accounting Professors' Association Doctoral Consortium. He has served as an expert witness in a polychlorobiphenyl (PCB) contamination case between the Environmental Protection Agency and Washington Natural Gas. He has served as director of the Accounting Ph.D. Program since 2001.
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