Familiar Face
Pervaiz Alam
Professor
Department of Accounting
Kent Campus
JOB DESCRIPTION:
I teach in the areas of auditing, financial accounting and managerial accounting, both at the undergraduate and graduate (master鈥檚 and Ph.D. courses) levels. My recent research interest has been in credit default swaps and in accounting accruals quality areas. Some of my recent papers have been published in the Review of Accounting Studies, the Journal of Accounting and Public Policy and the Review of Quantitative Finance and Accounting. I also serve as the Ph.D. program coordinator for the Department of Accounting.
WORKED AT KENT STATE SINCE:
June 1985
EMPLOYMENT PRIOR TO KENT STATE UNIVERSITY:
Assistant Professor, College of William & Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia; Assistant Professor, Institute of Business Administration, University of Karachi
LIKES MOST ABOUT KENT STATE UNIVERSITY:
Students and colleagues
ATTRACTION TO KENT STATE UNIVERSITY AS AN EMPLOYER:
Ph.D. program
RESIDES IN:
Kent, Ohio
HOMETOWN:
Karachi, Pakistan
EDUCATION:
Ph.D., Accounting, College of Business Administration, University of Houston
HOBBIES:
Gardening, jogging, playing with my dog and reading
