Qiu Chen

Biography

Professor Chen was previously an assistant professor at Carleton's University Sprott School of Business, where she taught financial accounting and managerial accounting. Her research has examined market reactions to accounting disclosures, economic implications of adopting IFRS (the International Financial Reporting Standards), the role of accounting information in decision making, small business debt financing, auditing, and accounting history.

Current projects

Accounting in the nonprofit sector is one of Dr. Chen's main current areas of interest and she is engaged in four ongoing research projects that examine the social responsibility of charitable foundations, accounting standards of nonprofit organizations, political activities and auditing in the nonprofit sector. Her PhD thesis, at Queen's University, investigated the monitoring role of the board of directors in reducing expense misreporting of nonprofit organizations.

Publications

Professor Chen has published her research in peer-reviewed journals, such as Contemporary Accounting Research, Accounting, Organizations and Society, Corporate Governance: An International Review Journal of Small Business Management, Business History, and International Review of Financial Analysis and European Journal of Finance. Dr. Chen also recognizes the importance of engaging with the practitioner community and in addition to publishing in a professional journal, The Philanthropist, she has presented her work at the Accounting Standard Oversight Council Meeting.