New Faculty

Two Join Som Faculty as Visiting Full Professors

by Jeanne Spreier


Dr. Aksu, a visiting full professor in the Accounting and Information
Management area, has two research projects under way. The first study
models and forecasts firms' accounting earnings using recently developed
procedures and software. The second explores the theoretical reasons for,
Dr. Aksu says, "the observed superiority of simple average combinations of
alternative forecasts to more sophisticated combination methods." Dr.
Aksu, who received his doctorate in accounting from Syracuse University
and has taught in institutions as varied as The Wharton School of the
University of Pennsylvania and Ko� University in Istanbul, is teaching
undergraduate and graduate cost management accounting and financial
statement analysis courses at UTD. He also serves on the International
Institute of Forecasters Board of Directors and is a member of the Turkish
Accounting and Auditing Standards Committee.

Dr. Lee has taught around the world -- from Seoul National University in
South Korea, to the Helsinki School of Economics and Business
Administration in Finland, to Baruch College of the City University of New
York. He brings his skills now to UTD, where as a visiting full professor
he is teaching graduate accounting classes. Dr. Lee, who received his
Ph.D. in accounting from the Carlson School of Management at the
University of Minnesota, is examining two topics of interest in this era
of accountability: how required divestment or restrictions of consulting
services would impact accounting firms and whether an auditor's
independence is compromised if the auditor is providing management
consulting to the same client. He says that despite plenty of news
surrounding these issues, little research has been done on these topics.