Dr. Kathy Rupar Wang

Biography

Dr. Rupar-Wang joined Scheller College of Business faculty as an Assistant Professor after spending several years at the University of Florida. She received her PhD from Cornell University. Dr. Rupar-Wang's research focuses on judgment and decision-making in financial accounting contexts. Her work has been published in top journals including the Journal of Accounting Economics, Journal of Accounting Research, and Accounting Review. She has experience teaching both undergraduate and graduate level financial accounting courses and has won teaching awards. Dr. Rupar-Wang's research examines how investors, managers, analysts, and market participants respond to financial disclosures, drawing on psychology theory to understand decision-making in accounting settings. She primarily uses experimental methods, paired with archival survey evidence, to enhance external validity. Her studies explore how disclosure design, numerical presentation, uncertainty, and bias shape decision-making, along with diversity-related factors such as race and gender that influence market perceptions of leaders and innovators. Her projects aim to provide theory-driven insights that advance understanding in judgment accounting and inform practices of standard setters, firms, and investors.

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