User:Melissa Western

Dr. Western is a David Eccles Emerging Scholar and currently the faculty advisor for the Ethics Club (Student Center for the Public Trust). She earned her Ph.D. in Business Administration from Indiana University (2007). Her primary research interest is earnings quality, with a particular interest in earnings management. She aims to conduct research that results in legitimate and consequential belief revision about the incentives that underlie managers’ decisions, and the consequences of such decisions. Her research has been published in top academic journals including the Journal of Financial Economics, the Accounting Review and the Journal of Accounting and Economics. Dr. Lewis brings her expertise into the classroom when teaching financial accounting. Her overarching teaching goal is long-term student success. She prepares students for success by offering challenging courses that require critical-thinking skills, and aid students in developing learning strategies (rather than memorization strategies) that are useful throughout their careers. She also hopes to instill upon them the importance of integrity in business and in life.