JOSHUA A. LEE University of Georgia Terry College of Business 224 Brooks Hall, 310 Herty Drive joshlee@uga.edu Athens, GA 30602 706-542-3601 EDUCATION August 2016 2014 PhD Business Administration (Accounting), Washington University in St. Louis, Olin Business School 2009 MAcc, Brigham Young University, Marriott School of Management BS, Accounting, Brigham Young University, Marriott School of Management Minor, Economics, Brigham Young University ACADEMIC EMPLOYMENT 2016 present Assistant Professor, Accounting, University of Georgia, Terry College of Business 2014 2016 Assistant Professor, Accounting, Florida State University, College of Business RESEARCH Refereed Publications: Lee, J. 2016. Can Investors Detect Managers Lack of Spontaneity? Adherence to Predetermined Scripts during Earnings Conference Calls. The Accounting Review 91 (1), 229-250 (based on my dissertation completed at Washington University in St. Louis). Donovan, J., R. Frankel, J. Lee, X. Martin, and H. Seo. 2014. Issues Raised by Studying DeFond and Zhang: What Should Audit Researchers Do? Journal of Accounting and Economics 58 (2 3), 327-338. Working Papers: Using Unstructured and Qualitative Disclosures to Explain Accruals, (with Richard Frankel and Jared Jennings) - Presented at the 2015 Journal of Accounting of Economics Conference in Rochester, NY - Conditionally accepted at the Journal of Accounting of Economics 1 L e e
The Effect of Industry Co-location on Analysts Information Acquisition Costs, (with Jared Jennings and Dawn Matsumoto) - Preparing for fourth round submission to The Accounting Review The Effect of Organizational Complexity on Earnings Forecasting Behavior (with Jared Jennings, Hojun Seo, and Lloyd Tanlu) - Preparing for second round submission to Management Science Utilizing Loan Loss Indicators by Loan Type to Sharpen the Evaluation of the Information Content and Economic Consequences of Banks Loan Loss Reserving (with Gauri Bhat and Stephen Ryan) Manager Sentiment and Stock Returns (with Fuwei Jiang, Xiumin Martin, and Guofu Zhou) TEACHING Non-compete Enforceability and Analyst Forecasts (with Xiumin Martin) Florida State University (Instructor): 2016 Intermediate Financial Accounting II (ACG 3111) (Undergraduate), (4.64/5.00) 2015 Intermediate Financial Accounting II (ACG 3111) (Undergraduate), (4.77/5.00) Washington University in St. Louis (Teaching Assistant): 2011 Strategic Cost Accounting & Control (Executive MBA) Analysis of Financial Institutions & Financial Instruments (Undergraduate) International Accounting (Undergraduate) 2010 Intermediate Accounting (Undergraduate) PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE 2008 External Auditing Intern, Ernst & Young, Atlanta, GA 2007 Internal Auditing Intern, Savage Companies, Salt Lake City, UT HONORS AND AWARDS 2015 Dean s Emerging Scholar Award, College of Business, Florida State University 2013 Winner of the Olin Business School Doctoral Student Job Market Paper Poster Competition, Washington University in St. Louis 2011 Hubert C. and Dorothy R. Moog Scholarship, Washington University in St. Louis AAA/Deloitte Foundation/J. Michael Cook Doctoral Consortium Fellow 2 L e e
2009 to 2013 Olin Business School Doctoral Fellowship, Washington University in St. Louis PRESENTATIONS 2016 University of Florida, Invited Presentation University of Georgia, Invited Presentation Arizona State University, Invited Presentation 2015 Ohio State University, Invited Presentation Florida Accounting Symposium, Gainesville, FL Brigham Young University Accounting Research Symposium, Provo, UT Washington University in St. Louis, Invited Presentation 2014 Florida State University, Invited Presentation George Washington University, Invited Presentation Rice University, Invited Presentation Stanford University, Invited Presentation University of Pennsylvania, Invited Presentation University of Rochester, Invited Presentation University of Washington, Invited Presentation Utah State University, Invited Presentation AAA Annual Meeting, Atlanta, GA AAA FARS Midyear Meeting, Houston, TX 2013 AAA Midwest Region Meeting, Oak Brook, IL Washington University in St. Louis Brown-Bag, St. Louis, MO Washington University in St. Louis Fourth Year Paper Presentation, St. Louis, MO 2012 AAA Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C. Washington University in St. Louis Third Year Paper Presentation, St. Louis, MO 2011 Washington University in St. Louis Second Year Paper Presentation, St. Louis, MO 2010 Washington University in St. Louis First Year Paper Presentation, St. Louis, MO CONFERENCE PARTICIPATION 2016 AAA FARS Midyear Meeting, Newport Beach, CA 2015 Journal of Accounting and Economics Conference, Rochester, NY Florida Accounting Symposium, Gainesville, FL 3 L e e
AAA Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL 2014 AAA Annual Meeting, Atlanta, GA 2013 AAA FARS Midyear Meeting, Houston, TX AAA Annual Meeting, Anaheim, CA AAA Midwest Region Meeting, Oak Brook, IL 2012 AAA Annual Meeting, Washington D.C 2011 AAA Annual Meeting, Denver, CO AAA/Deloitte/J. Michael Cook Doctoral Consortium, Lake Tahoe, CA 2010 2009 2008 PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES Reviewer: 2015 AAA FARS Midyear Meeting, Nashville, TN 2014 AAA FARS Midyear Meeting, Houston, TX Discussant: 2013 AAA Annual Meeting, Anaheim, CA Moderator: 2013 AAA Annual Meeting, Anaheim, CA POPULAR PRESS CITATIONS 2016 Scripted Earnings Calls Can Be a Red Flag for Investors, accountingweb.com, Terry Sheridan, January 28, 2016 4 L e e
Len Boselovic s Heard off the Street: Sensing scripted calls, investors crave spontaneity, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Len Boselovic, January 18, 2016 Are Companies That Stick to Script on Earnings Calls Hiding Bad News? WG&L Accounting Compliance & Alert, January 15, 2016 Scripted answers in conference calls may tip off investors to bad news, IR Magazine, Adam Brown, January 13, 2016 Why Corporate America Should Ditch the Script During Quarterly Earnings Calls, BloombergBusiness, Luke Kawa, January 12, 2016 How Scripted Should Your Earnings Calls Be? CFO.com, David McCann, January 11, 2016 Scripted answers in earnings conference calls? Study raises red flags for managers and investors alike AAA Newsroom, Ben Haimowitz, January 8, 2016 2014 The PSY effect : How to send your stock to the top of the charts, IR Magazine, Jeff Cossette, March 27, 2014 SERVICE/COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT 2005 Full-time representative, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Boise, ID, 6/2003 to 6/2005 2002 Eagle Scout 5 L e e