Biography
Dr. Jayanthi Krishnan (Ph.D., Ohio State University) joined the Accounting Department in Fall 2000. She teaches cost accounting and intermediate accounting for undergraduate students, and financial and managerial accounting in the Fox School full-time and professional MBA programs. Her other teaching interests include introductory financial accounting, senior seminar in accounting, and financial statement analysis.
Jayanthi Krishnan is the recipient of the 2015 American Accounting Association’s Notable Contribution to the Auditing Literature Award. She serves on the editorial boards of the Accounting Review, Auditing: A Journal of Practice & Theory, Accounting Horizons, and Current Issues in Auditing. Her publications appear in a number of journals including the Accounting Review, Contemporary Accounting Research, Journal of Accounting, Auditing, and Finance, Auditing: A Journal of Practice & Theory, Accounting Horizons, and the Asia-Pacific Journal of Accounting and Economics. Her research interests are in the areas of audit quality, audit regulations, corporate governance, industry classifications and their impact on accounting ratios, and the impact of international diversification on auditor decision-making.
Dr. Jayanthi Krishnan has been named to the Fox School Dean’s Research Honor Roll, is a recipient of the Business Honors Association’s Teacher of the Year Award, a two-time recipient of the Beta Alpha Psi Teacher of the Year Award, a two-time recipient of the Fox MBA Faculty of the Year award, a three-time recipient of the Fox School Crystal Award for teaching, and the recipient of the 2008 Musser Excellence in Leadership Award for teaching.
Research Interests
- Audit Quality
- Internal Control
- Corporate Governance
- Industry classifications and their impact on accounting ratios
- the impact of international diversification on auditor decision-making
Courses Taught
Number | Name | Level |
|---|---|---|
ACCT 2521 | Cost Accounting | Undergraduate |
ACCT 9001 | Interdisciplinary Accounting Research | Graduate |
Selected Publications
Recent
Adams, T., Krishnan, J., & Krishnan, J. (2021). Client influence and auditor independence revisited: Evidence from auditor resignations. doi: 10.1016/j.jaccpubpol.2021.106846.
Gong, J., Krishnan, J., & Liang, Y. (2021). Securities-Based Crowdfunding by Startups: Does Auditor Attestation Matter? doi: 10.2308/tar-2018-0412.
Gong, J., Krishnan, J., & Liang, Y. (2021). Securities-Based Crowdfunding by Startups: Does Auditor Attestation Matter?
Krishnan, J., Krishnan, J., & Li, M. Legal Intensity of Financial Reports, Corporate Governance, and Financial Reporting Quality. virtual.
Krishnan, J., Krishnan, J., & Maex, S. PCAOB Revolving Door, Audit Fees and Audit Quality. Virtual.
Krishnan, J., Krishnan, J., & Maex, S. (2020). The PCAOB Revolving Door and Audit Quality.
Krishnan, J., Krishnan, J., & Liang, S. (2020). Internal control and financial reporting quality of small firms: A comparative analysis of regulatory regimes. Review of Accounting and Finance, 19(2), 221-246. doi: 10.1108/RAF-05-2018-0107.
Krishnan, J., Krishnan, J., & Maex, S. (2020). PCAOB Revolving Door, Audit Fees and Audit Quality.
Krishnan, J., Krishnan, J., Lee, I., & Maex, S. (2019). Management Going Concern Reporting: Impact on Investors and Auditors.
Krishnan, J., Krishnan, J., Lee, I., & Maex, S. Management Going Concern Reporting: Impact on Investors and Auditors. Boston, MA.
Krishnan, J., Krishnan, J., Lee, I., & Maex, S. Management Going Concern Reporting: Impact on Investors and Auditors.
Krishnan, J., Krishnan, J., Lee, I., & Maex, S. Management Going Concern Reporting: Impact on Investors and Auditors. Washington DC.
Krishnan, J., Krishnan, J., & Zhao, X. Impact of Crash Risk on Auditors' Going Concern Opinion Decisions. Washington DC.
Krishnan, J. & Li, M. Are Referred-to Auditors Associated with Lower Audit Quality? Washington DC.
Krishnan, J. & Lu, L. Did the Dodd-Frank Act’s Permanent Exemption of Small Companies from Internal Control Audits Affect their Management Reporting on Internal Control? Washington DC.
Krishnan, J. & Li, M. Are Referred-to Auditors Associated with Lower Audit Quality? San Antonio, TX.
Krishnan, J., Krishnan, J., & Zhao, X. Impact of Crash Risk on Auditors' Going Concern Opinion Decisions. Portland, Oregon.
Krishnan, J. & Li, M. Are Referred-to Auditors Associated with Lower Audit Quality? Portland, Oregon.
Krishnan, J. & Lu, L. Did the Dodd-Frank Act’s Permanent Exemption of Small Companies from Internal Control Audits Affect their Management Reporting on Internal Control? Portland, Oregon.
Krishnan, J., Krishnan, J., & Song, H. (2017). PCAOB international inspections and audit quality. Accounting Review, 92(5), 143-166. doi: 10.2308/accr-51642.
Adams, T., Krishnan, J., & Krishnan, J. (2017). Client Influence and Auditor Independence Revisited: Evidence from Auditor Resignations.
Krishnan, J. Advice for the Ph.D. Student and Junior Faculty: Academic Career (Panel). Arlington, VA.
Krishnan, J. Archival Auditing Research. Arlington, VA.