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Cyndie Jeffrey

Title: RSM Fellow in Accounting / Associate Professor / CPA / CGMA
Department: Accounting
Office: 3424 Gerdin

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Academic History

  • Ph.D., Business Administration - Accounting, University of Minnesota, 1989
  • MS, Industrial Administrative Sciences, Iowa State University, 1979
  • BS, English, Iowa State University, 1972

Expertise

  • International Accounting
  • Ethics
  • Corporate Social Responsibility Reporting
  • Intangible Assets
  • Mergers and Acquisitions
  • Financial Accounting Theory

Awards

American Accounting Association Accounting Exemplar Award 2023

Selected Publications

  • Janvrin, D., Jeffrey, C. (2025) "Using Data Analytics to Analyze Wind Turbine Upgrade Decisions: An ESG Case", Journal of Emerging Technologies in Accounting, 22 (2):181-200. Link to Paper
  • Cowan, A. R., Jeffrey, C., & Wang, Q. (2023) "Does writing down goodwill imperil a CEO’s job?", Journal of Accounting and Public Policy, 42 (1):107015. Link to Paper
  • Perkins, J., Jeffrey, C., & Freedman, M. (2022) "Cultural influences on the quality of voluntary corporate social responsibility disclosures: An examination of carbon disclosure", Sustainability Accounting, Management and Policy Journal, 13 (5):1169-1200. Link to Paper
  • Bootsma, M., Jeffrey, C., & Perkins, J. D. (2021) "Is there learning in service learning? Measuring the extend to which VITA participation improves student technical competence and soft skills.", Issues in Accounting Education, 36 (2):21-42. Link to Paper
  • Jeffrey, C., Perkins, J.D. (2015) (2015) "Reply to Discussion of “The Association between Energy Taxation, Participation in an Emissions Trading System, and the Intensity of Carbon Dioxide Emissions in the European Union”", International Journal of Accounting, vol. 50 (issue 4):427-434. Link to Paper