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Todd Sayre

Professor of Accounting

Tel: 415-422-6990
Fax: 415-422-2502
TDD: 415-422-6439
sayre@usfca.edu

University of San Francisco
2130 Fulton Street, Malloy Hall
San Francisco, CA 94117-1045 U.S.A.

Education
  • Ph.D., Business Administration, major Accounting-minor Judgment and Decision-Making, University of Arizona, 1995
  • BA, Accounting, Michigan State University, E. Lansing, Michigan, 1985
Teaching Academic Positions Held
  • At the University of San Francisco since 1998
  • Assistant Professor, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas (1994-1998)
  • Visiting Professor, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas (1993-1994)
  • Teaching/Research Assistant, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona (1988-1993)
Selected Papers & Publications
  • "Business Process Understanding Tool." AIS Educator Association Conference, June 27-28, 2004 in Denver, Colorado. Published in the Proceedings. With Kate Lancaster.
  • "Analyzing Financial Analysts: What They Look for in Financial Reports and How They Determine Earnings' Quality." Journal of Management Research, Volume 2 Number 2, August 2002. With C. Graham and M. Cannice.
  • "The Value-Relevance of Financial and Nonfinancial Information for Internet Companies." Thunderbird International Business Review Vol. 44(1) January-February 2002. With C. Graham and M. Cannice.
  • "The Usefulness of Traffic Measures Across Internet Sectors." The E-Business Review, 2001. With C. Graham and M. Cannice.
  • " The Effect of Journal Quality on Accounting Faculty Remuneration: Does University Research Emphasis Matter?" Journal of Business and Behavioral Sciences, Volume 8, Number 1 Fall 2001. With Carol M. Graham and James R. Hasselback.
  • "The Association of Gender with the Salaries of Accounting Academics." Journal of Accounting Education, 18, 2000. With R. Strawser, S. Holmes, J. Hasselback, and B. Rowe.
  • "Self-Selection and the Employment Contracts of Public Accounting Firms." Accounting Perspectives, 6, Fall 2000. With M. Cannice and C. Graham
  • "The Effects of Performance Separability and Contract Type on Agent Effort." Accounting, Organizations and Society, 25 (2000). With F. Rankin.
  • "The Effects of Promotion Incentives on Delegated Investment Decisions: A Note." Journal of Management Accounting Research, 1998.  With Neil L. Fargher and Frederick W. Rankin.

External Service & Assignments

  • Staff Auditor, Peat Marwick Main and Co., Detroit, Michigan (1986-1988)
Honors & Awards
  • Honorable mention, SOBAM Service Award, May 2003.
  • Honorable mention, SOBAM Teaching Award, May 2001.
  • Recipient of SOBAM Outstanding Research Award, May 2000.
  • Recipient of "Best Research Paper 2000" award at the Western Region American Accounting Association Meeting, May 2000 in Salt Lake City for the working paper entitled, "How Much is a Publication Worth."
  • Competitive Ernst & Young Dissertation Grant Recipient
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