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Faculty & Staff

Areas of Expertise

Accounting Information Systems, Financial Statement Analysis, Managerial Accounting, Financial Auditing

Degrees

DBA, Boston University
MBA, Northeastern University
BS, The University of Colorado

Professional Publications & Contributions

• Trotman, K., Wright, A. and S. Wright. “An Examination of the Effects of Auditor Rank on Pre-negotiation Judgments” forthcoming in Auditing: A Journal of Practice & Theory, Volume 28, Number 1, May 2009: 191-203. (Cited 1 time).
• Chan, S. and S. Wright. Fall 2007. “Feasibility of More Frequent Reporting: A Field Study Informed Survey of In-Company Accounting and IT Professionals,” Journal of Information Systems, Vol. 21, Number 2, pages 101-115.
• Hunton, J., Wright, A. and S. Wright. 2007. “The Potential Impact of More Frequent Financial Reporting and Assurance: User, Preparer, and Auditor Assessments” the Journal of Emerging Technologies in Accounting, Volume 4, pages 47-67.
• Trotman, K., Wright, A. and S. Wright. 2005 “Auditor Negotiations: An Examination of the Efficacy of Intervention Methods,” The Accounting Review, Volume 80, Number 1 (January): 349-367. (Cited 32 times).

Additional Information

Background

Sally Wright is a professor at the University of Massachusetts Boston. She received her doctorate from Boston University in 1993. Dr. Wright is a CPA with an extensive professional background. Prior to entering academia, she was chief financial officer of Canyon General Hospital in Anaheim, California, and worked for PricewaterhouseCoopers first in Los Angeles and later in Boston first as an auditor and later as a consultant. Her current research interests include negotiation in the audit environment, the examination of continuous reporting and assurance demands and problems, as well as examination of accounting information systems control and performance issues. Dr. Wright’s past research has appeared in the Journal of Accounting, Auditing and Finance, Behavioral Research in Accounting, Issues in Accounting Education, Journal of Accounting and Business Research, Journal of Information Systems, Journal of Emerging Technologies in Accounting, Auditing: A Journal of Practice & Theory, and The Accounting Review.

Courses Taught

Managerial Accounting, Accounting Information Systems, Financial Auditing, Accounting for Managers

Research Interests

Effects of Continuous Financial Reporting and Audit, Assurance on Earnings Management and the Market, Audit Negotiation, Control Impacts of Enterprise Resource Planning Systems,Waived Audit Adjustments, Publications have received over 280 peer citations.

Professional Activities

• Associate Editor: Advances in Accounting Behavioral Research (AABR)
• Editorial Review Board: Journal of Information Systems (JIS), Auditing: A Journal of Practice & Theory Reviewer: Behavioral Research in Accounting (BRIA), The Accounting Review

Honors

• Visiting Research Fellow: University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia (Spring 1991, Summer 1994)
• Visiting Professor: University of Washington, Arizona State University
• Joan Moon Teaching Award