Melissa A. Martin

Educational Background
PhD
Melissa A. Martin
Arizona State University
W.P. Carey School of Business
School of Accountancy
PO Box 873606
Tempe, AZ 85287-3606
Ph. (480) 965-6216
Email: Melissa.Martin@asu.edu
Institution: University of Southern California
Major: Accounting
Completed: December 2008
Masters of Science
Institution: Texas A&M University
Major: Finance
Completed: 2003, Summa cum Laude
Bachelors of Business Administration
Institution: Texas A&M University
Major: Accounting
Completed: 2003, Summa cum Laude
Academic Positions
2009 – Present Assistant Professor of Accountancy
W.P. Carey School of Business
Arizona State University
Awards & Honors
John W. Teets Excellence in Teaching Award 2013
MBA Core Curriculum Teaching Award (Finalist) 2010
Scott and Mary Donaldson/Ernst & Young Excellence in Teaching 2010
Institute of Management Accountants Research Grant 2007
Mary Pickford Endowed Teaching Award 2007
KPMG/PhD Project Diversity Fellowship 2003- 2008
University of Southern California Doctoral Fellowship 2003- 2008
Gamma Phi Beta Outstanding Professor 2006
Sigma Alpha Epsilon Outstanding Professor 2006
Alpha Delta Pi Outstanding Professor 2006
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Research
Research Interests: Managerial Accounting, Incentive Compensation, Non-financial
Performance Measures, Trust in Organizations, Cost Accounting Choices
Working Papers:
Are Firms Myopic?: The Case of Contracting on Performance and Risk (with K. Drake
and J. Brown)
- Under review The Accounting Review
Are All Nonfinancial Performance Measures Created Equal? Evidence on Customer
Satisfaction and Employee Satisfaction Measures from the Homebuilding Industry (with X. Chen
and K. Merchant)
- Under review Management Accounting Research
Paying for Differences in Pay: A Field Test of Inequality Aversion
- Preparing for submission to The Accounting Review
Who sets price in the labor market: The case of dynamic CEOs (with B. Cadman)
- Preparing for submission to Review of Financial Studies
Works in Progress:
Using a Noisy Filter to Filter Out Noise: A Study of Peer Groups in Executive Compensation
(with M. Matejka and S. Tsui)
- Data analysis stage
The Value of Social Capital: Evidence from Executive Compensation Contracts
- Data collection stage
Research Grants:
Institute of Management Accountants, 2007, to support research on the impact of economic
assumptions on incentive system effectiveness.
Practitioner Publications:
“Customer Satisfaction”. Xiaoling Chen, Melissa Martin, Kenneth A. Merchant. Financial
Management, May 2009, p.34-35.
Doctoral Dissertation Committees
• Katharine Drake – “Does Firm Life Cycle Explain the Relationship Between Book-Tax
Differences and Earnings Persistence?”
o Placed University of Arizona
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Teaching
• MBA Level Management Accounting (Core curriculum)
• Undergraduate Management Accounting
Invited Presentations
“Who sets price in the labor market: The case of dynamic CEOs”
- Utah Winter Accounting Conference, Salt Lake City, UT, February 2013
“Entering a PhD Program”
- ADS Annual Conference, Chicago, IL, November 2010
“Paying for Differences in Pay: A Field Test of Inequality Aversion”
- GMARS, East Lansing, MI, June 2010
“Understanding Homebuyer Satisfaction: Before and After the Crash”
- Marketing Science Annual Meeting, Cologne, Germany, June 2010
“The Interview Process: From Student to Faculty”
- PhD Project Annual Conference, Anaheim, California, August 2008
“The Association Between Activity-Based Costing System Adoption and Hospital Performance”
- AAA, Management Accounting Section Mid-Year Research Conference, Ft. Worth,
Texas, January 2007
“How do Customer and Employee Satisfaction Levels Effect Firm Performance: Evidence from the
Homebuilding Industry”
- AAA, Western Regional Section Research Conference, Orange County, California,
April 2007
- AAA, Annual Research Conference, Chicago, Illinois, August 2007
- PhD Project, Annual Conference, Chicago, Illinois, August 2007
Participant:
• Utah Winter Accounting Conference
Salt Lake City, Utah, February 2013
• PhD Project Annual Conference
Chicago, Illinois, November 2008, 2009, 2010,2012
• Management Accounting Section Doctoral Consortium and MAS Mid-Year Meeting
New Orleans, Lousiana, January 2013
Houston, Texas, January 2012
Atlanta, Georgia, January 2011
Tampa, Florida, January 2009
Long Beach, California, January 2008
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Ft. Worth, Texas, January 2007
Clearwater Beach, Florida, January 2006
Scottsdale, Arizona, January 2005
• American Accounting Association Annual Conference
Washington, DC, August 2012
San Francisco, CA, August 2010
New York, New York, August 2009
Anaheim, CA, August 2008
Chicago, Illinois, August 2007
Washington, D.C., August 2006
San Francisco, California, August 2005
• PhD Project Annual Doctoral Consortium and Conference
San Francisco, CA, August 2010
New York, New York, August 2009
Anaheim, CA, August 2008
Chicago, Illinois, August 2007
Washington, D.C., August 2006
San Francisco, California, August 2005
• GMARS – GLOBAL Management Accounting Research Symposium
East Lansing, Michigan, June 2010
East Lansing, Michigan, June 2007
• Western Regional Meeting of the American Accounting Association
Orange County, California, April 2007
• Pac-10 Doctoral Consortium
Los Angeles, California, March 2007
Salt Lake City, Utah, February 2006
• ADS Annual Conference
Chicago, Illinois, November 2010
• Marketing Science Conference
Cologne, Germany, June 2010
Work Experience
Assistant Instructor, University of Southern California 2006
Introduction to Managerial Accounting
Average teaching evaluations (5-point scale):
Overall instructor rating: 4.72
Research Assistant: 2000 – 2008
Annie McGowan, Rebecca Hann, Sarah Bonner, Nerissa Brown, Ken Merchant
Assisted with various research projects
Teaching Assistant: 2000-2003, 2006
Annie McGowan, Merle Hopkins
Assisted with Introduction to Managerial Accounting (honors section), Cost Accounting,
and Introduction to Financial Accounting
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Staff Auditor, Deloitte and Touche, LLP 2002
Performed annual corporate audits for various firms throughout Texas
Professional Service and Affiliations
Ad Hoc Reviewer, Advances in Accounting 2011 - present
Ad Hoc Reviewer, Journal of Management Accounting Research 2009 - present
Discussant, AAA Annual Meetings 2007 - present
Reviewer, AAA Annual Meetings 2007 - present
PhD Project – Planning Committee Advisor (Past President) 2007 - 2008
KPMG Future Diversity Leaders Faculty Advisor 2006 - present
Ad Hoc Reviewer, AAA Behavioral Research Section 2006 - present
Ad Hoc Reviewer, AAA Diversity Section 2006 - present
Ad Hoc Reviewer, KPMG PhD Project 2004 - present
Ad Hoc Reviewer, AAA Management Accounting Section 2006 - present
PhD Project – President 2006 - 2007
Member, PhD Project 2003 - 2008
Member, Institute of Management Accountants 2000 - present
Member, American Accounting Association 2003 - present
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