Faculty Updates4RobinClementBucking the trend <strong>of</strong>most <strong>of</strong> my colleagues,I stayed close to homelast year. However, I didlearn a lot. <strong>The</strong> highlight forme was working with BethHjelm, who was interimdirector <strong>of</strong> the Centerfor Sustainable <strong>Business</strong>Practices, in developing ajoint seminar with M.B.A.and MAcc studentsrelated to sustainabilityand accounting. EachHelen Gernon<strong>The</strong> external relationsrole I play for thedepartment includesdevelopment,stewardship, andalumni relations.To accompl<strong>is</strong>h theweek, a different speakerlectured on an aspect <strong>of</strong>sustainability.My favorite was the lectureon green chem<strong>is</strong>try byDavid Tyler <strong>of</strong> the UODepartment <strong>of</strong> Chem<strong>is</strong>try.Did you know that abowling ball <strong>is</strong> onemolecule? Did you knowthat, from a life-cycleanalys<strong>is</strong> perspective,plastic bags have a verysmall cost to societycompared to paper bags,or that Styr<strong>of</strong>oam cupsare environmentallycheaper than porcelainmugs? <strong>The</strong>se findingshave accounting andmanagement implications(except for the bowling ball,I guess). But what makesthem fun to me <strong>is</strong> that theyare so counterintuitive.So while others wereexploring the world, Iexplored a bit <strong>of</strong> campuslife outside Lill<strong>is</strong>! And I hada great time doing it.department’s goals inthese areas, I eagerlytraveled to New YorkCity, Philadelphia, Seattle,San Franc<strong>is</strong>co, and much<strong>of</strong> the state <strong>of</strong> Oregon.I d<strong>is</strong>covered that thereare accounting Ducks inmost states and manycountries. I even had lunchwith an alumnus in Par<strong>is</strong>,France, so that proves mypoint. I continued to ra<strong>is</strong>emoney for accountingscholarships; faculty hiring,retention, and research;endowments to secure thefuture <strong>of</strong> the accountingdepartment; and for thefun <strong>of</strong> it. I look forward toseeing you, personally, inthe future and thank youfor all <strong>of</strong> y<strong>our</strong> support.Angela Dav<strong>is</strong>I continue to teachthe first c<strong>our</strong>se <strong>of</strong>the intermediateaccounting sequenceto <strong>our</strong> undergraduates.Th<strong>is</strong> class challengesstudents to begin tothink more deeply aboutfinancial accounting<strong>is</strong>sues. It also providesme the opportunity to getto know <strong>our</strong> accountingmajors, which I really enjoy.My research focuseson improving <strong>our</strong>understanding <strong>of</strong>managers’ voluntaryd<strong>is</strong>closures. I have twocurrent projects relatedto narrative d<strong>is</strong>closures inearnings press releasesand the ManagementDavidGuentherSince coming to the<strong>University</strong> <strong>of</strong> OregonI have had a differentteaching scheduleevery year, and th<strong>is</strong>year <strong>is</strong> no exception asI began teaching theCorporation Tax c<strong>our</strong>sein the MAcc programin the fall term. Inaddition to my regularAngie Dav<strong>is</strong> and her son HenryD<strong>is</strong>cussion and Analys<strong>is</strong>section <strong>of</strong> firms’ SECfilings. I attended severalconferences last yearand had the opportunityto present my researchat the Nineteenth AnnualConference on FinancialEconomics and Accounting,held at the <strong>University</strong> <strong>of</strong>Texas at Austin.teaching duties, I alsoserved on f<strong>our</strong> d<strong>is</strong>sertationcommittees last year,chairing two. All f<strong>our</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>our</strong>graduating Ph.D. studentswere placed in facultypositions at universitiesacross the country. Ourfaculty recruiting wasagain successful, andwe are excited that KenNjoroge joined us in thefall. One <strong>of</strong> my papers waspubl<strong>is</strong>hed in the NationalTax J<strong>our</strong>nal last year, andanother was presented atMichigan State <strong>University</strong>and at the annualmeeting <strong>of</strong> the AmericanAccounting Association.I was awarded the HarryR. Jacobs Pr<strong>of</strong>essionalService Award by theLundqu<strong>is</strong>t <strong>College</strong> lastyear. During the summer,Dawn and I spent a weekin Europe t<strong>our</strong>ing theAlsace region <strong>of</strong> France.