Yao Yu : Isenberg School of Management : UMass Amherst

Office

Isenberg N358

Tel.

413.545.7615

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Education

PhD, Nanyang Technological University, 2015

BBA, Xiamen University, 2009

Academic Appointments

Associate Professor of Accounting, University of Massachusetts Amherst, 2024-present

Assistant Professor of Accounting, University of Massachusetts Amherst, 2015-24

Recent Honors / Awards

Nominated, Isenberg School of Management Outstanding Teaching Award, 2022

Nominated, UMass Amherst Distinguished Teaching Award, 2021

Nominated, Isenberg Teaching with Digital Technology Award, 2021

Research Excellence Award, Isenberg School of Management, 2019

Teaching Innovation Fellow, UMass Amherst, 2018

Research Interests

Judgment and Decision Making

Internal Control over Financial Reporting (ICFR)

Audit Committee

Corporate Social Responsibility

Financial Information Comparability

Teaching Interests

Financial Accounting (undergraduate & graduate; in-person & online)

Selected Publications

Brazel, J., M. Starliper, and Y. Yu. 2024. Management’s Communication Style when Disclosing Material Weaknesses in Internal Control. Accounting Horizons, forthcoming.

Tan, H.-T., T. Xu, and Y. Yu. 2023. Language, perceived warmth, and investors’ reactions to audit committee reports. Contemporary Accounting Research, 40 (2), 1388–1417. https://doi.org/10.1111/1911-3846.12857

Guiral, A., D. Moon, H.-T. Tan, and Y. Yu. 2020. What Drives Investor Response to CSR Performance Reports? Contemporary Accounting Research 37 (1): 101-130. https://doi.org/10.1111/1911-3846.12521

Tan, H.-T., and Y. Yu. 2018. Management's Responsibility Acceptance, Locus of Breach, and Investors' Reactions to Internal Control Reports. The Accounting Review 93 (6): 331–355. https://doi.org/10.2308/accr-52077