Roger Martin named Academic Fellow

Strategic Finance, June, 2008

IMA member Roger Martin, CMA, has been named an Academic Accounting Fellow in the Office of the Chief Accountant of the Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC). His term begins in August and runs through December 2008. In this position he will serve as a research resource for SEC staff and will work on ongoing projects that include rulemaking, serving as a liaison with the professional accounting standards-setting bodies, and consulting with registrants on accounting, auditing, independence, and reporting matters.

Martin is an associate professor of commerce and director of the M.S.in accounting program at the University of Virginia's McIntire School of Commerce. His research, which focuses primarily on how auditing and the role of auditors affect financial statement quality, has been published in journals such as The Accounting Review and Journal of Accounting Research. He also has been active in the Auditing Section of the American Accounting Association (AAA).

He holds a Ph.D. degree from the University of Texas at Austin, and before joining the McIntire School of Commerce, he served on the faculties at Southern Methodist University, Michigan State University, and Indiana University. He is looking forward to his SEC work, he says.