College of Business: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Assistant Professor of Accountancy

Ph.D., Accounting, Michigan State University, 2002
M.S., Accounting, George Mason University, 1994
B.B.A., Accounting, University of Notre Dame, 1984

Assistant Professor of Accountancy, University of Illinois, 2002 - Present
Scholar in Residence, Deloitte - August through December, 2008
Lecturer, Department of Accountancy, University of Illinois, 2002
Teaching Assistant, Michigan State University, 1996-1997, 1999, 2001-2002
Research Assistant, Michigan State University, 1997-2001
Adjunct Professor, American University, 1995-1996
Manager/Consolidations & Analysis, Gannett Company, Inc., 1993-1996
Supervisor/Consolidations & Analysis, Gannett Company, Inc, 1990-1993
Senior Internal Auditor, Gannett Company, Inc., 1988-1990
Senior Financial Analyst, Corporate Controller's Office, The Hearst Corporation, 1986-1988
Senior Accountant, Deloitte Haskins & Sells, 1984-1986

Farrell, A., Kadous, K., Towry, K. 2008. Contracting on Contemporaneous vs. Forward-Looking Measures: An Experimental Investigation. Contemporary Accounting Research, 25 (3): 773-802

Farrell, A., Luft, J., Shields , M. 2007. Accuracy in Judging the Nonlinear Effects of Cost and Profit Drivers. Contemporary Accounting Research, 24 (4): 1139-1169

College of Business Nominee, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Provost's Office Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching, 2009
List of Teachers Ranked As Excellent By Their Students, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2002-2004, 2006, 2009
Excellence-in-Teaching Award for Undergraduate Teaching, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign College of Business Alumni Association, 2008
Head's Award for Excellence in Teaching, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Department of Accountancy, 2006-2007
"Perspectives" Magazine (research profiled in article on business decision making), College of Business at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2005

Discussant, "Corporate Social Responsibility and Implicit Contracting", American Accounting Association Management Accounting Section Conference, 2010
Ad hoc Reviewer, American Accounting Association Management Accounting Section Meeting, 2007-2010
Ad Hoc Reviewer, Behavioral Research in Accounting, 2009
Moderator, "Performance Measurement and Incentives with Multiple Tasks or Dimensions", American Accounting Association Management Accounting Section Conference, 2009
Discussant, "Incentives in a Multi-Task Environment: Timing is Everything," by Gary Hecht, Ivo Tafkov, and Kristy Towry, American Accounting Association Management Accounting Section Conference, 2009
Ad hoc Reviewer, Illinois International Accounting Symposium, 2008
Ad hoc Reviewer, Contemporary Accounting Research, 2008
Ad hoc Reviewer, The Accounting Review, 2008
Discussant, "Honesty in Managerial Reporting: Is it Affected by Perceptions of Equity? by Linda Matuszewski, American Accounting Association Management Accounting Section Conference, 2008
Session Chair, "Building Trust and Honesty", American Accounting Association Management Accounting Section Conference, 2008
Ad hoc Reviewer, Journal of Management Accounting Research, 2006, 2008
Discussant, "Common-Measures Bias in the Balanced Scorecard: Cognitive Effort and General Problem-Solving Ability," by Aleecia Hibbets, Michael Roberts, and Thomas Albright, American Accounting Association Annual Meeting, 2007
Discussant, "Information Exchange and Decision Quality in Groups: The Boon and Bane of Incentives," by Khim Kelly, Global Management Accounting Research Symposium, 2007
Ad hoc Reviewer, American Accounting Association Accounting, Behavior and Organizations Section Meeting, 2004, 2007
Ad hoc Reviewer, American Accounting Association Annual Meeting, Management Accounting Section, 2003, 2005, 2007
Discussant, "The Role of Labor Market Reputation Concerns in Multi-Task Settings," by Alexander Bruggen, Global Management Accounting Research Symposium, 2006
Ad hoc Reviewer, University of Illinois Tax Symposium, 2005
Moderator, "BSC / Financial and Non-Financial Performance Measures I", American Accounting Association Annual Meeting, 2005

Teaching Interests—Graduate and undergraduate courses in managerial accounting, management control systems, and strategic management accounting. Experience teaching financial accounting courses.

Research Interests—The design of organizational performance measurement and control systems to influence and facilitate decision-making. Performance measurement for strategy and for cross-functional teams. How accounting information fosters individual, team, and organizational learning.