Melissa A. Martin University of Illinois - Chicago Department of Accounting 601 S. Morgan Street University Hall Room 2321 Chicago, IL 60607 Ph. (312) 996-4438 Email: mamarti@uic.edu Educational Background PhD Institution: University of Southern California Major: Accounting Completed: December 2008 Masters of Science Institution: Major: Completed: Texas A&M University Finance 2003, Summa cum Laude Bachelors of Business Administration Institution: Texas A&M University Major: Accounting Completed: 2003, Summa cum Laude Academic Positions 2015-Present Assistant Professor of Accounting University of Illinois - Chicago 2013 2015 Visiting Assistant Professor of Accounting Jones Graduate School of Business Rice University 2009 2015 Assistant Professor of Accountancy W.P. Carey School of Business Arizona State University Awards & Honors John W. Teets Excellence in Teaching Award (Best Professor in Business School) 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 1
Gamma Phi Beta Outstanding Professor 2006 Sigma Alpha Epsilon Outstanding Professor 2006 Alpha Delta Pi Outstanding Professor 2006 Research Research Interests: Managerial Accounting, Incentive Compensation, Taxes and Compensation, Nonfinancial Performance Measures Refereed Publications: Compensation in the Post-FIN 48 Period: The Case of Contracting on Tax Performance and Uncertainty (with K. Drake and J. Brown) - Forthcoming Contemporary Accounting Research The Effect of Measurement Timing on the Information Content of Customer Satisfaction Measures (with X. Chen and K. Merchant) - Management Accounting Research 25(2014), pp(187-205) Practitioner Publications: Customer Satisfaction. Xiaoling Chen, Melissa Martin, Kenneth A. Merchant. Financial Management, May 2009, p.34-35. Working Papers: Compensation Strategy: The Role of Threshold and Forgiveness in Pay-for-Performance Systems (with G. Reilly, A. Nyberg, and M. Maltarich) - Revising for second round submission to the Academy of Management Journal Executive Compensation a Firm Life Cycle Analysis (with K. Drake) - Under Review at The Accounting Review The Effect of Organization Level Variables on Individual Incentives: The Case of Pay Dispersion (with J. Shaw) - Preparing for submission to Strategic Management Journal Relative Performance Evaluation: The Role of Life Cycle Peers (with K. Drake) - Preparing for submission to the Journal of Accounting and Economics Who sets price in the labor market: The case of dynamic CEOs (with B. Cadman and M.E. Carter) - Preparing for submission to the Journal of Accounting and Economics Board Co-Option and Tax Aggressive Behavior (with J. Brown and B. Wenzel) Works in Progress: 2
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 Role of Compensation Disclosures in Analyst Decision Making (with S. Larocque) - Data collection stage The Effect of Political Uncertainty on Manager Compensation Practices (with J. Brown) - Data collection stage Research Grants: Institute of Management Accountants, 2007, to support research on the impact of economic assumptions on incentive system effectiveness. Doctoral Dissertation Committees Katharine Drake Does Firm Life Cycle Explain the Relationship Between Book-Tax Differences and Earnings Persistence? o Placed University of Arizona Teaching MBA Level Management Accounting (Core curriculum) MBA Level Control Systems Elective Undergraduate Management Accounting Executive Education Service Activities Accounting Scholars Program (5-year program) development team LEAP Freshman Accounting Program development team Business school honors awards committee Academic advisor: ASCEND; IMA Student Chapter Invited Presentations Pennsylvania State University University of Connecticut Southern Methodist University Texas Christian University University of Illinois Chicago Iowa State University 3
Harvard University North Carolina State University Arizona State University George Mason University Naval Postgraduate School 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: LoneStar Accounting Conference Dallas, TX, February 2014 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 Newport Beach, California, January 2015 Orlanda, Florida, January 2014 New Orleans, Lousiana, January 2013 Houston, Texas, January 2012 Atlanta, Georgia, January 2011 Tampa, Florida, January 2009 Long Beach, California, January 2008 Ft. Worth, Texas, January 2007 4
Clearwater Beach, Florida, January 2006 Scottsdale, Arizona, January 2005 American Accounting Association Annual Conference Chicago, IL, August 2015 Anaheim, CA, August 2013 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 Staff Auditor, Deloitte and Touche, LLP 2001-2003 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 5
KPMG Future Diversity Leaders Faculty Advisor Ad Hoc Reviewer, AAA Behavioral Research Section Ad Hoc Reviewer, AAA Diversity Section Ad Hoc Reviewer, KPMG PhD Project 2004 - present Ad Hoc Reviewer, AAA Management Accounting Section PhD Project President 2006-2007 Member, PhD Project 2003-2008 Member, Institute of Management Accountants 2000 - present Member, American Accounting Association 2003 - present 6