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 Masters of Science, Finance BBA, Accounting CPA (Inactive) University of Southern California Texas A&M University (Summa cum Laude) Texas A&M University (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 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 1
Refereed Publications: "Pay-For-Performance, Sometimes: An Interdisciplinary Approach to Integrating Economic Rationality with Psychological Emotion to Predict Individual Performance" (with G. Reilly, A. Nyberg, D. Abdulsalam, and M. Maltarich) - Forthcoming Academy of Management Journal Compensation in the Post-FIN 48 Period: The Case of Contracting on Tax Performance and Uncertainty (with K. Drake and J. Brown) - Contemporary Accounting Research, Spring 2016, 33(1), pp(121-151) 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: December 2017 Customer Satisfaction. Xiaoling Chen, Melissa Martin, Kenneth A. Merchant. Financial Management, May 2009, p.34-35. Working Papers: Relative Performance Evaluation: The Role of Life Cycle Peers (with K. Drake) - Under Review at Review of Accounting Studies Executive Compensation a Firm Life Cycle Analysis (with K. Drake) Money for nothing? Using loss persistence information from tax accounts to examine bonus compensation in loss-making firms (with K. Drake and E. Engel) - Under review at The Accounting Review Compensation committee attribute and the treatment of earnings in incentive pay (with M.E. Carter and L. Lynch) - Under review at the Journal of Accounting Research Analysts use of proxy statement compensation disclosures (with S. Larocque and B. Walther) - Under review at The Accounting Review The Interactive Effect of Individual Incentives and Social Comparisons on Employee Behavior - Under review at Accounting, Organizations, & Society Unintended Consequences of Pay-For-No-Performance: The Role of Individual Pay Decisions on Unit Performance and the Reactions of Human Capital Resources (with G. Reilly, A. Nyberg, D. Abdulsalam, and M. Maltarich) - Under review at the Academy of Management Journal 2
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 Average Evaluation (4.86/5.0) MBA Level Management Accounting (Core curriculum) MBA Level Control Systems Elective Undergraduate Management Accounting Executive Education Service Activities Honors College Mentor Business Scholars Program Mentor Department Recruiting Committee Member 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 Boston College October 2016 University of Wisconsin April 2017 Pennsylvania State University October 2015 University of Connecticut October 2013 Southern Methodist University January 2015 Texas Christian University February 2015 University of Illinois Chicago February 2015 Iowa State University October 2015 Harvard University February 2009 University of Notre Dame March 2009 North Carolina State University February 2009 Arizona State University March 2009 George Mason University - March 2009 3
Naval Postgraduate School March 2009 Northeastern University February 2009 Conference Presentations/Discussions/Attendance 2017 Conference on the Convergence of Financial and Managerial Accounting Research presenter University of Illinois Chicago Accounting Conference paper presented by co-author, attendee American Taxation Association Mid-Year Meeting paper presented by co-author, attendee Financial Accounting and Reporting Section Mid-Year Meeting presenter Management Accounting Section Mid-Year Meeting presenter, discussant American Accounting Association Annual Meeting - attendee 2016 University of Illinois Chicago Accounting Conference attendee Notre Dame Accounting Conference - attendee Temple Accounting Conference presenter Global Management Accounting Research Symposium - attendee Financial Accounting and Reporting Section Mid-Year Meeting presenter, discussant Management Accounting Section Mid-Year Meeting presenter, discussant American Accounting Association Annual Meeting presenter, discussant, moderator 2015 University of Illinois Chicago Accounting Conference presenter Management Accounting Section Mid-Year Meeting attendee 2014 Management Accounting Section Mid-Year Meeting discussant, moderator Lonestar Accounting Conference - attendee 2013 Utah Winter Accounting Conference paper presented by co-author, attendee Global Management Accounting Research Symposium attendee University of Southern California Alumni Conference - presenter Management Accounting Section Mid-Year Meeting discussant, moderator American Accounting Association Annual Meeting presenter, discussant, moderator 2012 Management Accounting Section Mid-Year Meeting presenter, discussant, moderator 2011 Management Accounting Section Mid-Year Meeting presenter, discussant, moderator PhD Project Annual Conference - attendee 2010 Accounting Doctoral Scholar Conference presenter Global Management Accounting Research Symposium - presenter Management Accounting Section Mid-Year Meeting attendee Marketing Science Annual Meeting presenter PhD Project Annual Conference - attendee 2009 Management Accounting Section Mid-Year Meeting presenter, discussant American Accounting Association Annual Meeting presenter, discussant, moderator 4
2008 Management Accounting Section Mid-Year Meeting attendee PhD Project Annual Conference presenter 2007 Management Accounting Section Mid-Year Meeting presenter PhD Project Annual Conference presenter Pac-10 Doctoral Consortium - attendee 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, The Accounting Review 2017 - present Ad Hoc Reviewer, European Accounting Review 2017 - present Ad Hoc Reviewer, Contemporary Accounting Research 2015 - present Ad Hoc Reviewer, Advances in Accounting 2011 - present Ad Hoc Reviewer, Journal of Management Accounting Research 2009 - present PhD Project Planning Committee Advisor (Past President) 2007-2008 KPMG Future Diversity Leaders Faculty Advisor 2006 - present PhD Project President 2006-2007 Member, PhD Project 2003-2008 Member, Institute of Management Accountants 2000 - present Member, American Accounting Association 2003 - present 5