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Isenberg School of Management Department of Accounting

Graham Gal

Associate Professor of Accounting

Telephone: 413-545-5649
Email: gfgal@som.umass.edu
Office: SOM 307D
Syllabus: ACCTG 311, ACCTG 312
Website: Graham Gal


Ph.D., Michigan State University, 1985
B.A., University of Michigan, 1975

Selected Publications:

“Security Issues in a Continuous Reporting Environment”, Information Systems Control Journal

“Monitoring Processes and Internal Control Adequacy”, Information Systems Control Journal

“Databases and Internal Controls.” In Business Encyclopedia.

“Interface Style and Training Task Difficulty as Determinants of Effective Computer Assisted Knowledge Transfer.” Decision Sciences.

“Expert Systems and AI-Based Decision Support in Auditing: Progress and Perspectives,” Intelligent Systems in Accounting, Finance, and Management.

“Expertise, Experts, and Expert Systems Development,” Expert Systems: Planning, Implementation, Integration.

Academic and Professional Activities:

Member, Information Technology Curriculum Taskforce, SITEC Center
Member, Association for Computing Machinery
Member, American Accounting Association
Reviewer and Moderator, America Accounting Association Northeast Region
Reviewer, Accouting Review, Journal of Information Systems, Journal of Emerging Technologies

Photo: Graham Gal - Associate Professor of Accounting

Research Interests:

Ontologies, Internal Controls, Security, and Continuous Reporting systems


Teaching Interests:

Information systems: analysis and design, control, accounting information
Managerial accounting
Database design
Ethical Hacking