Graham Gal

Associate Professor Accounting

Office: Isenberg 307D

Tel: 413.545.5649

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Academic Background

Education

PhD, Michigan State University, 1985

BA in Economics, University of Michigan, 1976

Academic Appointments

Associate Professor of Accounting, University of Massachusetts Amherst, 7/1992-Present

Assistant Professor of Accounting and Information Systems, University of Massachusetts, 9/1985-7/1992

Research Interests

Business Ontologies
Continuous Auditing
Continuous Reporting
Information Security
Sustainability and Financial Performance

Teaching Interests

Undergraduate

Accounting Information Systems
Systems Analysis and Design
Sustainability Reporting
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Masters

IT Audit and Security

Professional Background

Professional Experience

2005 , RSA Securities

Recent Honors & Awards

Visiting Scholar Chuo University Tokyo, Japan, 2014

Keynote Speaker Dialectical Accounting Symposium Zigana, Turkey, 2014

Keynote Speaker MODAV Istanbul, Turkey, 2013

Selected Publications

A Measurement Theory Perspective on Business Measurement, Journal of Emerging Technologies in Accounting, Vol 9 no 2012 with Silvia Romero, Theodore J. Mock, and Miklos A. Vasarhelyi

Information Security Professionals' Perceptions about the Relationship between the Information Security and Internal Audit Functions, forthcoming Journal of Information Systems, with Paul Steinbart, Robyn Rasche, and William Dilla

"Sustainability in Business, Corporate Social Responsibility and Accounting Standards: An Empirical Study", International Journal of Accounting and Information Management, 19:3 pp304-324 with Orhan Akisik.

"The Relationship Between Internal Audit and Information Security: An Exploratory Study," International Journal of Accounting Information Systems, Vol. 13 pp. 228-243 with Paul Steinbart, Robyn Rasche, and William Dilla. Spring 2012