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James Chyz

James Chyz

Pugh CPAs Professor of Accounting, Wyatt Family Faculty Fellow

Phone 865-974-1701

Email jchyz@utk.edu

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Location Room - 608, Haslam Business Building , United States

Department:

Accounting & Information Management

Center:

Neel Corporate Governance Center

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Biography

James Chyz is Pugh CPAs Professor of Accounting, Wyatt Family Faculty Fellow. He joined UT’s Department of Accounting and Information Management in 2010 after receiving his Ph.D. in accounting from the University of Arizona. James holds a B.A. in Anthropology from Yale University, and a MAC from the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill. Prior to obtaining his Ph.D., James worked as a Tax Senior with Grant Thornton, LLP in Albuquerque, NM. His research, which has been published in The Accounting Review, Journal of Accounting and Economics, and Journal of Financial Economics, examines the causes and consequences of corporate tax policy choices and the effect of taxes and accounting information on asset prices, and investing and financial reporting decisions. James teaches valuation to graduate students and a capital markets research seminar to Ph.D. students.

Expertise:

Compensation, Corporate Governance, Earnings Forecasts and Valuation, Executive Characteristics, Financial Reporting, Taxation

Education:

2010 University of Arizona, Ph.D., Accounting

2003 University of North Carolina, M.Acc.,

2000 Yale University, B.A., Anthropology

Awards/Honors
  • Haslam Summer Scholar Research Award, 2021
  • Haslam Summer Scholar Research Award, 2020
  • Pugh Professorship, 2019
  • Haslam Summer Scholar Research Award, 2019
  • Rhea and Ivy Excellence in Teaching Award, 2018
  • UGR Spring Semester Research Assistant Grant
  • SEC Research Travel Grant Recipient – 2017/2018 Academic Year
  • Pugh and Company Accounting Faculty Excellence Award, 2017
  • Haslam Summer Scholar Research Award, 2017
  • Haslam College of Business Teaching Innovation and Development Grant, 2016
  • Jeff & Janet Davis Faculty Research Fellow, 2015, 2016
  • Best Discussant Award, 20th Annual JATA Conference, 2014
  • University of Tennessee CBA Summer Research Grant, 2014
  • University of Tennessee Summer GRA Grant (Sponsor) - PhD Student: Hannah Smith
  • Dixon Hughes Goodman, LLP Professional Promise Award, 2013
  • Beta Alpha Psi, Excellence in Teaching Award, 2013
  • University of Tennessee - Quest Scholar of the Week, October, 2013
  • Dixon Hughes Goodman, LLP Professional Promise Award, 2012
  • PwC INQuires Research Grant, 2011
  • Deloitte Foundation Doctoral Fellowship, 2008
  • Eller College Dean’s Service Award, 2009, 2008
  • University of North Carolina MAC Program Research Assistantship, 2003
  • Branford College (Yale University) Travel Fellowship, 1999
  • Academic All-East Coast Athletic Conference 1999-2000
  • 4-year letter winner, Yale University Men’s Ice Hockey Team, 1996-2000
  • Assistant Captain, Yale University Men’s Ice Hockey Team, 1999
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