Biography

Denise A. Jones joined the William & Mary faculty in 2000 after receiving her Ph.D. from the University of Colorado at Boulder. She also earned an M.B.A. and M.S. in Finance from the University of Colorado and a B.S. in Accounting from Bryant College. Prior to graduate school, she worked as an auditor for an international public accounting firm. Her research focuses on voluntary disclosure and the role of accounting information in firm valuation. Professor Jones teaches graduate courses on financial statement analysis, as well as modeling financial statements for use in firm valuation. She has won teaching excellence awards in both the M.B.A. and Master of Accounting Programs.

Areas of Interest/Expertise

• Voluntary Disclosure
• Valuation
• Financial Reporting

Publications

• Market Valuation of Intangible Resources: The Use of Strategic Human Capital, with Lisa Bryant and Sally Widener, Advances in Management Accounting, Vol.17, 2008, p. 1-42.
• Voluntary Disclosure in R&D Intensive Industries, Contemporary Accounting Research, Vol. 24, No. 2, Summer 2007, p. 489-522.
• How Does Accounting Fit into a Firm's Political Strategy? with Derek Johnston, Journal of Accounting and Public Policy Vol. 25, No. 2, March/April 2006, p. 195-228.
• Existing Disclosure Challenges of IPO Allocations, with Wanda Wallace, Research in Accounting Regulation Vol. 18, 2005, p. 107-126.
• Managing Value Creation within the Firm: An Examination of Multiple Performance Measures, with Lisa Bryant and Sally Widener, Journal of Management Accounting Research Vol. 16, 2004, p. 107-131.