Jamie Diaz

Clinical Professor

Area: Accounting
Phone: 757-221-2932
Email: [[m|jamie.diaz]]
Office: Miller Hall 3016

Biography

Jamie Diaz joined the Raymond A. Mason School of Business in 2011. Prior to joining, she worked as an auditor at Deloitte. In her research, Professor Diaz explores the role the auditors play in the financial reporting process, specifically related to attributes of earnings quality and information content.

Professor Diaz earned her Ph.D. from New York University in 2011.

Areas of Interest/Expertise

Audit Quality
Earnings Quality
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Ph.D. in Accounting, Stern School of Business, New York University (2012)
- Dissertation: "Intra-Firm Audit Office Changes and Financial Reporting Quality"
B.S. in Business Administration, Magna cum laude, with honors in Economics, Majors in Economics and Accounting, Robins School of Business, University of Richmond (2003)

Clinical Professor of Accounting, Raymond A. Mason School of Business, William & Mary, Williamsburg, VA (August 2024-present)
Clinical Associate Professor of Accounting, Raymond A. Mason School of Business, William & Mary, Williamsburg, VA (August 2018-August 2024)
Assistant Professor of Accounting, Raymond A. Mason School of Business, William & Mary, Williamsburg, VA (August 2011-August 2018)
Instructor and Research Assistant, Stern School of Business, New York University, New York, NY (August 2006-May 2011)
Audit Senior, Assurance and Advisory Services, Deloitte & Touche, New York, NY (October 2003-October 2006)

Certified Public Accountant, NY State

10-K Complexity, Analysts' Forecasts, and Price Discovery in Capital Markets (with K. Njoroge and P. Shane), 2025, Accounting and Finance
Called to Account (with P. Clikeman), 4th edition (Routledge) 2024
Financial Reporting Quality and Auditor Locality Contagion (with G. Martin and W. Thomas), 2017, Auditing: A Journal of Practice and Theory
Does Auditor Locality Contagion Matter in Financial Reporting Quality? (with G. Martin and W. Thomas), 2017, Current Issues in Auditing

ABC Electronics: An Instructional Case Illustrating Auditors' Use of Preliminary Analytical Procedures. (with P. Clikeman), 2014, Current Issues in Auditing

Finding Fraud at Frisky Whiskey (Instructional case, with M. Dean and C. Petrovits)
The Conditional Usefulness of Accounting Consistency: Evidence from IPOs (with L. Anderson, A. Bordeman, and G. Martin)
Auditing Financial KPIs (with B. Fitzgerald, D. Jones, and K. Smith)
The Decline of Monthly Sales Reports in the Retail Industry: Information Environment Shifts and Spillover Effects (with M. Billings and C. Petrovits)
What's in Store for Sears? (Instructional Case)
Intra-Audit Firm Office Changes, Audit Quality and Audit Fees
The Information Content of Audit Fee Disclosure Lags for Auditors and Investors (with M. Picconi and K. Reynolds)

Breaking the Glass Ceiling in Public Accounting: The Role of Client Characteristics (with C. Petrovits)
Non-Shareholder Litigation as a Measure of Auditor Quality (with M. Billings and C. Petrovits)

Auditing and Internal Controls (Undergraduate and Online), Raymond A. Mason School of Business, William & Mary, Williamsburg, VA
Auditing and Internal Controls (MAcc Bootcamp), Raymond A. Mason School of Business, William & Mary, Williamsburg, VA
Principles of Accounting (Undergraduate), Raymond A. Mason School of Business. William & Mary, Williamsburg, VA
Accounting Analytics and Information Systems (Graduate), Raymond A. Mason School of Business, William & Mary, Williamsburg, VA
Audit Analytics and Information Systems (Graduate and Online), Raymond A. Mason School of Business, William & Mary, Williamsburg, VA
Current Issues and Emerging Technology in Accounting (Graduate), Raymond A. Mason School of Business, William & Mary, Williamsburg, VA
Introduction to Accounting Research (Graduate), Raymond A. Mason School of Business, William & Mary, Williamsburg, VA
Principles of Financial Accounting (Undergraduate), Stern School of Business, New York University, New York, NY

University of Alabama, 2016
AAA Annual Meeting, 2015
Virginia Accounting Research Conference, 2015
AAA Annual Meeting, 2013
Florida State University, 2012
AAA Annual Meeting, 2012
AAA Southeast Regional Meeting, 2012
Baruch College, 2011
William & Mary, 2011
New York University, 2011
Pennsylvania State University, 2011
Rutgers University, 2011
University of Maryland, 2011

Deloitte Trueblood Seminar for Professors, 2016, 2024
AAA Annual Meeting, 2016 (Discussant, Moderator), 2015 (Presenter, Discussant), 2013 (Presenter), 2012 (Presenter, Discussant), 2009 (Discussant)
AAA Audit Section Midyear Meeting, 2012, 2018 (Discussant)
Virginia Accounting Research Conference, 2018, 2016, 2015 (Presenter), 2013, 2012,2011
AAA FARS Midyear Meeting, 2011, 2009 (Doctoral Consortium participant)
AAA Southeast Regional Meeting, 2012 (Presenter)
JAAF Conference, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006
Joint Columbia-NYU Conference, 2010, 2009, 2008
NYU Summer Camp, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007
Joint NYU-Yale Conference, 2010, 2009
UT Austin Spring Conference, 2010
Four School Conference, 2008, 2007
FEA Conference, 2007

Page Teaching Award - MAcc Program, 2021, 2025
AAA/Deloitte/J. Michael Cook Doctoral Consortium Fellowship, 2009
NYU Stern School of Business, Doctoral Fellowship, 2006-2010

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