Staff listing - Department of Accounting | Deakin

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Executive

Department Head
Professor Anne Wyatt

Director of Research
Associate Professor Karen Lai

Director of HDR
Associate Professor Arifur Khan

Director of Teaching
Dr Sutha Kanapathippillai

Director of International
Dr Simona Scarparo

Seminar Coordinators
Dr Abdifatah Haji
Professor Simon Fung

Course directors

Name
Master of International Accounting - ACCA Course Director Dr Samuel Cheung
Master of Professional Accounting (MPA) Dr Belete Jember (BJ) Bobe
Master of Professional Accounting and Finance (MPAF) Course Director Dr Sutha Kanapathipillai
Master of Financial Planning (MFP) Course Director Marc Olynyk
Chartered Accountants Foundations (CAF) Course Director Dr Mohammad Muttakin
Institute of Public Accountants (IPA) Course Director Associate Professor Karen Lai

Emeritus Professor

Professor Kim Watty

Adjunct Professor

Professor Lakshman Walawata

Professors

Name
Professor Anne Wyatt
Professor Peter Carey
Professor Barry J Cooper
Professor Simon Fung
Professor George Tanewski
Professor Ferdinand Gul

Professional Research Fellow

Professor Jeffrey Pittman

Associate professors

Name
Associate Professor Arifur Khan
Associate Professor Karen Lai
Associate Professor Anthony Ng
Associate Professor Luckmika Perera
Associate Professor Jun Yao

Senior lecturers

Name
Dr Belete Jember Bobe
Dr Christine Contessotto
Dr Sutharson Kanapathippillai
Dr Byung Hee Lee
Dr Campbell Heggen
Dr Li Liu
Dr Edwin Lim
Marc Olynyk
Dr Wen Qu
Dr Simona Scarparo
Dr Mohammad Muttakin

Lecturers

Name
Dr Vincent Bicudo De Castro
Dr Samuel Cheung
Dr Felicity Fallon
Dale Fu
Dr Abdifatah Haji
Dr Jahan Khan
Dr Steven Low
Dr Ali Yaftian
Dr Egor Evdokimov
Dr Thusitha Dissanayake
Dr Lyu Fan
Dr Wei Shi
Dr Iliyas Yusoff
Dr Lawrence Huang
Mark Smit
Peter Ngigi
Dr Kerui Zhai

Professor of Practice

Name
Dr Adam Steen

Research fellows

Name
Michael Bray
Dr Zihan Liu
Angel Sung
Dr Michael Wang

Teaching scholars

Name
Peter Vuong

Administrative staff

Name
Chiharu Nanayakkara
Rebekah Weaver

Students

P = Principal
A = Associate

Name	PhD topic	Supervisor
Sumon Bhattacharjee	Translation of Integrated Thinking and Connectivity: An Exploration of Integrated Reporting Practices	Dr Simona Scarparo (P) Dr Campbell Heggen (A)
Xiaoran (Nancy) Cao	The Causal Effects of Affiliated Hires on Audit Quality	Prof. Simon Fung (P) Dr Samuel Cheung (A)
Gimhani Ekanayake	Corporate governance and debt contracts	Assoc. Prof. Arifur Khan (P) Prof. George Tanewski (A)
Chun Lu	Three essays on topics of finance, accounting and marketing interface	Prof Ferdinand Gul (P) Prof Mike Ewing (A)
Kaddijatou Manneh	Crowdfunding for SMEs - A Comparative analysis between UK and Australia	Prof George Tanewski (P)
Sidharth Murthy	Impact of Board on Financial Reporting Mediated by CEO Characteristics	Prof Ferdinand Gul (P) A/Prof Alex Yao (A)
Minh Nguyen Duc	An empirical analysis of loan pricing differentials between SME and large corporate loans – an Australian emphasis	Prof George Tanewski (P)
Angel Sung	The Effect of Internal Governance on Audit Quality	Prof Simon Fung (P) A/Prof Karen Lai (A)
Ngoc Tao	Independent directors' monitoring ability and audit fees	A/Prof Karen Lai (P) Prof Ferdinand Gul (A)
Shruti Verma	Governance and Accountability: The Contemporary Approach	Prof Ferdinand Gul (P) A/Prof Karen Lai (A)