Adi Masli

Adi Masli
  • Larry D. Horner/KPMG Professor
  • Accounting academic area

Contact Info

785-864-1565
Capitol Federal Hall, Room 4126
Lawrence

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Biography —

Adi Masli joined the University of Kansas School of Business Accounting academic area in 2011 as an assistant professor. In 2017, he received tenure and was promoted to associate professor. In 2022, he was promoted to full professor.

He received a bachelor's in accounting and information systems from the University of Arkansas in 2005 and a master's in accounting from the University of Arkansas in 2006. He graduated with a Ph.D. in accounting from the University of Arkansas in 2011.

Masli has served as the President of the Accounting Information Systems (AIS) section of the American Accounting Association (AAA). He has been a recipient of The Ernst & Young Center for Auditing Research and Advanced Technology (E&Y CARAT) Fellowship and the Koch Fellowship. His teaching interest is in financial accounting and the doctoral capstone accounting seminar. His research interests include the following topics: external auditing and assurance services, the effect of internal auditing in business organizations, the influence of information technology (IT) on business value and financial reporting, top management teams, executive compensation and labor markets.

Education —

Ph.D. in Accounting, University of Arkansas, 2011
MAcc, University of Arkansas, 2006
B.S. in Accounting and Information Systems, University of Arkansas, 2005

Research —

Adi’s research interests include topics such as external auditing and assurance services, the effect of internal auditing in business organizations, the influence of information technology (IT) on business value and financial reporting, and top management teams, executive compensation and labor markets. He has co-authored academic research papers that are either published or forthcoming in peer-reviewed academic journals, such as The Accounting Review (TAR), Accounting, Organizations, and Society (AOS), Contemporary Accounting Research (CAR), MIS Quarterly, Auditing: Journal of Practice and Theory (AJPT), Accounting Horizons, Journal of Accounting and Public Policy (JAPP), Journal of Accounting Auditing and Finance (JAAF), The Journal of the American Taxation Association (JATA), International Journal of Accounting and Information Systems (IJAIS), Journal of Information Systems (JIS), Review of Quantitative Finance and Accounting, ABACUS, International Journal of Auditing (IJA) and Advances in Accounting.

Research interests:

  • Auditing and Assurance Services
  • Internal Controls and Financial Reporting Quality
  • Internal Audit Function
  • Information Technology (IT) and business value
  • Information Technology (IT) and Financial Reporting
  • Top Management Teams

Teaching —

Courses taught are Introductory Accounting and Accounting Technology.

Teaching interests:

  • financial accounting and reporting
  • accounting information systems and technology