Curriculum Vitae

Aaron S. Nelson.

Ph.D., CMA · Assistant Professor of Accounting · Department of Accounting & Information Systems · Woody L. Hunt College of Business · The University of Texas at El Paso.

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Education
2018
Ph.D., Accounting and Management Information Systems
The Ohio State University · Minors in Economics & Statistics
2013
Master's of Accounting
University of Utah
2012
B.S. in Accounting
Utah Valley University
Academic Appointments
2020 – Present
Assistant Professor of Accounting
The University of Texas at El Paso
2019 – 2020
Visiting Assistant Professor of Accounting
The University of Texas at El Paso
2018 – 2019
Visiting Assistant Professor of Accounting
The University of Georgia
Research Interests
Accounting Information in Decision Making Accounting Information in the Supply Chain Executive Characteristics
Teaching Interests
Data Analytics Managerial Accounting Financial Accounting
Refereed Publications
2026
Nelson, A.S. "The Effect of Management Information Quality on External Stakeholders: Evidence from Suppliers." International Journal of Managerial Finance, accepted. 10.1108/IJMF-09-2024-0525
2026
Fultz, A. and Nelson, A. "Better Together: Strategic Management, Management Accounting, and Dynamic Capabilities." Advances in Management Accounting, accepted.
2026
Dow, K., Nelson, A., Shabazz, S., and Koch, N. "The Role of Personal Characteristics in Developing Actionable Intelligence within the Management Accounting Ecosystem." Advances in Management Accounting, accepted.
2026
Glaze, J. and Nelson, A. "The Timeliness of Future Accounting Change Disclosures." China Accounting & Finance Review. 10.1108/CAFR-07-2024-0098
2025
Huang, L., Nelson, A., and Tang, W. "Positive Externalities of Credit Ratings: Customer Downgrades, Supplier Performance, and Investor Perception." Accounting & Finance. 10.1111/acfi.70122
2025
Shabazz, S., Nelson, A., and Garcia, M.S. "Understanding Supply Chain Teamwork." Supply Chain Management Review 29(5): 18–23.
2024
Nelson, A. and Wang, S. "The Importance of Cybersecurity Disclosures in Customer-Supplier Relationships." Journal of Corporate Accounting & Finance, 1–9. 10.1002/jcaf.22695
2024
Grove, S., Nelson, A., Villacis-Calderon, D., and Dow, K.E. "Words to Use With Care? CEO Dispositional Optimism vs Overconfidence." Finance Research Letters. 10.1016/j.frl.2023.104785
2023
Wood, D.A., (Nelson, A., and 324 others). "The ChatGPT Artificial Intelligence Chatbot: How Well Does It Answer Accounting Assessment Questions?" Issues in Accounting Education 38(4): 81–108. 10.2308/ISSUES-2023-013
Working Papers
  • "When Confidence Undermines Coordination: How Perceived CEO Overconfidence Shapes Supplier Relationship-Specific Investments" (with S. Grove, M. Bhussar, P. Srivastava, and A. Schwartz). Revise and resubmit, Industrial Marketing Management.
  • "Indigenous Peoples and Management Accounting: Bridging Worlds Through the 'X' & MA Framework" (with S. Shonka McCoy and S. Loftus). Revise and resubmit, Advances in Management Accounting.
  • "Customer-CEO Overconfidence and Supplier SG&A Under-Ramping" (with P. Vatsa). Under review, Journal of Accounting and Economics.
  • "Information or Impression Management? Decoding ESG Communication" (with A. Sosa and X. Li). Under review, Advances in Management Accounting.
  • "Integrating Cultural Imprinting and the Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology to Understand Sentiments Toward Remote Work in Multinational Enterprises" (with R. Posthuma and M. Nusrat). Under review, International Journal of Human Resource Management.
  • "Psychometrically Constrained Hybrid Models: A Three-Element Framework for Detecting Dispositional Optimism" (with S. Grove, D. Villacis-Calderon, K. Yan, and S. Hong). Preparing for submission.
  • "Artificial Intelligence Design: Algorithmic Decision-Making Capturing Perceptual Emotions on Decision Choices" (with W. Rodgers, M. Blomkvist, J. Johansson, and K. Yan). Preparing for submission.
  • "Female Representation, Work-Life Balance, and Perceptions of Diversity" (with K. Fultz, F. Garcia, H. Liu, and M. del C. Triana). Preparing for submission to Journal of Business Ethics.
In development
  • "Overconfidence and Accounting Gatekeepers" (with S. Grove). Writing stage; targeting The Accounting Review.
  • "CEO Overconfidence and Tenure: Implications for Workforce Stability and Firm Performance" (with S. Grove). Writing stage; targeting Strategic Management Journal.
  • "TCJA Effects on the Corporate Tax Function" (with E. Fuste and E. Rajsky). Writing stage; preparing for submission to the National Tax Journal.
  • "Tiered Workforce-Based Classification of Internal Audit Function Strength" (with V. Sulcaj and C. Antwi-Obimpeh). Data analysis stage.
Teaching Experience
University of Texas at El Paso
  • ACCT 5391 — Data Analytics in Accounting
  • ACCT 5340 — MAcc Capstone (Master's of Accountancy)
  • ACCT 5304 — Accounting Analysis (MBA)
  • ACCT 5311 — Accounting for Management (MBA)
  • ACCT 5394 — Current Issues in Accounting, FSA (Graduate)
  • ACCT 3321 — Intermediate Financial Accounting I (Undergraduate)
  • ACCT 2301 — Principles of Accounting I (Undergraduate, in-person and online BBA)
University of Georgia
  • Intermediate Financial Accounting III (Undergraduate)
  • Financial Reporting (Online)
The Ohio State University
  • Intermediate Financial Accounting I (Undergraduate)
Service on Doctoral Dissertation Committees
  • Wang, Shensi. "Do Investors Value Firms' Application of Cryptocurrency and Blockchain Technology?" University of Texas at El Paso. Initial placement: Lyon College.
Executive Education / Workshops
  • 2024 — Workshop Facilitator, "Introduction to Workflow Capabilities in Internal Auditing using Alteryx," IIA El Paso.
Refereed Conference Presentations & Proceedings
Multi-Criteria Behavioral Calibration Approach: Confident and Capable or Overconfident Outliers?
The Tenure Project Annual Conference, University of Michigan, 2025
A Data Based Framework for Applications of the Accounting System in Supply Chain Management
American Accounting Association Annual Meeting, Washington, DC, 2024
A Pig in a Tree Still Can't Soar with the Eagles: A Microfoundational Perspective on Overconfidence
American Accounting Association Annual Meeting, Chicago, 2025 · Financial Management Association Conference (Virtual), 2020*
Positive Externalities of Credit Ratings: Customer Downgrades, Supplier Performance, and Investor Perception
The Tenure Project Annual Conference, USC, 2024 · Sixth International Conference on Interdisciplinary Research in Accounting, 2024* · Journal of Supply Chain Management Asia-Pacific Paper Development Workshop, 2024*
Words to Use With Care? CEO Dispositional Optimism vs Overconfidence
BYU Accounting Research Symposium, Provo, UT, 2023
Tax Policy Uncertainty and Investment in Tax Planning (with J. Kerr)
BYU Accounting Research Symposium, 2019
The Effect of Management Information Quality on External Stakeholders: Evidence from Suppliers
BYU Accounting Research Symposium, 2018 · AAA Diversity Section Midyear Meeting, 2018
* presented by co-author
Conference Discussant
  • AAA Annual Meeting — 2025, 2024, 2023, 2021 (Virtual), 2019
  • PhD Project ADSA Annual Meeting — 2025, 2023, 2016, 2015
  • FARS Midyear Meeting — 2019
Other Invited Academic Presentations
  • The University of San Diego
  • Cleveland State University
  • The University of Texas at El Paso
  • Oregon State University
  • The University of Kentucky
  • City University of Hong Kong
  • Hong Kong Polytechnic University
  • Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
  • McMaster University
  • The University of Georgia
  • The Ohio State University
Grants
  • 2025 · Institute for Management Accountants Academic Research Grant — HCOB Seed Grant, El Paso, TX ($6,000), Awarded.
  • 2024 · Chartered Institute of Management Accountants Research Grant — HCOB Seed Grant, El Paso, TX ($12,000), Awarded.
Awards & Accomplishments
  • MAcc Student Appreciation Award, University of Texas at El Paso — 2026
  • PMBA Student Appreciation Award, University of Texas at El Paso — 2026
  • Faculty CMA Scholarship — 2025
  • MAcc Teaching Excellence Award, University of Texas at El Paso — 2022
  • AAA / Deloitte / J. Michael Cook Doctoral Consortium Fellow — 2016
  • American Indian Graduate Council Fellowship — 2014–2018
  • KPMG Minority Accounting Doctoral Scholarship — 2014–2018
  • Member, Beta Gamma Sigma
  • United States Strongman — New Mexico State Deadlift Record (Masters Heavyweight)
Editorial & Review
Editorial Board
  • Advances in Management Accounting
Ad-Hoc Reviewer
  • Advances in Management Accounting
  • International Journal of Managerial Finance
  • Applied Economics
  • International Review of Financial Analysis
  • Journal of Infrastructure, Policy and Development
  • European Accounting Review
  • Journal of Financial Research
  • Finance Research Letters
  • FARS Midyear Meeting · AAA Annual Meeting · PhD Project Annual Meeting
Academic Service
University of Texas at El Paso
  • Faculty Senate Representative — 2022–2024
  • MBA Policy Committee — 2022 – Present
  • Ph.D. Program Policy Committee — 2023 – Present
  • Chair, AIS Ph.D. Program Committee — 2023 – Present
  • Accounting Graduate Programs Committee — 2024 – Present
  • Beta Alpha Psi Co-Advisor — 2025 – Present
  • Master's in Accounting STEM Initiative — 2023
  • AIS Hiring Committee — 2022
  • Five-Year Program Committee — 2022–2024
  • Internal Audit Association Faculty Representative — 2019–2022
  • Faculty Commencement Marshal — 2024, 2025
External
  • President, Accounting Faculty Alumni Association Planning Committee — 2023–2025
  • Diversity Committee, Fisher College of Business, OSU — 2016–2017
Professional Experience
Chief Financial Officer
Bedrock Protection Agency · Salt Lake City, UT
Internal Audit Intern
Questar Gas Company · Salt Lake City, UT
Licenses & Continuing Education
  • Certified Management Accountant (CMA) — #146313
  • MIT Sloan + CSAIL · Artificial Intelligence: Implications for Business Strategy — 2025
  • Tenure Project Member — 2024–Present
  • IMA Data Analytics Certificate — 2023
  • CITI Program · Social & Behavioral Research — 2023–2026
  • Ph.D. Project Member — 2014–2018
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