Assistant Professor of Accounting
Aaron S. Nelson
Ph.D., CMA · Department of Accounting & Information Systems
Woody L. Hunt College of Business · The University of Texas at El Paso
I am an Assistant Professor of Accounting at the University of Texas at El Paso, where I teach in the Woody L. Hunt College of Business. My research examines how accounting information shapes decisions across organizational boundaries — with an emphasis on supply-chain relationships, executive characteristics, and the role of artificial intelligence in accounting.
Before entering academia I worked as a chief financial officer and internal auditor, and I bring that practitioner perspective to both my research and my teaching. I hold a Ph.D. from The Ohio State University and am a Certified Management Accountant.
Research interests
- Accounting information in the supply chain
- Executive characteristics & disclosure
- Artificial intelligence in accounting
- Data analytics
Selected recent work
- Nelson, A. S. “The Effect of Management Information Quality on External Stakeholders: Evidence from Suppliers.” International Journal of Managerial Finance, accepted.
- Huang, L., Nelson, A., & Tang, W. “Positive Externalities of Credit Ratings.” Accounting & Finance (2025).
- Grove, S., Nelson, A., et al. “Words to Use With Care? CEO Dispositional Optimism vs Overconfidence.” Finance Research Letters (2024).