College of Business: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Associate Professor of Accountancy and Roedgers Fellow in Accountancy and Professor Ken Perry Faculty Fellow

Ph.D., Accounting, University of Washington, 2003
M.B.A., Indiana University, 1999
B.S., Accounting, Indiana University, 1999

Associate Professor of Accountancy, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2010 to present
Assistant Professor of Accountancy, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2003-2010

Elliott, W., Jackson, K. , Peecher, M. , White, B. Forthcoming. The Unintended Effect of Corporate Social Responsibility Performance on Investors' Estimates of Fundamental Value. The Accounting Review

Brown, N., Christensen, T., Elliott, W. 2012. The Timing of Quarterly "Pro Forma" Earnings Announcements. Journal of Business Finance and Accounting, 39: 315-359

Brown, N., Christensen, T., Elliott, W., Mergenthaler, R. 2012. Investor Sentiment and Pro Forma Earnings Disclosures. Journal of Accounting Research, 50: 1-40

Elliott, W., Hodge, F., Sedor, L. 2012. Using Online Video to Announce a Restatement: Influences on Investment Decisions and the Mediating Role of Trust. The Accounting Review, 87: 513-535

Elliott, W., Hobson, J. , Jackson, K. 2011. Disaggregating Management Earnings Forecasts to Reduce Investors' Susceptibility to Earnings Fixation. The Accounting Review, 86: 185-208

Ken Perry Fellowship in Accountancy, Department of Accountancy, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2010 to present
Fred and Virginia Roedgers Fellowship, Department of Accountancy, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2008 to present
MBA Professor of the Year, Nominee, 2009-2010
List of Teachers Ranked as Excellent by their Students, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010
Head's Award for Excellence in Teaching, Department of Accountancy, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2006, 2009

Financial reporting and financial statement analysis

The determinants of investors' use of accounting information in their investment-related judgments and decisions. The relation between accounting information/disclosures and investor sentiment. Managers' strategic use of and investor response to non-GAAP (i.e. pro forma) earnings disclosures.