Sugata Roychowdhury
DeWitt W. Buchanan Jr. Professor
Professor of Accounting Information & Management
Sugata Roychowdhury
Professor of Accounting
Professor Sugata Roychowdhury’s research focuses on the influence of managers’ incentives on their reporting and disclosure choices, as well as operational and investment decisions. His most recent research focuses on how corporate courts and regulatory guidelines influence not only managers’ reporting choices, but also the consequences of these choices for business decisions. His work has been published in leading academic journals, including Journal of Accounting & Economics (JAE), Journal of Accounting Research (JAR), The Accounting Review (TAR) and the Review of Accounting Studies (RAS).
Professor Roychowdhury is on the editorial review board of the JAE, and an Associate Editor at JAR. He joined Kellogg's Accounting Information and Management (AIM) group in the summer of 2020. At Kellogg, Professor Roychowdhury is Director of Graduate Studies for AIM and the MBA Financial Accounting Core Coordinator. He has taught "Financial Accounting" to MBA students, "PhD Course in Empirical Accounting" to PhD students, "Accounting for Planning and Control" to Executive MBA students, and "Managerial Accounting" in the Evening and Weekend program. He recived the "Chair's Core Course Teaching Award" in 2023-2024.
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PhD, 2004, Business Administration (Accounting), University of Rochester
MS, 2001, Accounting & Finance, Univeristy of Rochester
MBA, 1996, Finance, International Management Institute, New Delhi, India
Bachelor of Technology, Instrumentation & Control, 1994, Technology, Instrumentation & Control, Dr. B. R. Ambedkar National Institute of Technology, India -
Professor, Accounting Information & Management, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University, 2020-present
Professor, Accounting, Boston College, 2016-2020
Associate Professor, Accounting, Boston College, 2010-2016
Associate Professor, Accounting, Sloan School of Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2008-2010
Assistant Professor, Accounting, Sloan School of Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2003-2008 -
Credit Rating Analyst, Credit Aanalysis and Research Limited, 1996-1998
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Chair's Core Course Teaching Award, 2023-24, 2023-24
Best Paper Award, Review of Accounting Studies Annual Conference
Distinguished Contribution to Accounting Literature, American Accounting Association -
Associate Editor, Journal of Accounting Research, 2019
Associate Editor, Journal of Accounting and Economics, 2008
Referee, The Accounting Review, 2003
Referee, Journal of Accounting Research, 2003
Referee, Review of Accounting Studies, 2003
Referee, Journal of Financial Economics, 2003
Referee, Management Science, 2003
