Join us for a coffee break to talk about the newly-named William Dillard Department of Accounting, which recently became the second named department on the University of Arkansas campus and the transformational impact this naming gift will have on the development of the accounting department. Dr. Gary F. Peters, S. Robson Walton Endowed Chair of Accounting will lead the event.
Gary F. Peters is the Chair of the Department of Accounting in the Sam M. Walton College of Business. He holds the S. Robson Walton Endowed Professorship of Accounting. Gary joined the University of Arkansas in 2003 and served as the Director of the Masters of Accounting Program from 2006-2016. Gary’s research and teaching focuses on factors that influence audit risk, accounting disclosure, and corporate governance. Gary’s prior research emphasizes the roles of Audit Committees, External Auditors, and Internal Auditors. His research has been published in the Journal of Accounting Research, The Accounting Review, and Contemporary Accounting Research, as well as cross-discipline studies in journals including MISQ and Journal of Business Ethics. He previously received the 2018 Honors College Distinguished Faculty Award and the 2016 Outstanding All-Around Faculty Member Award from the Walton College.