Khondkar E. Karim, DBA, CPA is Professor of Accounting and Chair at the University of Massachusetts-Lowell. His research focuses on financial markets and reporting, judgment and decision making, accounting education, SOX compliance, impact of regulatory changes on accounting numbers, management accounting, and cost management. His research has resulted in over 80 published articles in various journal's including Accounting Organizations and Society (AOS), Behavioral Research in Accounting (BRIA), Accounting Horizons, Journal of Corporate Finance, International Journal of Auditing, CPA Journal, International Journal of Finance, Advances in Accounting, Advances in Quantitative Analysis of Finance and Accounting, and other peer reviewed publications.