Denise Jones

Denise Jones, Ph.D.

J. S. Quinn Term Professor of Business | Accounting

Email: denise.jones@mason.wm.edu
Program: Online MSF

Credentials:
Ph.D., Business Administration, University of Colorado at Boulder
MBA, MS in Finance, University of Colorado at Denver
BS in Accounting, Bryant College

Expertise: Voluntary disclosure, pension and other retirement plans, valuation, financial statement modeling, financial reporting, international financial reporting standards

Denise A. Jones joined the William & Mary faculty in 2000 after receiving her Ph.D. from the University of Colorado at Boulder. Prior to pursuing her doctorate, Denise worked as an auditor for an international public accounting firm.

Denise's research focuses on voluntary disclosure and the role of accounting information in firm valuation. Her papers have been published in leading academic journals such as The Accounting Review, Contemporary Accounting Research, Journal of Accounting and Public Policy, and Journal of Management Accounting Research. Denise is the recipient of a grant from the International Association for Accounting Education and Research as part of their program to support scholarly research directed at informing the International Accounting Standards Board’s decision process.

Denise has taught courses on financial statement analysis, modeling financial statements for use in valuation, intermediate financial reporting, advanced financial reporting topics, auditing, advanced auditing, and principles of financial and managerial accounting. She has won teaching excellence awards in both the M.B.A. and Master of Accounting programs.