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  Karen K. Nelson
Associate Professor of Management


Contact:
Email: nelsonk@rice.edu
Office

Rm. 337
Mailstop: 531
Phone: 713-348-5388

Education:
B.S. (1988) University of Colorado
Ph.D. (1997) University of Michigan Business School

Bio Statement:
Karen Nelson is an Associate Professor at the Jesse H. Jones Graduate School of Management, Rice University. She earned her PhD in accounting from the University of Michigan in 1997. She also holds a bachelors degree (summa cum laude) in accounting from the University of Colorado, and is a Certified Public Accountant in Colorado.

Karen joined the Rice faculty in 2003. She teaches financial reporting in the MBA and Executive MBA programs. Prior to her appointment at Rice, Karen was on the faculty of the Graduate School of Business at Stanford University. She has also been a Visiting Professor at the University of Michigan. Her research focuses on earnings management and the interaction between corporate financial reporting strategies and securities litigation. She has held research seminars at leading business schools around the country, and published in a variety of major academic journals. In addition, her research has been featured in the financial press in publications such as The Wall Street Journal, Business Week, and Forbes.

Website:

Vita September 2008




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