Dr. Robert Bowen

Bob Bowen joined the Argyros College in 2020 after eight years as Distinguished Professor of Accounting at the University of San Diego, and more than 30 years at the University of Washington, where he was the PricewaterhouseCoopers Professor of Accounting. Bowen has co-authored a number of widely used cases and has earned more than 50 teaching awards, including 36 from graduating Executive MBA students at Washington.

Bowen is among "The top 100 Most Prolific Authors in the Accounting Literature Over the Past Half-Century: 1959-2008," J. Heck (2009). His research has garnered three national awards. His papers have appeared in journals such as The Accounting Review, British Journal of Management, Contemporary Accounting Research, Journal of Accounting and Economics, Journal of Applied Corporate Finance, Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, Journal of Financial Research, and Review of Accounting Studies. A number have been highly cited; one has been labeled a "classic" in the accounting literature; and another is currently among the top 600 in 'all time' downloads out of more than 1.6 million papers on the Social Sciences Research Network (SSRN). Bowen currently has over 10,000 citations on Google Scholar and is ranked among the Top 50 (out of over 5,000 accounting authors) in papers downloaded from SSRN across 'all time.' His current research interests include corporate governance, disclosure policies, earnings management, and the stock-price relevance of financial and non-financial data. His co-authored work includes studies of the value-relevance of alternative earnings metrics such as "economic value added" (EVA). His work has been mentioned in The Wall Street Journal, Fortune, and CFO Magazine. Bowen is a former member of the editorial board of The Accounting Review and has served as an ad hoc referee for several academic journals. His PhD students have started their careers at schools such as Harvard, Indiana, Michigan State, Minnesota, UC Irvine, UT Dallas, and Washington University (St. Louis).