World-Class Faculty
WORLD-CLASS TEACHING AND RESEARCH
Our faculty are recruited from renowned institutions around the world and are at the forefront of accounting research, clinching over 50 SMU Research Excellence Awards since 2011.
Many of them also serve in the editorial committees or as reviewers in top academic journals such as Journal of Accounting and Economics, Journal of Accounting Research, The Accounting Review, Review of Accounting Studies and Contemporary Accounting Research.
Through their efforts, SoA has achieved international recognition for its high quality research. According to the Brigham Young University (BYU) Accounting Research Rankings 2024 (released in February 2025), SoA is ranked 2nd in the world for "Archival Financial Research", 3rd in the world for "Archival Research (All Topics)" and 1st in Asia for “All Areas and All Disciplines Research" and "Citation (All Publications)".
STRONG INDUSTRY PARTNERSHIPS
Strong industry partnerships ensure SoA continues to be at the forefront of industry developments in the
accounting and business fields. This ensures that our curriculum is responsive to industry feedback and
addresses the needs of the accounting and business sectors.
Many of our faculty hold strategic positions in key national committees that steer the accounting and finance
industry in Singapore as well. They include:
- Professor Gary Pan
Associate Dean (Undergraduate Admissions and Student Development)
SCAQ Advisory Panel, ISCA - Professor Seow Poh Sun
Associate Dean (Teaching and Curriculum)
Commerce Curriculum Review Committee, Ministry of Education - Professor Sum Yee Loong
The Tax Academy of Singapore, Board Member
Professional Education Council, SCAQ
TEACHING INNOVATIONS
SoA faculty members also enhance the learning experience for students through learning journeys outside the classroom, and by developing teaching innovations and unique learning tools that complement textbook learning with experimentation and application. They have consistently performed well at the annual SMU Teaching Excellence (TE) Awards, clinching more than 30 awards since 2005.
Internationally, our faculty members have also received teaching and pedagogical awards, such as the CEEMAN Champion Awards, Howard Teall Innovation in Accounting Education Award and QS-Wharton Reimagine Education Awards. Our faculty are also the first professors to clinch the inaugural 2022 Accounting Education Excellence Award from the European Accounting Association, and the first professors in Singapore to clinch the following American Accounting Association (AAA) Awards – the Outstanding Accounting Educator Award in 2023, the Outstanding Instructional Contribution Award in 2018, the AAA Jim Bulloch Award for Innovations in Management Accounting Education in 2017 and the AAA Innovation in Accounting Education Award in 2015.
Our SoA faculty members also enhance the learning experience for students by developing teaching innovations and unique learning tools that complement textbook learning with experimentation and application. From developing an interactive app which teaches accounting concepts – the Accounting Challenge (ACE) app, to the use of Digital Storytelling in a multimedia learning tool “Movies-Door-2-Door.Com”, our faculty take the lead in developing innovative pedagogies in accounting education to augment classroom learning.
Red Flags Accounting Fraud Game
led by Professor (Education) Gary Pan and Professor (Education) Seow Poh Sun
led by Professor (Education) Seow Poh Sun, Senior Lecturer Wong Suay Peng and Associate Professor Sterling Huang (NYU Shanghai)
Revenue and Expenditure Cycle Learning Objects
led by Professor (Education) Seow Poh Sun, Professor (Education) Gary Pan and Senior Lecturer Wong Suay Peng
RESEARCH COLLABORATIONS
Professors at SoA actively engage in research collaborations with our industry partners addressing key industry-related issues. A number of these projects have generated much industry interest, and have since spun off into related studies that tap into the key research findings submitted by our faculty. Visit Industry Research Collaborations to learn more about recent projects conducted by faculty in collaboration with industry partners.
