Jane Jollineau

Distinguished Professor of Accounting

Professor Jollineau joined USD after 21 years at the Foster School of Business at the University of Washington, where she was the Deloitte & Touche Professor of Accounting. Jane earned her PhD at Duke University, a MBA at the University of Alberta and a BBA at the University of New Brunswick (Saint John) in Canada. 

She has co-authored a number of widely used cases and has earned multiple teaching awards, including the prestigious Paccar Award in 2004 from her MBA students at Washington. Jane was a visiting professor at INSEAD in France (2001) and at Nanyang Technological University in Singapore (2009).

Jane has served as an editor of The Accounting Review (for experimental research) and served on the editorial board of several academic journals.

Jane’s current research interests include the effects of human behavior on decision-making, financial reporting and auditing. Her Ph.D. students started their careers at schools such as Indiana University, University of Illinois, Notre Dame, University of California-Riverside, and the University of Waterloo. Three of Jane’s students have won national "outstanding dissertation" awards.

Jane has served in a number of administrative positions including Chair of the Foster School Accounting Department and Chair of the Foster School Promotion and Tenure Committee.

Selected Current Research

Journal Article, Academic Journal

Jollineau, J., Vance, T., Webb, A. (2012). Subordinates as the First Line of Defense Against Biased Financial Reporting. Journal of Management Accounting Research, American Accounting Association, 24 (December ), 1-24.