Jan Barton

Jan Barton is an Associate Professor of Accounting at Emory University's Goizueta Business School, where he has taught since 1998. His expertise spans Financial Reporting & Disclosure, Neuroeconomics, and Design Thinking, with a focus on how investors process accounting information through neurobiological mechanisms.

• PhD in Accounting (minor in Statistics), University of Alabama
• MTax in International Taxation, Villanova University School of Law
• BSEcon in Accounting/Finance, The Wharton School

His research combines cognitive neuroscience and financial accounting to examine how brain activity correlates with market reactions to earnings announcements. Publications in The Accounting Review and Contemporary Accounting Research demonstrate his interdisciplinary approach.

Key article trends: Neurobiological analysis of investor behavior (2012-2014), global performance measure relevance (2010), and auditor reputation dynamics (2003). Media coverage in Wall Street Journal and Financial Times highlights real-world impact.

• 2005 AAA Award for earnings management research
• Google Scholar >1,200 citations for seminal work

As Area Coordinator (2020-2022) and PhD program coordinator, he shaped Emory's academic governance. International teaching experience includes MBA trips to Brazil, India, and Southeast Asia.