Jonathan Glover

Jonathan Glover is the George O. May Professor of Financial Accounting at Columbia Business School’s Accounting Division. His research focuses on the economics of accounting practices, including corporate financial reporting, governance, and incentive design. He holds editorial roles in journals like Foundations and Trends in Accounting and previously served as Head of the PhD Program at Carnegie Mellon University’s Tepper School of Business. With over 50 publications, his work spans earnings management, managerial compensation, and multi-agent contracting. Glover earned his PhD from The Ohio State University (1992) and received the Beta Alpha Psi Alumnus of the Year Award (2016).

His research interests include corporate governance mechanisms, the role of accounting in long-term firm performance, and the interplay between financial reporting standards and preparer behavior. Recent studies explore team incentives, diversity impacts on collusion prevention, and relational contracting dynamics. He has advised the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and contributed to debates on financial engineering’s regulatory challenges.

Key awards include recognition for his academic contributions and editorial leadership. His courses focus on earnings quality and fundamental analysis for MBAs, and advanced topics in accounting economics for PhD students.