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Luann J. Lynch is the Almand R. Coleman Professor of Business Administration at the University of Virginia Darden School of Business, where she teaches Accounting in the First Year core MBA program and a Second Year elective in management accounting. With a B.S. from Meredith College, an MBA from Duke University, and a Ph.D. in Accounting from the University of North Carolina, she combines academic rigor with extensive industry experience from roles at Roche Biomedical Laboratories, Northern Telecom, and Procter & Gamble.
- Recipient of the University of Virginia Alumni Board of Trustees Teaching Award
- Held the Robert F. Vandell research chair at Darden (2006-2009)
- Awarded the Glen McLaughlin Prize for Research in Accounting Ethics (2006)
- Recognized as Outstanding Professor in BusinessWeek's Guide to the Best Business Schools
Her research focuses on incentive and compensation system design, particularly analyzing how these structures influence organizational behavior. Key areas include stock options, post-merger compensation, and the impact of financial reporting and regulation on incentive systems. She has published extensively in top-tier journals such as The Accounting Review, Journal of Financial Economics, and Review of Accounting Studies. Lynch served as associate dean for intellectual capital at Darden (2005-2008) and taught at the Wharton School during the 2004–05 academic year.
