Richard Crowley

Richard Crowley is an Assistant Professor of Accounting at the School of Accountancy (SOA), Singapore Management University (SMU). He joined SMU in 2016 as full-time faculty, specializing in financial accounting research using archival and analytical methods, particularly leveraging high-powered computing for unstructured textual data analysis. His work addresses challenges in financial reporting, disclosure strategies, and market behavior.

Education:

• PhD in Accountancy, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
• Bachelor's degrees in Accountancy, Finance, and Theoretical Mathematics, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (2012)

Research Focus: Financial stability, investor behavior, stock market anomalies, text analysis, voluntary disclosure, and the intersection of accounting with artificial intelligence/machine learning. His interdisciplinary work spans corporate governance, auditing, econometrics, and social media regulation.

Key Contributions: Pioneering use of NLP for detecting financial misreporting, analyzing social media's impact on corporate strategy and traditional media, and exploring CSR reputation management through Twitter analytics.

Awards:

• Fellow of the Lindau Nobel Laureate Meetings (2014)
• University Fellowship, University of Illinois (2014, 2015)

Professional Service: Reviewer for AAA Annual Meeting, Illinois International Journal of Accounting Symposium, FARS midyear meeting, and University of Illinois Symposium on Audit Research. Discussed at IAS midyear meeting (2014).

Labs/Teams: Engaged in cross-disciplinary projects at SMU's School of Computing and Information Systems, focusing on AI applications for financial information scrutiny on platforms like Twitter.