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College of Business

Jay Rich Ph.D., CPA

Professor
Accounting
Office
State Farm Hall of Business - SFH 313
Office Phone
(309) 438-7040office
phone
Email
jsrich@ilstu.eduemail
Website
www2.cob.ilstu.edu/jsrichwebsite
  • About
  • Education
  • Awards & Honors
  • Research

Current Courses

131.001Financial Accounting

231.001Intermediate Accounting I

231.003Intermediate Accounting I

231.004Intermediate Accounting I

231.005Intermediate Accounting I

231.006Intermediate Accounting I

Teaching Interests & Areas

Financial Accounting
Auditing
Financial-Statement Analysis

Research Interests & Areas

Audit Judgment & Decision Making
Review Process

PhD Accountancy

University of Illinois at Urbana/Champaign
Urbana, IL

MS Accountancy

University of Illinois at Urbana/Champaign
Urbana, IL

BS Accountancy

University of Illinois at Urbana/Champaign
Urbana, IL

Hinderliter Professor

College of Business
2020

Lybrand Certificate of Merit

IMA
2016

Outstanding Professor

Student Accounting Society
2016

Outstanding Educator Award (State of Illinois)

Illinois CPA Society
2014

Outstanding Researcher (College of Business)

College of Business Illinois State University
2012

Notable Contribution to the Literature Award

Audit Section of the AAA
2008

Top Instructor at Audit Fundamentals

KPMG
2007

Outstanding Professor

Student Accounting Society
2006

Outstanding Professor

Beta Alpha Psi - University of Connecticut
2002

Outstanding Dissertation Award

American Accounting Association - Audit Section
2000

Book, Authored

Rich, J., Jones, J., Mowen, M., & Hansen, D. Cornerstones of Financial Accounting (3e). Cengage Learning (EDs) (2013): ~800.
Rich, J., Jones, J., Heitger, D., Mowen, M., & Hansen, D. Cornerstones of Financial & Managerial Accounting (2e). Cengage Learning (2012): ~1400.
Rich, J., Jones, J., Mowen, M., & Hansen, D. Cornerstones of Financial Accounting (2e). Cengage Learning (2012): ~800.
Rich, J., Jones, J., Heitger, D., Mowen, M., & Hansen, D. Cornerstones of Financial & Managerial Accounting (1e). Cengage Learning (2010): 1400.
Rich, J., Jones, J., Mowen, M., & Hansen, D. Cornerstones of Financial Accounting (1e). Cengage Publishing (EDs). Cengage Publishing (2010): ~800.

Book, Chapter

Solomon, I., & Rich, J. Reporting on Consistency. R. Whittington and G.L. Holstrum (EDs), The Expectation Gap Standards: Progress, Implementation issues, Research Opportunities. AICPA (1993)

Journal Article

Mocadlo, R., Rich, J., Trimble, M., & Zhou, Y. Fostering Intrinsic Motivational Orientation: A Cost-Effective Method for Encouraging Audit Staff to Speak Up. Current Issues in Auditing 14.2 (2020): 9-18.
Kadous, K., Proell, C., Rich, J., & Zhou, D. It Goes without Saying: The Effects of Intrinsic Motivational Orientation, Leadership Emphasis of Intrinsic Goals, and Audit Issue Ambiguity on Speaking Up. No. Contemporary Accounting Research 36.4 (2019): 2113-2141.
Clausen, T., Jones, K., & Rich, J. Harnessing the Power of Performance Evaluations. Strategic Finance (feature section) 97.9 (2016): 44-51.
Rich, J., Ames, D., Brazel, J., Jones, K., & Zimbelman, M. Using Non-financial Measures to Improve Fraud Risk Assessments. Current Issues in Auditing (2012)
Biggs, S., Coyne, M., & Rich, J. Priming/Reaction-Time Evidence of the Structure of Auditors' Knowledge of Financial Statement Errors. Auditing: A Journal Of Practice And Theory 29.1 (2010): 99-123.

Presentations

Integrating IFRS into the Financial Accounting Curriculum. University of Washington. (2009)
Integrating IFRS into the Financial Accounting Curriculum. Central Michicgan University. (2009)
The Judged Accuracy and Judged Implications of Audit Team Estimates. Internal Symposium on Auditing Research. (2008)
The Judged Accuracy and Judged Implications of Audit Team Estimates. Loyola University - Chicago. (2008)
Auditing Fair Value Measurements: A Synthesis and Review of Relevant Research. Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) Research Conference. (2006)

Grants & Contracts

Katie School Grant. Katie School of Insurance. Illinois State University. (2012)
Katie School Grant. Katie School of Insurance. Illinois State University. (2011)
Univerisity of Connecticut Office of Sponsored Programs. University of Connecticut. Illinois State University. (2003)
Univerisity of Connecticut Office of Sponsored Programs. University of Connecticut. Illinois State University. (2001)
Univerisity of Connecticut Office of Sponsored Programs. University of Connecticut. Illinois State University. (2000)