Stacey Whitecotton
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Phone: 480-965-8315
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School of Accountancy BA 223J Tempe, AZ 85287
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Mail code: 3606Campus: Tempe
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Professor Stacey Whitecotton is an associate professor in the School of Accountancy in the W. P. Carey School of Business at Arizona State University. She previously served as the Senior Associate Dean of Graduate Programs, where she managed W. P. Carey’s diverse portfolio of graduate programs, including their top-ranked MBA program.
Professor Whitecotton teaches managerial accounting and ethics for professional accountants. She has received numerous awards for outstanding teaching at the undergraduate and graduate level. She is also the lead author of a Managerial Accounting textbook that is used by students at ASU and other universities around the country.
Professor Whitecotton’s research interests center around the use of organizational incentives and decision aids to improve the decision-making behavior of financial analysts, managers, and auditors. Her research has been published in The Accounting Review, Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, Behavioral Research in Accounting, Auditing: A Journal of Practice and Theory, and The Journal of Behavioral Decision Making.
- Ph.D. University of Oklahoma 1993
- M.S. University of Oklahoma 1992
- B.A. Texas Tech University 1988
Managerial Accounting, Decision Making, Narcissism, Decision Aids
- It's not always black and white – Identifying characteristics of managers who perceive and use ambiguity in accounting to their advantage. With V. Chambers and P. Reckers. Behavioral Research in Accounting. Spring 2023.
- Project Outcome Objectives, Impulsivity, and Escalation of Commitment: Experimental Evidence with Dipankar Ghosh (University of Oklahoma). Advances in Accounting Behavioral Research.
- The Effect of Brand Consistency and Pricing Information on Investors’ Utilization of Robo Advisors in the Financial Services Industry. With Dipankar Ghosh.
- Narcissistic Rivalry and Supervisor Sabotage of High-Performing Subordinates. With Phil Reckers and Eric Johnson.
- Factors affecting the misreporting of voluntary ESG reported data.
Courses
2026 Summer
| Course Number | Course Title |
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| ACC 350 | Internal Reporting |
| ACC 350 | Internal Reporting |
| ACC 503 | Managerial Accounting |
| ACC 503 | Managerial Accounting |
2026 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| ACC 350 | Internal Reporting |
| ACC 503 | Managerial Accounting |
| ACC 503 | Managerial Accounting |
| ACC 503 | Managerial Accounting |
2025 Fall
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| ACC 350 | Internal Reporting |
2025 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| ACC 503 | Managerial Accounting |
| ACC 350 | Internal Reporting |
| ACC 503 | Managerial Accounting |
| ACC 503 | Managerial Accounting |
| ACC 503 | Managerial Accounting |
| ACC 503 | Managerial Accounting |
| ACC 503 | Managerial Accounting |
| ACC 503 | Managerial Accounting |
| ACC 503 | Managerial Accounting |
2024 Fall
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| ACC 350 | Internal Reporting |
2024 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| ACC 503 | Managerial Accounting |
| ACC 350 | Internal Reporting |
| ACC 503 | Managerial Accounting |
| ACC 503 | Managerial Accounting |
| ACC 503 | Managerial Accounting |
2023 Fall
| Course Number | Course Title |
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| ACC 350 | Internal Reporting |
| ACC 241 | Uses of Accounting Info II |
2023 Summer
| Course Number | Course Title |
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| ACC 350 | Internal Reporting |
| ACC 350 | Internal Reporting |
2023 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| ACC 503 | Managerial Accounting |
| ACC 241 | Uses of Accounting Info II |
| ACC 241 | Uses of Accounting Info II |
| ACC 350 | Internal Reporting |
| ACC 503 | Managerial Accounting |
| ACC 503 | Managerial Accounting |
2022 Fall
| Course Number | Course Title |
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| ACC 241 | Uses of Accounting Info II |
| ACC 350 | Internal Reporting |
2022 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
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| ACC 503 | Managerial Accounting |
| ACC 350 | Internal Reporting |
| ACC 503 | Managerial Accounting |
2021 Fall
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| ACC 503 | Managerial Accounting |
| ACC 503 | Managerial Accounting |
| ACC 360 | Ethics for Prof Accountants |
| ACC 350 | Internal Reporting |
| ACC 503 | Managerial Accounting |
2021 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
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| ACC 503 | Managerial Accounting |
| ACC 350 | Internal Reporting |
| ACC 503 | Managerial Accounting |
- IMA/MAS Best Case Award 2024
- School of Accountancy and Information Management Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching Award, 1999
- John W. Teets Outstanding Graduate Teaching Award, 2001
Associate Editor
- Advances in Accounting
Ad Hoc Reviewer
- Behavioral Research in Accounting
- The Accounting Review
- Journal of Behavioral Decision Making
- Decision Sciences
Arizona State University: 2000-present. Previous Appointments: University of Missouri-St. Louis, University of Oklahoma