Teri Yohn

Teri Yohn received her PhD in accounting from Indiana University in 1991. Prior to joining the faculty at Emory University in 2020, Teri was a visiting professor of accounting at Northwestern’s Kellogg School of Management. Her extensive teaching history also includes positions at Indiana University Bloomington, the University of Massachusetts Amherst and Georgetown University. Teri’s research focuses on predicting future profitability, valuation and examining how accounting information affects information asymmetry in the stock market. She has published her work in top-tier journals such as the Journal of Accounting & Economics and The Accounting Review.

Education

• Indiana University: PhD, Accounting
• University of Delaware: BS, Accounting

PROFESSIONAL AND ACADEMIC EXPERIENCES

• Emory University, Goizueta Business School, Professor, 2020-present
• Northwestern University, Kellogg School of Management, Visiting Professor, 2018-2020
• Indiana University, Bloomington, Professor, 2012-2020; Associate Professor, 2007-2012
• University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Associate Professor, 2006-2007
• Securities and Exchange Commission, Office of the Chief Accountant, Academic Fellow, 2005-2006
• Georgetown University, Associate Professor, 1998 – 2006; Assistant Professor, 1991-1998
• Indiana University, Doctoral student, Research/Teaching Assistant, 1987-1991
• Arthur Andersen & Company, Auditor, Baltimore, 1986-1987
• Coopers and Lybrand, Auditor, Baltimore, Summer 1985

PUBLISHED REFEREED RESEARCH:

• Lyle, M. and T. Yohn. 2021. Fundamental Analysis for Constructing Optimal Portfolios. The Accounting Review, forthcoming.
• Schloetzer, J., A. Tseng, T. Yohn, and Y. Yoon. 2021. Blame Attribution and Disclosure Propensity. The Accounting Review, forthcoming.
• Holzman, E., N. Marshall, J. Schroeder, and T. Yohn. 2021. Is All Disaggregation Good for Investors? Evidence from Earnings Announcements. Review of Accounting Studies, forthcoming.
• Call, A., M. Hewitt, J. Watkins, and T. Yohn. 2021. Analysts’ Annual Earnings Forecasts and Changes to the I/B/E/S Database. Review of Accounting Studies, forthcoming.
• Yohn, T. 2020. Research on the Use of Financial Statement Information for Forecasting Profitability. Accounting and Finance 60 (3): 3163-3181.
• Allee, K. D. Erickson, A. Esplin, and T. Yohn. 2020. The Characteristics, Valuation Methods, and Information Use of Valuation Specialists. Accounting Horizons 34 (3): 23-38.
• Allee, K., B. Badertscher, and T. Yohn. 2020. Private versus Public Corporate Ownership: Implications for Future Changes in Profitability. Journal of Management Accounting Research 32 (2): 27-55.
• Arif, S., N. Marshall, J. Schroeder, and T. Yohn. 2019. A Growing Disparity in Earnings Disclosure Mechanisms: The Rise of Concurrently Released Earnings Announcements and 10-Ks. Journal of Accounting and Economics, 68 (1).