Amanda Sanseverino

Assistant Professor, Accounting, CIS & Law

Amanda Sanseverino, Ph.D. conducts research in the areas of corruption, corporate social responsibility, compliance systems, ethics, pedagogy, regulation, and reporting. Her recent work examines the effects of AI-based compliance disclosures; how foreign anti-corruption regulations affect the operations and reporting practices of U.S. multinational companies; the implications of extraterritorial laws for the accounting profession; the role of managerial incentives in Form 8-K impairment disclosures; and the impact of ESG disclosures on investor decision-making. 

Dr. Sanseverino is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) whose career prior to academia focused on private equity and taxation. She has held professional roles at EY, Citi, Citco Fund Services, and JPMorgan. 

Education

  • Ph.D., Business (Accounting), Baruch College and the Graduate Center of the City University of New York
  • M.B.A., Baruch College, City University of New York
  • M.Phil., Business, The Graduate Center of the City University of New York
  • M.S., Accounting, St. John's University
  • B.S., Accounting, St. John's University (summa cum laude)

Courses Taught

Graduate Courses
  • Forensic Accounting, Fraud Examination, and Ethics
Major Courses
  • Intermediate Accounting II
  • Cost Accounting
Core Business Courses
  • Principles of Accounting I: Honors
  • Principles of Accounting I
  • Principles of Accounting II
  • Business Statistics I (Baruch College)
  • Principles of Managerial Accounting (Baruch College)
  • Research
    • Anti-corruption regulation
    • Compliance systems
    • Corporate disclosures
    • ESG
    • Ethics and pedagogy
    • Extraterritorial laws
  • Publications and Scholarly Activities

    Peer-Reviewed Publications

    Selected Working Papers and Works in Progress:

    • A nuanced response to anti-corruption laws: The role of strategic opacity (with Donal Byard, Heemin Lee, and Edward Li ). Under Review.
    • How do tax avoidance strategies affect bank loan terms? (with Jamie Falotico). Under Review.
    • Investor perceptions of AI-enhanced anti-bribery compliance programs (with Andrew Berg).

    Peer-Reviewed and Invited Research Presentations: 

    • AAA Spark Meeting: Public Interest, Ethics, and Sustainability track, Virtual, June 2025.
    • Haskayne and Fox Accounting Conference, University of Calgary and Temple University, Alberta, Canada, June 2024.*
    • AAA Spark Meeting of the Regions, Virtual, June 2023.
    • AAA Financial Accounting and Reporting Section (FARS) Midyear Meeting, Virtual, January 2023.
    • AAA Annual Meeting: International Financial Reporting and Disclosure Session, Virtual, August 2022.*
    • The Colorado Summer Accounting Research Conference, The University of Colorado Boulder/KPMG, Vail, Colorado, June 2022.*
    • The European Accounting Association (EAA) Annual Congress, NHH Norwegian School of Economics, Bergen, Norway, May 2022.*
    • AAA International Accounting Section Midyear Meeting, Virtual, January 2022.*
    • The University of Hawaii at Mānoa Hawaii Accounting Research Conference (HARC), Virtual, January 2022.*
    • Singapore Management University School of Accountancy Research (SOAR) Symposium, Virtual, December 2021.
    • NYU Roundtable on Evidence-Based Anti-Corruption Enforcement, NYU School of Law and the Program on Corporate Compliance and Enforcement (PCCE), Invited Presentation, New York, NY, October 2021.
    • AAA Financial Accounting and Reporting Section (FARS) Midyear Meeting, Nashville, TN, January 2020.
    • AAA International Accounting Section Midyear Meeting, Orlando, FL, January 2020.

    Other Research Presentations: 

    • Jasper Summer Research Scholars Conference (student presentation of joint work), September 2025 (scheduled).*
    • The O'Malley School of Business Seminar Series: Thieke Fellowship (student presentation of joint work), April 2025.*
    • EEA Issues in Political Economy Annual Undergraduate Research Conference, February 2025.*
    • Jasper Summer Research Scholars Conference (student presentation of joint work), September 2024.*
    • KAIST Graduate School of Innovation and Technology Management (IT&M) Forum, November 2023.*
    • The O'Malley School of Business Seminar Series, November 2022.
    • KAIST and Korea University Joint Workshop, June 2022.*
    • The O'Malley School of Business Seminar Series: Thieke Fellowship (student presentation of joint work), April 2022.*
    • UC Irvine Paul Merage School of Business Research Colloquia, May 2022.*
    • Korean-American Accounting Professors Association, April 2022.*
    • Baruch College (CUNY) Accounting Research Workshop, June 2021.*
    • The O'Malley School of Business Seminar Series, December 2020.
    • Inside the Graduate Center: A Dissertation Showcase, City University of New York, Selected Participant, May 2020.

    * Presented by coauthor

  • Professional Experience and Memberships
    • Certified Public Accountant (CPA) – New York State
    • American Accounting Association (AAA)
    • New York State Society of CPAs
    • AAA Financial Accounting and Reporting Section (FARS) 
    • AAA Forensic Accounting Section (FAS)
    • AAA International Accounting Section (IAS) 
    • AAA Public Interest, Ethics, and Sustainability Section (PIES)
    • Beta Gamma Sigma Honor Society – Epsilon Chapter
    • Gamma Iota Sigma Honorary Risk Management Society
    • Phi Eta Sigma Honor Society
  • Honors, Awards, and Grants
    • Best Research Paper Award, AAA Forensic Accounting Section (2024)
    • Jasper Summer Research Scholars Fellowship, Faculty Advisor
      • Outcomes by award year:
        • 2025: Research project with the student is in progress (Accounting & Finance double major)
        • 2024: Coauthored paper with the student has been submitted to a peer-reviewed journal (Accounting major)
    • Stephen G. Thieke Research Fellowship in Economics and Finance, Faculty Advisor
      • Outcomes by award year:
        • 2024–2025: Coauthored paper with the student was published in a peer-reviewed journal (Accounting & Management double major)
        • 2021–2022: Coauthored paper with the student was published in a peer-reviewed journal (Economics major)
        • 2021–2022: Supervised research project culminating in a student presentation (Business Analytics major)
    • Manhattan College Summer Research Grant (2023)
    • Timothy Pearson Best Dissertation Paper Award, AAA Forensic Accounting Section (2022)
    • Outstanding International Accounting Dissertation Award, AAA International Accounting Section (2021)
    • Mills and Tannenbaum Baruch College Fund Award (2019)
    • H. Fenwick Huss Teaching Award, Baruch College (2019)
    • Doctoral Teaching Fellowship, The Graduate Center (2016–2020)
    • Summer Research Award, Baruch College Fund (2016–2020)
    • Gold Award for accounting academic excellence, St. John's University (2008)
    • Executive-in-Residence Program, St. John's University (2007–2008)
    • Academic Achievement Scholarship, St. John's University (2004–2008)