Amanda Sanseverino

Assistant Professor, Accounting, CIS & Law

Amanda Sanseverino, Ph.D. is an accounting professor at Manhattan University's O'Malley School of Business. Her research focuses primarily in the areas of corruption, corporate social responsibility, compliance systems, ethics, fraud, regulation, and reporting. Some of her recent work examines effects of AI-focused compliance disclosures, how foreign anti-corruption regulations impact 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 impairment disclosures, and the impact of ESG disclosures on decision-making by retail investors. 

Dr. Sanseverino is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) whose career prior to academia specialized in 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
    • 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 ). 
    • How do tax avoidance strategies affect bank loan terms? (with Jamie Falotico). 
    • Investor perceptions of AI-enhanced anti-bribery compliance programs (with Andrew Berg).
    • Disclosure specificity of AI-powered fraud controls and investment decisions (with Anam Rameez and Dimitri Mihelakos).

    Peer-Reviewed and Invited Research Presentations

    • AAA Forensic Accounting Section Research Conference, Montclair State University, Montclair, NJ, March 2026 (scheduled).*
    • 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

    • AAA International Accounting Section Webinar Series, February 2026 (scheduled).*
    • EEA Issues in Political Economy Annual Undergraduate Research Conference, February 2026 (scheduled).*
    • Jasper Summer Research Scholars Conference (student presentation of joint work), September 2025.*
    • 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: Coauthoring a manuscript with a student double majoring in Accounting & Finance, currently in preparation for submission to a peer-reviewed journal.
      • 2024: Coauthored a paper with a student majoring in Accounting that has been submitted to a journal and is undergoing peer review.
    • Stephen G. Thieke Research Fellowship in Economics and Finance, Faculty Advisor. Outcomes by award year:
      • 2024–2025: Coauthored research with a student double majoring in Accounting & Management, resulting in publication in a peer-reviewed journal.
      • 2021–2022: Coauthored research with a student majoring in Economics, resulting in publication in a peer-reviewed journal.
      • 2021–2022: Supervised a research project with a student majoring in Business Analytics, culminating in a student presentation.
    • Manhattan University 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 for research excellence (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 academic excellence in accounting, St. John's University (2008)
    • Executive-in-Residence Program, St. John's University (2007–2008)
    • Academic Achievement Scholarship, St. John's University (2004–2008)