Amanda Sanseverino

Assistant Professor, Accounting, CIS & Law

Amanda Sanseverino, Ph.D. conducts research in the areas of regulation, disclosure, corporate social responsibility, and ethics. Some of her recent work examines the effect of extraterritorial foreign anti-corruption laws on US multinationals' business operations, the relation between managerial incentives and 8-K impairment reporting, and the impact of ESG disclosures on investing decisions. 

Dr. Sanseverino is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) whose career prior to academia specialized in private equity and taxation with 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
    • Corporate disclosures
    • ESG
    • Ethics and pedagogy
  • Publications and Scholarly Activities

    Peer-Reviewed Publications

    Selected Working Papers:

    Peer-Reviewed Research Presentations: 

    • Haskayne and Fox Accounting Conference, University of Calgary and Temple University, Alberta, Canada, June 2024.*
    • AAA Spark Meeting of the Regions, June 2023.
    • AAA Financial Accounting and Reporting Section (FARS) Midyear Meeting, 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: 

    • 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.*
    • 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 (NYSSCPA)
    • 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: Coauthored research article with an undergraduate student; faculty advisor (2024)
    • Thieke Research Fellowship in Economics and Finance, OMSB
      • Coauthored research article with an undergraduate student; faculty advisor (2024–2025)
      • Research projects with two students (one peer-reviewed publication); faculty advisor (2021–2022)
    • 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)