Assistant Professor, Managerial Accounting and Control
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Darren Henderson is an Assistant Professor of Managerial Accounting and Control at the Richard Ivey School of Business. He obtained his PhD in Accounting from the University of Waterloo, where he previously completed an MA in Economics. He also has a BA in Honors Business Administration from the Richard Ivey School of Business. Darren practiced as an Assurance Manager with KPMG, where he obtained his Chartered Accountant designation. In addition, he is a Certified Financial Planner.
From 1997-2000, Darren taught in the Pre-Business program at the Richard Ivey School of Business, where he received several Dean's commendation letters for his teaching. Further, he has served as a Seminar Leader at the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Ontario's School of Accountancy since 2006. He has written exam cases for the School of Accountancy and CA Reciprocity exams, and has been a marker for the School of Accountancy and Uniform Evaluation (UFE) exams.
Darren's research interests revolve around assessing the effectiveness of financial reporting. More specifically, he is currently researching whether fair values provide useful information for assessing management's stewardship. Other research projects seek to assess how restatements impact disclosure quality and how principles-based versus rules-based accounting standards influence reporting behavior. Other research interests include executive compensation, employee stock options, and pension accounting.
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