Nate Y. Sharp

Biography

Dr. Nate Sharp teaches and conducts research in the area of financial reporting. His research interests include financial accounting, financial misreporting, financial analysts, corporate disclosure, earnings management, internal and external audit, and fraud risk.

Dr. Sharp's research is published or accepted for publication at Contemporary Accounting Research, Review of Accounting Studies, The Accounting Review, Accounting Horizons, Auditing: A Journal of Practice and Theory, and Behavioral Research in Accounting. He was named a Mays Research Fellow in 2012.

At Texas A&M, Dr. Sharp teaches intermediate financial reporting, and he was recently recognized as a 2012-13 Texas A&M University Center for Teaching Excellence Montague Scholar. He is also the recipient of the 2012 Ernst & Young Teaching Excellence Award, a 2010 Texas A&M University System Teaching Excellence Award, and he was a 2009 Texas A&M University Fish Camp Namesake. Dr. Sharp received undergraduate (cum laude) and master's degrees in accounting from Brigham Young University's Marriott School of Management before receiving a PhD from the University of Texas at Austin. Dr. Sharp and his wife, Holly, are the proud parents of five beautiful children.

Education

Ph.D. - University of Texas at Austin, 2007
M.Acc. - Brigham Young University, 2002
B.S., cum laude - Brigham Young University, 2002