Education
Second-year Ph.D. Student in Accounting, Texas A&M University, Mays Business School, 2025–presentMAcc, Pennsylvania State University, 2022
Graduate Certificate in Business Analytics, Pennsylvania State University, 2022
BAcc, Accounting (minor in Finance), Kuwait University, 2014
Research Interest
Empirical financial accounting research, with a focus on corporate financial reporting, investor behavior, and capital market reactions to disclosure; the pricing of intangible assets; and the role of accounting information in investment decisions.Biography
Loulwa Altrad is a second-year Ph.D. student in Accounting at Texas A&M University’s Mays Business School. Before her doctoral studies, she worked in accounting and financial reporting roles at Kuwait Oil Company, Schlumberger, and KPMG, and volunteered as an Advanced Certified Tax Assistant with the IRS’s VITA program.
Research Publications
Abdulsalam, K., Shuaib, A., & Altrad, L. (2026). Executive power dynamics and accounting reporting complexity. Journal of Financial Reporting and Accounting, 1–24. https://doi.org/10.1108/JFRA-09-2025-0764