College of Business
Florida International University
Modesto A. Maidique Campus
11200 S.W. 8th St, MANGO 323
Miami, FL 33199
Phone: (305) 348-7559
Email: huangx@fiu.edu
Kelly Huang
Associate Professor, School of Accounting
College of Business
Florida International University
Modesto A. Maidique Campus
11200 S.W. 8th St, MANGO 323
Miami, FL 33199
Phone: (305) 348-7559
Email: huangx@fiu.edu
Education
Ph.D. in Accounting
Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia
Master of Accounting
University of Hawaii at Manoa, Manoa
Areas of Expertise
- Financial Analysts, Rank-and-file Employees
- Financial Reporting, Capital Markets
Professional Activities
Kelly Huang is an associate professor in accounting at the FIU College of Business. Her research focuses on the economic consequences of financial information and the quality of information produced by key agents, such as financial analysts, top executives, and rank-and-file employees. Her work has been published in academic journals, including The Accounting Review, Review of Accounting Studies, and Accounting, Organizations, and Society.
Professor Huang has extensive teaching experience in financial accounting across undergraduate, graduate and doctoral levels. She has taught a variety of courses, including intermediate accounting and international accounting in undergraduate and MACC programs, introductory accounting and financial statement analysis in MBA programs, and financial accounting seminars in doctoral programs.
She earned her Ph.D. in accounting from Georgia State University and a master's in accounting from the University of Hawaii at Manoa. Prior to joining FIU, she was a faculty member at the University of Alabama-Tuscaloosa. Earlier in her career, Professor Huang worked in public accounting and was a licensed CPA in the State of Hawaii.
Courses Taught
- Accounting for Managers
- Financial Accounting I
- Financial Reporting and Analysis
- Global Accounting, Auditing and Financial Strategy
- Seminar in Financial Accounting
- Seminar: Accounting Information and Security Prices
- Seminar: Special Topics in Accounting Research
Publications
Godsell, D., Huang, K., & Lao, B.
(2023).
Managers’ Rank & File Employee Coordination Costs and Real Activities Manipulation.
Accounting, Organizations and Society
.
Huang, K., Lao, B., & McPhee, G.
(2020).
Internal Information Quality and Patent-related Innovation.
Journal of Business Finance and Accounting
, 47(3-4)
.
Huang, K., Li, M., & Markov, S.
(2020).
What Do Employees Know? Evidence from a Social Media Platform.
The Accounting Review
, 95(2)
.
- Huang, K. (2020). Management Forecast Errors and Corporate Investment Efficiency. Journal of Contemporary Accounting & Economics, 16(3).
- Huang, K., Lao, B., & McPhee, G. (2017). Does Stock Liquidity Affect Accrual-based Earnings Management? Journal of Business Finance and Accounting, 3-4(489-518).
- Dichev, I., Huang, K., & Zhou, D. (2014). The Dark Side of Trading. Journal of Accounting, Auditing and Finance, 29(4).
- Bradshaw, M., Brown, L., & Huang, K. (2013). Do Sell-Side Analysts Exhibit Differential Target Price Forecasting Ability? Review of Accounting Studies, 4(18).
- Brown, L., & Huang, K. (2013). Forecast-Recommendation Consistency and Earnings Forecast Quality. Accounting Horizons, 3(27).