David Godsell

• Ph.D., Management, Queen's University, 2015
• M.S., Management, Queen's University, 2010
• MBA, Memorial University, 2009
• B.A., Economics, Memorial University, 2007
• BCom, Honors, Memorial University, 2007

• Associate Professor of Accountancy, Accountancy, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2024 to present
• Assistant Professor of Accountancy, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2017-2024
• Assistant Professor of Accounting, Virginia Tech, 2015-2017
• Corporate Tax Auditor, Canada Revenue Agency, 2007-2009

• Baik, D., Chen, C., & Godsell, D. (2024). Board gender diversity and investment efficiency: Global evidence from 83 country-level interventions. The Accounting Review, 99 (3), 1-36.  link >
• Godsell, D., Lel, U., & Miller, D. (2023). U.S. national security and de-globalization. Journal of International Business Studies, 54 1471-1494.  link >
• Godsell, D., Jung, B., & Mescall, D. (2023). Investor relations and investment efficiency. Contemporary Accounting Research, 40 1966-1988.  link >
• Godsell, D., Huang, K., & Lao, B. (2023). Managers' rank and file employee coordination costs and real activities manipulation. Accounting, Organizations and Society, 107.  link >
• Godsell, D. (2022). Financial reporting consequences of sovereign wealth fund investment. Contemporary Accounting Research, 39 (3), 2090-2129.  link >
• Boland, M., & Godsell, D. (2021). Bureaucratic discretion and contracting outcomes. Accounting, Organizations and Society, 88.  link >

• PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP Faculty Fellowship, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2023 to present
• Best Paper Award, Journal of International Accounting Research Conference, 2024-2024
• Weldon Powell Memorial Award for Outstanding Research and Teaching, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2022-2023
• List of Teachers Ranked as Excellent by their Students, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023
• Excellence in Reviewing Award, AAA International Accounting Section, 2021, 2022
• Excellence in Reviewing Award, AAA Financial Accounting and Reporting Section, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022
• Large Scale Research Grant, CPA-Queen’s Centre for Governance, 2013-2014, 2021-2022
• Outstanding Reviewer Award, Contemporary Accounting Research, 2020-2021

• Ad Hoc Referee, Journal of Law and Economics, 2023 to present
• Ad Hoc Referee, The Accounting Review, 2023 to present
• Ad Hoc Referee, Review of Accounting Studies, 2022 to present
• Ad Hoc Referee, Management Science, 2020 to present
• Ad Hoc Referee, Journal of Accounting Research, 2020 to present
• Ad Hoc Referee, Accounting, Organizations and Society, 2018 to present
• Ad Hoc Referee, Journal of International Business Studies, 2016 to present
• Editorial Board Member, Contemporary Accounting Research, 2023-2026
• Committee Member, AAA International Accounting Section Publications Committee, 2022-2025
• Editorial Board Member, Journal of International Accounting Research, 2018-2023
• Chair, AAA International Accounting Section Research Committee, 2019-2022
• Track Chair, 2021 AAA Financial Accounting and Reporting Section Mid-Year Meeting, 2020-2021

I enjoy teaching financial reporting and financial statement analysis.

My international empirical-archival research examines political determinants of firm outcomes in general and financial reporting outcomes in particular. My research appears in the Journal of Accounting and Economics; the Journal of Accounting Research; the Journal of International Business Studies; The Accounting Review; Accounting, Organizations and Society; and Contemporary Accounting Research.

• Atg Institutions and Reg (ACCY 303) Measurement and reporting of firm's liabilities and shareholders' equity. Topics include current liabilities, contingencies, subsequent events, bonds, leases, pensions, equity issuance and repurchase, dividends, and equity-based compensation.