Ross School of Business. He received a PhD in Accounting from the University of North Carolina and both his MACC and Bachelor of Science from the Marriot School of Management at Brigham Young University. Professor Williams’ research focuses on the effects of accounting in capital markets, with a particular interest in the role accounting plays in financial institutions and the monitoring/regulation of financial institutions. His research has been published in top academic journals including The Accounting Review, Journal of Accounting & Economics, and the Journal of Accounting Research.