Assistant Professor, Accountancy

Ph.D., Virginia Commonwealth University, 2007
M.B.A., Western Michigan University , 1988
B.B.A., Western Michigan University , 1979

Interests

Teaching

Managerial Accounting, Financial Analysis, Accounting Information Systems

Research

Managerial Accounting issues involving disclosure choices or executive compensation.

Selected Publications

• Jonas, G., Jones III, A. (2012). Corporate Social Responsibility Reporting: Voluntary Disclosure Using Global Reporting Initiative Standards – Why?
• Jonas, G., Norman, C. (2011). In Ahmet Cakir (Ed.), Textbook Websites: User Technology Acceptance Behaviour (2 ed., vol. 30, pp. 147-159). Oxon: Behavior & Information Technology / Taylor & Francis LTD.
• Jonas, G., Jones, III, A. (2011). Corporate Social Responsibility Reporting: The Growing Need for Input from the Accounting Profession (2 ed., vol. 8, pp. 65-71). CPA Journal.
• Fogarty, T. J., Jonas, G. (2010). In M. Annissette (Ed.), The Hand that Rocks the Cradle: Disciplinary Socialization at the American Accounting Association's Doctoral Consortium (4 ed., vol. 21, pp. 303-317). Oxford: Critical Perspectives on Accounting.
• Jonas, G. (2008). The Firm as an Entity: Implications for economics, accounting and the law. (vol. 20, pp. 307-310). Research in Accounting Regulation/Elsevier.
• Jonas, G., Moehrle, S. E., Moehrle, J. A., Kozloski, T. Developments in Accountng Regulation: A Synthesis and Annotated Bibliography of Evidence and Commentary in the 2009 Academic Literature Research in Accounting Regulation.
• Fogarty, T. J., Jonas, G. The Heterogeneity of Stunning Success: Critical Differences in “Big League” Academic Accounting Publication Possibilities Issues in Accounting Education.
• Jonas, G., Moehrle, S. R., Moehrle, J. A. Developments in Accounting Regulation: A Synthesis and Annotated Bibliography of Evidence and Commentary in the 2007 Academic Literature (2 ed., vol. 22, pp. 71-86). Research in Accounting Regulation.

Presentations

• Fogarty, T. J. (Author Only), Jonas, G. (Presenter & Author) AAA Annual Meeting, "The Heterogeneity of Success in the Big Leagues", American Accounting Association, Denver, CO. (2011).
• Fogarty, T. J. (Author Only), Jonas, G. (Presenter & Author) AAA Ohio Regional Meeting, "The Heterogeneity of Success in the Big Leagues", American Accounting Association, Dublin, OH. (2011).
• Jonas, G., Hogan, B. (Author Only) The Institute for Business and Finance Research, "Beyond the Restatement Decision: The Persistence of Executive Compensation in Explaining Disclosure Transparency Choice", The Institute for Business and Finance Research, Las Vegas, NV. (2011).
• Jonas, G. (Author Only), , A. J. (Presenter & Author) AAA Annual Meeting, "Corporate Social Responsibility Reporting: Examining a Political Cost Motivation", American Accounting Association, San Francisco, CA. (2010).
• Jonas, G. (Presenter & Author), Cereola, S. J. (Author Only), Cereola, R. (Author Only) AAA Ohio Regional Meeting, "Evaluating the Benefits from XBRL Adoption: An Empirical Study of the SEC Voluntary Filing Program", American Accounting Association, Columbus, OH. (2010).
• Jonas, G. (Author Only), Cereola, S. J. (Presenter & Author), Cereola, R. (Author Only) AAA Annual Meeting, "Evaluating the Benefits from XBRL Adoption: An Empirical Study of the SEC Voluntary Filing Program", American Accounting Association, New York City, New York. (2009).
• Jonas, G. (Presenter & Author), Jones, A. (Author Only) Ohio Regional Meeting, "Corporate Social Responsibility Reporting: Effects of Voluntary Disclosure Using Global Reporting Initiative Standards", American Accounting Association, Geneva On-the-Lake, Ohio. (2009).
• Jonas, G. (Presenter & Author), Norman, C. (Author Only) Ohio Regional Meeting, "Textbook Websites: User Technology Acceptance Behavior", American Accounting Association, Geneva On-the-Lake, Ohio. (2009).
• Jonas, G. (Presenter & Author), Fogarty, T. J. (Author Only) Research Workshop, "The Hand That Rocks the Cradle: Disciplinary Socialization at the American Accounting Association's Doctoral Consortium", University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Greensboro, NC. (2009).

Academic and Professional Activities

• Financial Executives International. 2010 - Present
• Director, IMA Research Foundation. 2010 - 2012
• Committee Member, Weatherhead Database Committee, 2012 - Present
• Committee Member, Curriculum Committee, 2011 - Present
• Committee Member, Foundation for Applied Research, 2010 - Present

Awards

• Stuart Cameron McLeod Society, Institute of Management Accountants (IMA). (2011).