Mahfuja Malik, Ph.D.
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Degrees & Certifications
- Ph.D., Boston University
- MBA, Brandeis University
- BBA, University of Dhaka
Teaching Responsibilities
- Financial Accounting & Reporting
- Advanced Accounting
- Managerial Accounting
- Advanced Issues in Financial Accounting
- Honors Research Capstone
- Governmental & Not-for-Profit Accounting
- Contemporary Research in Financial Accounting
Research Interests & Grants
Dr. Malik’s research interests lie in the realms of financial accounting. In particular, she is interested in corporate governance, corporate social responsibility, accounting conservatism, and financial and nonfinancial disclosures related research. Her research has been published in the Journal of Business Ethics, Accounting Horizons, Journal of Corporate Finance, Business and Society Review, Emerging Markets Finance and Trade, Journal of Applied Accounting Research, Managerial Finance, Advances in Management Accounting, Journal of Management Control, Asia-Pacific Journal of Accounting & Economics and International Review of Business Research Papers. She has presented her research papers at numerous peer-reviewed conferences including American Accounting Association (AAA) Annual Meeting 2018, 2016, 2014, 2013, AAA Northeast Region Meeting 2020, 2018, 2017, 2013, AAA Ethics Research Symposium 2016, Financial Management Association (FMA) Annual Meeting 2015, AAA Ohio Region Meeting 2014, AAA Public Interest Section Midyear Meeting 2014, AAA Mid-Atlantic Region Meeting 2014, and 4th International Business Research Conference 2007.
Awards & Fellowships
- Best Paper Award, Annual Northeast Business & Economics Association (NBEA) Conference, 2024
- Excellence in Scholarly Work, University Research Award, Sacred Heart University, 2024
- Teaching Excellence Award, WCBT, Sacred Heart University, 2023
- Poets & Quants Top 50 Undergraduate Business School Professor, Poets & Quants, 2022
- Best Paper Award, AIB US Northeast Conference, Academy of International Business, 2021
- Inclusive Teaching Fellow, Sacred Heart University, 2021
- Outstanding Research Award, Welch College of Business, Sacred Heart University, 2020
- Presidential Seminar on Catholic Intellectual Tradition Grant, Sacred Heart University, 2019
- Outstanding Research Award, Welch College of Business, Sacred Heart University, 2019
- University Research/Creativity Grant (URCG), Sacred Heart University, 2019
- Digital Pedagogy Award, Sacred Heart University, 2018
- University Research/Creativity Grant (URCG), Sacred Heart University, 2017
- Dean’s Research Grant, Welch College of Business, Sacred Heart University, 2017
- Award for Outstanding Research by a Doctoral Student, Boston University, Boston, MA, 2014
- American Accounting Association Best Doctoral Student Manuscript Award, AAA Ohio Meeting 2014
- AAA Deloitte J. Michael Cook Doctoral Consortium Fellow, American Accounting Association, 2013
- DBA Fellowship, School of Management, Boston University, Boston, MA, 2009 - 2013
- The International Business Award, Outstanding Graduating Student, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA, 2009
- Dean’s Award, International Business School, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA, 2007 - 2009
- Fulbright Scholarship recipient, U.S. Department of State, 2007 – 2009
- Prime Minister’s Gold Medal, Highest academic Award of University of Dhaka, Bangladesh, 2003
- Dean’s List, Faculty of Business Studies, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh, 1999 – 2004
- Finance and Banking Alumni Award, Dhaka, Bangladesh, 2003
Membership in Honor Societies
- Beta Gamma Sigma International Honor Society, 2014
- Finance and Banking Honor Society, Bangladesh, 2002
Current Affiliations
- American Accounting Association
- Accounting Research Network
- Financial Management Association