Herita Akamah
Associate Professor Accountancy University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Contact
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HLH 435M
Lincoln, NE 68588-0488 - Phone
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402-472-2370 On-campus 2-2370
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hakamah2@unl.edu
Dr. Herita Akamah earned her Ph.D. in accounting from the Michael F. Price College of Business at the University of Oklahoma in May 2016. She worked in private industry for six years as an accountant and audit consultant. She returns to UNL after earning her master of professional accountancy from CBA in 2007. Her research interests include financial accounting, international accounting, earnings management, corporate disclosures, management forecast and tax avoidance.
Akamah’s dissertation is titled “Strategic Non-Disclosure of Major Customer Identity”.
Vita
Service
COMMITTEES & OTHER SERVICE
2023-Present AAA IAS Research Committee
2017-2020 AAA ATA Research Resources and Methodologies Committee
2017-2020 AAA Audit Research Committee
2019-2022 FARS Scholarship Award Committee
2021 & 2022, Presentations at the Summer DREAMBIG Academy
2016-2023, Marshal Corp, Member
Noteworthy
Editorial Boards
The Accounting Review
The International Journal of Auditing
Awards
2025 Journal of International Accounting Research Best Reviewer Award
2021 Journal of Business Ethics Top Reviewer Award
2019 IACMR-RRBM Responsible Research in Management Award
2016 Best Paper Award AAA IAS Midyear Meeting
2015-2016 Bullard Competitive Fellowship
2016 Best Paper Award AAA SW Regional Meeting
2014 Best Paper Award AAA IAS Midyear Meeting
2014 AAA Deloitte J. Michael Cook Doctoral Consortium
2011-2016 AICPA Minority Doctoral Fellowship
2011-2016 KPMG Foundation Doctoral Fellowship