Faculty Profile

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Katherine YUEN

Full-time Faculty
Senior Lecturer of Accounting
School of Accountancy SOA

Dr. Katherine C. K. Yuen is a qualified Chartered Accountant in England and Wales, and in Singapore. Katherine has many years of working experience in financial controlling positions in various companies situated in the UK and in Singapore. Katherine has always wanted to teach and share her knowledge and experiences with young and eager-to-learn students. She became a full time faculty at SMU in 2007 and has been finding her job very fulfilling. However, Katherine feels that it is important to continuously improve herself and her students’ learning experience. Therefore, she took up the challenge of pursuing a PhD and her research interest is in behaviour accounting. Katherine is consistently appreciated well by her students and won various teaching awards.

Education

PhD, Singapore Management University
Master in Economics and Finance, University of Leeds, UK
BSc (Hons) in Accounting & Financial Analysis, University of Warwick, UK
FCA, ACA (ICAEW)
CA Singapore

Research Interests

Management Accounting
Financial Reporting & Disclosure
Behavioural Accounting
Credit Risk Analysis

Teaching Interests

Management Accounting
Financial Accounting

Selected Recognition and Awards

Dean’s List for Teaching Excellence, School of Accountancy Teaching Awards, SMU, 2016
Most Outstanding Faculty Award, School of Accountancy Teaching Awards, SMU, 2009
Most Outstanding Newcomer Award, School of Accountancy Teaching Awards, SMU, 2007

Selected Publications (Textbooks)

Ray H. Garrison, Eric W. Noreen, Peter C. Brewer, Nam Sang Cheng and Katherine C.K. Yuen, “Managerial Accounting: Asia Global 2nd Edition”, Instructor’s Resource, McGraw-Hill, 2015

Ray H. Garrison, Eric W. Noreen, Peter C. Brewer, Nam Sang Cheng and Katherine C.K. Yuen, “Managerial Accounting: An Asian Perspective”, McGraw-Hill, 2012

Selected Conference Papers (Refereed)

“Convenient New Method to Multiproduct Breakeven”, by Nam Sang CHENG, Katherine C. K. YUEN, Conference on Teaching and Learning in Accounting 2014, organized by American Accounting Association and held in Atlanta, USA

“Easier Understanding and Generalization in Management Accounting Calculations – Tabulate Formats”, by Nam Sang CHENG, Katherine C. K. YUEN, Conference on Teaching and Learning in Accounting 2014, organized by American Accounting Association and held in Atlanta, USA

"BREAKEVEN CALCULATION - A New Approach", by Nam Sang CHENG, Katherine C. K. YUEN, Asia Pacific Management Accounting Association, Conference 2013 held in Japan

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