Mason Snow joins us from Arizona State University where he recently completed his doctoral studies. He did his undergraduate work at Brigham Young University where he graduated with honors in accounting and economics. Mason’s research interests include capital markets, real earnings management, and misconduct. For example, his dissertation uses transaction-level data regarding firms' promotional pricing to predict future earnings surprises and abnormal returns. He has presented his research at over a dozen academic conferences, and in 2021, he was the sole PhD student to receive the FARS Outstanding Discussion Award. Mason loves being in the classroom and is excited to teach accounting information systems and data analytics at CSUF. Outside of work, Mason loves to cook, read, and play sports with his wife and three children.

Sabrina Chi received her Ph.D. in Accounting from UC Irvine. She also earned her master’s degrees in accounting and tax from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and University of Virginia and bachelor’s degree in accounting from National Taiwan University. She conducts research in tax and financial accounting. She has published in the top tier accounting journals such as the Accounting Review and Journal of Accounting Research and has been listed in the top 10% of authors on SSRN by all-time downloads and total new downloads within the last 12 months since 2018. Her research is informative to the regulators as she has been invited to present at U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Before joining Fullerton, she held the position at University of Arkansas and Texas Tech University. Prior to obtaining her Ph.D. degree, she worked as tax consultant for Deloitte Tax LLP. 

Farzana Afrin received her Ph.D. degree in Accounting from Boston College. Earlier, she was in the MS Accounting program at the University of Texas at Dallas, following her graduation as the valedictorian of her MBA class from the Institute of Business Administration, the premier business school in Bangladesh. She completed her bachelor’s in Accounting and Information Systems from the University of Dhaka. Prior to pursuing higher studies abroad, she worked at a multinational insurance company, United Finance Limited, in Bangladesh. She presented her papers at the FARS Mid-year meeting and AAA annual meeting. Her dissertation is currently under review in the Journal of Accounting and Economics. She also served as a reviewer and discussant for several top conferences including the FARS and AAA. Farzana has taught recitation sessions for a variety of classes including Textual Analysis with Python, Financial Statement Analysis, and Managerial Accounting. A black belt in Judo, she enjoys outdoor sports and traveling with her husband, Navid.