• My professional career began with summer internships at a local accounting firm while I was in college.  During my M.B.A. program at the University of Texas at Austin, I interned at a large public accounting firm in their Information Systems Risk Management group.  After graduation, I worked for another large public accounting firm in their Financial Systems consulting group.  Four years later, I went back for my Ph.D. in accounting at the University of Texas at Austin to realize my true calling as a university professor.  I enjoy teaching cutting-edge Accounting Data Analytics and Accounting Information Systems courses in new and exciting ways to prepare students for the future of accounting.

    • Ph.D., The University of Texas at Austin
    • M.B.A., The University of Texas at Austin
    • B.B.A., The College of William and Mary

    Publications

    • Richardson, Vernon J. and Marcia Weidenmier Watson (Forthcoming).  “Act or Be Acted Upon:  Revolutionizing Accounting Curriculums and Data Analytics,” Accounting Horizons.
    • Richardson, Vernon J., Rodney Smith, and Marcia Weidenmier Watson (2019).  “Much Ado about Nothing: The (Lack of) Economic Impact of Data Privacy Breaches,” Journal of Information Systems 33(3/Fall): 227-265.
    • Kim, Gene, Vernon J. Richardson, and Marcia Weidenmier Watson (2018), “IT Does Matter: The Folly of Ignoring IT Material Weaknesses.”  Accounting Horizons 32(2): 37-55.
    • Dow, Kevin E., Marcia Weidenmier Watson, and Vincent J. Shea (2017), “Riding the Waves of Technology through the Decades:  The Relation between Industry-Level Information Technology Intensity and the Cost of Equity Capital,” International Journal of Accounting Information Systems 25: 18-28.
    • Janvrin, Diane J. and Marcia Weidenmier Watson (2017), “Big data:  A new twist to accounting,” Journal of Accounting Education 38 (March): 3-8.  Invited Commentary.
    • Masli, Adi, Vernon J. Richardson, Marcia Weidenmier Watson, and Robert Zmud (2016), “Senior Executives’ IT Management Responsibilities: Serious IT-Related Deficiencies and CEO/CFO Turnover,” MIS Quarterly 40(3):  687-708.
    • Subramaniam, Chandra and Marcia Weidenmier Watson (2016), “Additional Evidence on the Sticky Behavior of Costs,” Advances in Management Accounting (26):  275-305. 
    • Haislip, Jacob Z., Adi Masli, Vernon J. Richardson, and Marcia Weidenmier Watson (2015), “External Reputational Penalties for CEOs and CFOs following Information Technology Material Weaknesses,” International Journal of Accounting Information Systems 17 (June): 1-15.
    • Klamm, Bonnie K., Kevin Kobelsky, and Marcia Weidenmier Watson (2012), “Determinants of the Persistence of Internal Control Weaknesses,” Accounting Horizons 26(2): 307-333. 
    • Li, Chan, Gary Peters, Vernon J. Richardson, and Marcia Weidenmier Watson (2012), “The Consequences of Information Technology Control Weaknesses on Management Information Systems: The Case of Sarbanes-Oxley Internal Control Reports,” MIS Quarterly 36(1): 179-204.

    In the News

    London School of Economics Business Review Blog (invited).  Richardson, Vernon J., Rodney Smith, and Marcia Weidenmier Watson (2019).  Data breaches hurt the economy but not so much the average company.  Available on-line on 11/8/2019 at:  https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/businessreview/2019/10/24/data-breaches-hurt-the-economy-but-not-so-much-the-average-company/

     

    • Internal Controls and Material Weaknesses
    • Business Processes
    • Data Analytics and Big Data
    • Accounting Education
    • Accounting Information Systems
    • Accounting Data Analytics
    • 2019 American Accounting Association Accounting Information Systems Section Distinguished Service Award
    • 2008 American Accounting Association Information Systems Section Outstanding Service Award
    • American Accounting Association Accounting Information Systems Section Newsletter Editor (2005–present)
    • Guest Co-Editor, Journal of Accounting Education, Big Data Issue (2015-2016)
    • Associate Editor, AIS Educator Journal (2007-2010, 2015-2018)
    • Editorial Review Boards: AIS Educator Journal (2006-2007, 2010–2018); Journal of Accounting Education (2014-present); Accounting Horizons (2015–present)