Sijing Wei, PhD, CPA

Department

• Accounting and Business Intelligence & Analytics

Position

• Assistant Professor

• ACC 201-Introduction to Financial Accounting
• ACC 202-Introduction to Managerial Accounting
• ACC 497-Directed Independent Research
• ACC 538-International Accounting (both on-line and in person)
• DBA 830-Applied Research Mentorship
• DBA 899-Applied Dissertation Research
• MBA 701-Financial Reporting for MBAs (both on-line and in person)
• RSP 103-An Introduction to the Culture of Collegiate Life

Accepting a teaching position at Creighton’s Heider College of Business was like returning home for the Department of Accounting’s newest hire, Sijing Wei, PhD, assistant professor of accounting. Though a native of Beijing, China, Sijing has lived in the United States for several years. She attended fellow Jesuit institution, St. Louis University, for her undergraduate business degree and Master’s level degree in accounting and recently earned her PhD in accounting from the University of Maryland.
 
Sijing looks forward to continuing her education, though more informally, by learning from the accounting department’s seasoned professors. But she is also excited to be in front of students in her own classroom and guide them in their academic formation. She admits that learning accounting can be “a painful experience,” and she pushes her students to excel academically, knowing the intrinsic reward of success. Yet, she is also their biggest supporter, taking concerted effort to get to know them as individuals. Sijing requests feedback after classes to check for student comprehension, and she encourages students to visit during office hours or after class.
 
In addition to helping her students grow “as whole persons,” Sijing is dedicated to adding to the body of accounting research. She has presented her dissertation and several working papers at many accounting annual and regional conferences. Her particular areas of interest are information as it pertains to voluntary disclosures, information transparency, textual analysis (MD&A of annual reports and earnings conference call), corporate social responsibility (CSR), corporate reputation.
 
Beginning her career at Creighton is the “best choice I ever made in my life,” says Sijing, who finds the people here to be “abnormally nice” compared to either coast. “Being in the hallways, surrounded by teachers and students, balancing research and student interaction – I’ve found that perfect home.”

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Presentations

Research and Scholarship Interests

• Voluntary Disclosure, Information Transparency, Product Market, Earnings Management, Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), Stakeholders, Corporate Reputation, Female Leadership, Textual Analysis (MD&A of Annual Report and Earnings Conference Calls), Accounting Comparability 

• Creighton Atta Billy Award for Outstanding Scholarship, Heider College of Business, 2022
• Creighton Summer Research Grant, Heider College of Business, 2022
• Featured by “Creighton News” for Heider College of Business Graduate Program Award, Creighton University, 2022
• Creighton Outstanding Graduate Business Faculty Award, Heider College of Business, 2022
• Best Paper Award, Academy of Management (AOM) Social Issues in Management (SIM) Track, 2022
• Best Paper Award, American Accounting Association (AAA) Gender Issues and Work life Balance Section , 2022
• CMA Opportunity Scholarship for Faculty members, 2022
• Nominated for the Creighton University Dr. & Mrs. Randolph Ferlic Undergraduate Research Mentor Award, Creighton University, 2022
• Featured by “Creighton News” for Academic Student Mentors (Research Focus) Jan 25, 2022 Direct Link: Wei and Ge: Shared Experience, Academic Focus (creighton.edu), Creighton University, 2022
• Featured on Creighton Today for Summer Research Series, Creighton University, 2021
• Creighton Atta Billy Award for Outstanding Scholarship, Heider College of Business, 2021
• Dr. George F. Haddix President’s Faculty Research Fund Award, Creighton University, 2021
• Union Pacific Research Fellowship, Heider College of Business , 2021
• CURAS Faculty Research Fund Award, Creighton University, 2019
• Creighton University IGGY Award, Creighton University, 2019
• Featured as a “Faculty Face of Creighton” in the Publication of Faces of Creighton, Creighton University, 2018
• Nominated for the Heider College of Business Faculty Member of the Year Award, Heider College of Business , 2018
• CURAS Faculty Research Fund Award, Creighton University, 2018
• Robert H. Smith School of Business Top 10% Distinguished Teaching Award, Smith School of Business, University of Maryland, 2017
• Robert H. Smith School of Business Top 10% Distinguished Teaching Award, Smith School of Business, University of Maryland, 2016