Ram Natarajan, PhD

Associate Professor, Accounting

Email
(972) 883-2739
Office – JSOM 4.809
http://www.utdallas.edu/~nataraj

Education:

PhD, University of Pennsylvania, 1992
Post-graduate diploma in management, Indian Institute of Management, India, 1982
BTech, Indian Institute of Technology, India, 1980

Courses:

ACCT 6202 Managerial Accounting
ACCT 7333 Analytical Research in Accounting and Economics

Current / Recent Research:

Use of accounting performance measures for contracting with managers
Efficiency of contracting arrangements in organizations
Performance evaluation of organizations relative to their peers
Efficiency and productivity analysis
Managerial incentives and voluntary corporate disclosures

Awards and Recognition:

Nominee, Chancellor’s Council Outstanding Teaching award, UT Dallas, 2000-01
Arthur Andersen Junior Faculty Teaching and Research Fellowship, 1997-98

Professional Organizations:

American Accounting Association
The Institute For Operations Research and The Management Sciences (INFORMS)