Uday Murthy
Eminent Scholar
Uday S. Murthy is the Quinn Eminent Scholar in the School of Accountancy. The recipient of several research and teaching awards, including the 2004 College of Business "Outstanding Research Achievement Award" and the Grant Thornton USF Faculty Research Award for 2005 and 2006, Murthy teaches a graduate course in accounting systems theory and PhD seminars in research methods and accounting information systems.
Murthy’s studies data modeling and design methodologies for accounting systems, auditing computer-based systems, expert systems, and group support systems in accounting. His research has been published or accepted for publication in scholarly journals such as The Accounting Review, Auditing: A Journal of Practice & Theory, Journal of Management Information Systems, Journal of Information Systems, International Journal of Accounting Information Systems, Decision Support Systems, Information & Management, and International Journal of Auditing.
He earned a PhD from Indiana University and MBA from Drexel University. Qualified as a Chartered Accountant in India, he worked at Price Waterhouse in Mumbai, India. He has served as coeditor of the Journal of Information Systems, the leading academic journal for accounting information systems research.
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room: BSN 3315 | phone: 813.974.6523 | fax: 813.974.6528 | umurthy@usf.edu
Teaching
- ACG 6405 - Advanced Information Systems
- ACG 7415 - Seminar in Accounting Information Systems
Current Research
- Murthy, U.S. and Schafer, B.A. “An Investigation of the Effects of Framing of Information Systems Feedback on Performance in Production Task.”
- Murthy, U.S. and Wheeler, P. “The Effects of Decision-Aid Design on Auditor Performance in Internal Control Evaluation Tasks.”
- Kelton, A.S. and Murthy, U.S. "The Effects of Information Disaggregation and Financial Statement Interactivity on the Performance and Perceptions of Nonprofessional Investors.”
- Kerr, D.S. and Murthy, U.S. “The Importance of the COBIT Framework IT Processes For Effective Internal Control over the Reliability of Financial Reporting: An International Survey.”
Service
- Chair, School of Accountancy Faculty Search Committee
- Member, College of Business Research & Scholarship Committee
- Chair, School of Accountancy Master of Accountancy Committee
- Member of the editorial board, International Journal of Accounting Information Systems
- By-laws committee chair, Information Systems Section, American Accounting Association
