Sean Chen
Associate Professor of Business & Accounting

Hipp Hall 201 | 864.294.3554 | sean.chen@furman.edu

B.B.A. National Taiwan University
M.Ed. National Taiwan Normal University
MBA Youngstown State University

PhD University of Pittsburgh

Professor Chen joined furman in 2006. Prior to joining Furman, he taught at the University of Illinois at Chicago, Clemson University, University of California at Riverside, College of Charleston and Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles. In addition to teaching accounting in the Business & Accounting Department, Professor Chen is also a faculty member of the Asian Studies Department. Professor Chen has been involved in various Asian Studies programs including serving as the co-director of the 2006 Summer China Experience.

Courses:
Financial Accounting
Auditing
Accounting Information Systems
International Accounting

Discipline and Specialty: Accounting and Artificial Intelligence with specialization in accounting and auditing systems.

Current Research Topic: Foreign direct investments in China, Financial reporting practices and theory in international accounting, Convergence of international financial reporting standards (IFRS) in Asia

Publications:
Interfaces

Journal of Computer Information Systems

The New Review of Applied Expert Systems

Informatica

The CPA Journal

Invited Conferences:
Joint seminar held by the Center for Asian Studies and Moore School of Business, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, on Taiwan's Convergence of International Financial Reporting Standards, November 2007.

Conference on Taiwan Issues organized by the Center for Asian Studies, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, September 2007

Other Research Interests: Chinese Economy, Corporate Governance in China.