Faculty Portrait

Contact Information

Name: Partha S Mohapatra

Title: Associate Professor

Office Location: 2092, Tahoe Hall, California State University, Sacramento

Email: partha.mohapatra@csus.edu

Office Phone: 916.278.7337

Mailing Address: 6000 J street

Office Hours: On Sabbatical

LinkedIn Profile : LinkedIn Profile

Teaching Preferences

ACCY143 Accounting Data Analytics
AIS141 Accounting Information Systems
ACCY121 Managerial Accounting
ACCY 265 Advanced Accounting Information Systems

Editorial Board Positions

  • Journal of Information Systems (2024-Till date)
  • Issues in Accounting Education (2018-2020)
  • Auditing: A Journal of Practice and Theory (2018-2020)
  • Journal of Forensic Accounting and Research (2019-2021)
  • AIS Education Journal (2016-2018)

Publications

  • Cheng, C., Jones L.C., Mohapatra, P.S., Introducing text analytics to accounting students (Accepted in Issues in Accounting Education).
  • Mohapatra, P., Elkins, H., Lobo, G., and Chi, W. Do PCAOB registered firm command a premium in international audit market: Evidence from China? Journal of Accounting and Public Policy, Volume 41, Issue 4, 2022.
  • Fleishman, G., Valentine, S., Curtis, M., and Mohapatra, P., AIS Security Cost-Benefit Tradeoff Decisions: Hacking-Risk Ethical Dilemmas in a Cost-Cutting Environment Business & Society, August 2022
  • Bundy, S.C., Mohapatra, P., Sooy, M., Stone, D. Aristocracy or Meritocracy? The Role of Pedigree and Research Performance in New Accounting Faculty Placements, Issues in Accounting Education Volume 37, Issue 1, 2022
  • Blair, M., Bergner, J., and Mohapatra, P. Auditor reputation: A synthesis of the literature, International Journal of Auditing, Vol 24, Issue 2, 2020
  •  Mohapatra, P., Dayanandan, A., Kuntluru, S., Athira A.,  Audit Partner Rotation, and its Impact on Audit Quality: Evidence from India, Cogent Economics & Finance, Vol 9, Issue 1, 2021.
  • Mohapatra, P., Xu, L., Elmhady, D. F., Internal controls for financial reporting for offshored accounting processes: A theory-based research synthesis, International Journal of Accounting and Information Management, 23, Issue 4, 2015
  • Mohapatra, P., Graham, A., and Nandialath, A. Did PricewaterhouseCoopers lose reputation post-audit failure at Satyam Computer Services? Evidence from the Indian audit market. International Journal of Accounting and Finance, 5, Issue 1, 2015.
  • Mohapatra, P.; Popova, V; Xu, L (2013) Training auditors in strategic systems auditing using online computerized systems: Can prior schema affect auditors' knowledge acquisition? International Journal of Critical Accounting, Special Issue on: "Auditing,” Vol.5, Issue 5, 2013
  • Mohapatra, P. & David, D. (2009). A Conceptual Framework for Strategic Alignment of E-Commerce in Retail Firms. Business Research Yearbook, 1, 127-132.
  • Srivastava, S. C., Teo, T. S., & Mohapatra, P. S.. Business-Related Determinants of Offshoring Intensity. Information Resources Management Journal (IRMJ), 21(1), 44-58, 2008

Books

  1. Dehning, B., Stratopoulos, T. S., & Mohapatra, P. S. (2024). Accounting Analytics with Alteryx. Online Book
  2. Richardson, V., Teeter, R.A., Terrell, K.L., Mohapatra, P.S. (2022) Data Analytics for Accounting (India edition), McGraw Hill India

International Visiting Positions

  • Summer Visiting Faculty, University of Strasbourg, France, 2019/2020
  • Summer Visiting Researcher, Tomas Bata University, Czech Republic, 2022
  • Senior Research Fellow, Corvinus Institute of Advanced Studies, Budapest, Hungary, 2024-25

Positions related to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

  • Diversity Hiring Fellow at California State University-Sacramento, Fall 2022 & Spring 2023 The Diversity Hiring Fellows are faculty members who work with the Division of Inclusive Excellence for a year to deepen knowledge and skills in bias prevention and diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) advising/coaching and to support faculty search committees to embed inclusive practices in the search process.[1]
  • Diversity Awards Committee, at California State University-Sacramento, Fall 2021 – Spring 2023.
  • Member of the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusiveness Committee of the European Accounting Association
[1] https://www.csus.edu/division-inclusive-excellence/faculty-diversity-inclusion/diversity-hiring-fellows-program.html

Recent Awards/Nominations

  • Best paper award by American Accounting Association, for the paper published in Issues in Accounting Education (Bundy, S.C., Mohapatra, P., Sooy, M., Stone, D. Aristocracy or Meritocracy? The Role of Pedigree and Research Performance in New Accounting Faculty Placements, Issues in Accounting Education Volume 37, Issue 1, 2022
  • Probationary Faculty Research Grant to conduct research on “Creating a successful path for accounting students with physical disabilities to succeed in the accounting profession”,
  • Pedagogy Enhancement Award to create Learning Data Analytics through DEI lens, 2023
  • For contributing to the academic community, awarded the Community Service Award by Sacramento State University in 2021
  • Nominated for Outstanding Teaching Award in 2022/2023

Professional Associations

  • American Accounting Association
  • European Accounting Association