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Dr. Abu Shiraz Rahaman joined the Schulich School of Business as Professor of Accounting in July 2023. He was a Full Professor of Accounting and Director of the Centre for Public Interest Accounting at the Haskayne School of Business, University of Calgary, prior to joining Schulich. Dr Rahaman earned his doctoral degree in Accounting from the University of Waikato, New Zealand, and held academic positions in New Zealand and Australia before taking up a position at the University of Calgary.
Dr. Rahaman’s work on accounting as a social and institutional practice involves the use of qualitative case studies and quantitative archival computerized textual analysis of large datasets. His research has been published in leading journals such as: Accounting, Organizations and Society; Contemporary Accounting Research; Accounting, Auditing and Accountability Journal; Critical Perspectives on Accounting and the Journal of Business Ethics. He has received major research funding from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council and Chartered Professional Accountants of Alberta. He won the Outstanding Paper Award for his paper published in Qualitative Research in Accounting and Management and also received a Highly Commended Award for the Mary Parker Follet Award for outstanding papers published in Accounting, Auditing and Accountability Journal. He currently serves on the editorial board of Contemporary Accounting Research and Critical Perspectives on Accounting, among others
Dr. Rahaman teaches Cost and Managerial Accounting at various levels, including undergraduate, MBA , EMBA, and PhD programs. He has also taught a doctoral seminar in Financial Accounting at the University of Calgary. During his time at the Haskayne School of Business he won major teaching awards such as the University of Calgary Students’ Union Teaching Excellence Award; the Chartered Accountants’ Education Foundation Teaching Award; and in 2022 he won the Chartered Professional Accountants’ Education Foundation Teaching Excellence Award.
