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About Cameron Graham
My research looks at the social role of accounting. I look at accounting in settings that are often ignored by accounting researchers, such as government programs or organizations like the World Bank, particularly settings where poverty is endemic. This has led me to study topics like old age pensions, homelessness, and Canada’s First Nations, using a variety of qualitative research methods to develop rich data sets. The theories I use are drawn from postmodern social and linguistic theorists. I find these theorists offer a vocabulary for redescribing the taken-for-granted, allowing a new perspective on the many forms of accounting in society.
Honours
2013, 2008 Schulich Research Fellowship Award
2013 Queen Elizabeth II's Diamond Jubilee Medal
2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2006, 2005 Merit Award, Schulich School of Business, York University
2012, 2008-2009 Nominated for Schulich Teaching Excellence Award Schulich MBA Program
2006 Highly Commended Award in the 2006 Emerald/EFMD Outstanding Doctoral Research Award competition, for “Pension Accounting and the Public Interest”
2005 Highly Commended Award from Emerald Literati Network, for the special issue of Accounting, Auditing and Accountability Journal, 18(5), co-edited with D. Neu
2004 Highly Commended Award from Accounting, Auditing and Accountability Journal for the article “Accounting and the Holocausts of Modernity”, with D. Neu
2003 Dean’s Research Excellence Award Faculty of Graduate Studies, University of Calgary $3,000
Recent Publications
Peer-Reviewed Publications:
Grisard, C., Annisette, M., & Graham, C. (forthcoming) Performative Agency and Incremental Change in a CSR Context. Accounting, Organizations and Society.
Graham, C. & Grisard, C. (2019). Rich man, poor man, beggar man, thief: Accounting and the stigma of poverty. Critical Perspectives on Accounting, doi: 10.1016/j.cpa.2018.06.004.
Alawattage, C., Graham, C., & D. Wickramasinghe, D. (2019). Microaccountability and biopolitics: Microfinance in a Sri Lankan village. Accounting, Organizations and Society, 72, 38-60.
Peng, S., Bewley, K., & Graham, C. (2018). The winding road to fair value accounting in China: A social movement perspective. Accounting, Auditing and Accountability Journal, (31) 4: 1257-1285.
Cooper, C., Graham, C., & Himick, D. (2016). Social impact bonds: The securitization of the homeless. Accounting, Organizations and Society, 55, 63–82.
Crane, A., Graham, C., & Himick, D. (2015). Financializing stakeholder claims. Journal of Management Studies, doi: 10.1111/joms.12147
Graham, C. (2014). The calculation of age. Organization Studies, 35(11): 1627-1653.
Graham, C. (2013). Teaching accounting as a language. Critical Perspectives on Accounting, 24: 120-126.
Graham, C. (2012). The subject of retirement. Foucault Studies, No. 13 (May): 25-39.
Graham, C., and T. Shearer (2011). Developing the research of Norman Macintosh. Critical Perspectives on Accounting, 22(2): 105-109. (Introduction to special issue, reviewed by the journal editors.)
Graham, C. (2010). Accounting and the construction of the retired person. Accounting, Organizations and Society, 35(1): 23-46.
Book Chapters:
Graham, C., and D. Neu (2013). Accounting and Canada’s First Nations. In D. Fleischman, S. Walker, and W. Funnell (eds), Critical Histories of Accounting: Sinister Inscriptions in the Modern Era, pp. 85-100. New York : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group.
Graham, C., and M. Annisette (2012). The role of transnational institutions in framing accounting in the Global South. In T. Hopper, M. Tsamenyi, S. Uddin, and D. Wickramasinghe (eds), Handbook of Accounting and Development, pp. 59-73. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar.
Courses Taught
Doctoral Courses Taught:
Advanced Topics in Accounting Research
Social and Behavioural Accounting Research
Empirical Methods in Accounting Research
MBA Courses Taught:
Financial Accounting for Managers
Social Innovation and the Structure of Global Poverty
Skills for Leadership
Undergraduate Course Taught:
Introductory Financial AccountingGrants
Project Title Role Award Amount Year Awarded Granting Agency Project TitleSocial Impact Measurement and Accountability for Results in the Field of Homelessness RolePrincipal Investigator Award Amount$151,030.00 Year Awarded2019 Granting AgencySSHRC Insight Grant Project TitleWebsite and Pilot Episode for Podcast Series RolePrincipal Investigator Award Amount$7,000.00 Year Awarded2018 Granting AgencySSHRC Exchange Grant Project TitleManaged Alcohol Programs: Evaluating Effectiveness and Policy Implications RoleCo-applicant Award Amount$400,000.00 Year Awarded2016 Granting AgencyCanadian Institutes of Health Research Project Title Role Award Amount$12,000.00 Year Awarded2015 Granting AgencyCPA Schulich Alliance Research Grant Project Title Role Award Amount$90,000.00 Year Awarded2015 Granting AgencySchulich Start-up Grant Project Title Role Award Amount$10,360.00 Year Awarded2014 Granting AgencyCMA - Research Grant Project TitleA Comparative Study of Accounting for Homelessness Programs in Western Countries RolePrincipal Investigator Award Amount$9,000.00 Year Awarded2012 Granting AgencyCMA - Research Grant Project TitleInvestigation of Data Availability and Personnel Accessibility for Federal Retirement Income Programs RolePrincipal Investigator Award Amount$37,160.00 Year Awarded2008 Granting AgencySocial Sciences and Humanities Research Council - Research Development Initiative - Management Business and Finance Project Title RolePrincipal Investigator Award Amount$2,500.00 Year Awarded2013, 2008 Granting AgencySchulich School of Business - Schulich Research Fellowship Project Title RolePrincipal Investigator Award Amount$90,000.00 Year Awarded2005-2008 Granting AgencySchulich School of Business, York University - Minor Research Grant Project Title RolePrincipal Investigator Award Amount$1,000.00 Year Awarded2004 Granting AgencyFaculty of Graduate Studies, University of Calgary - Graduate Research Scholarship Project Title RolePrincipal Investigator Award Amount$2,050.00 Year Awarded2004 Granting AgencyFaculty of Graduate Studies, University of Calgary - Graduate Research Scholarship Project Title RolePrincipal Investigator Award Amount$38,000.00 Year Awarded2003-2005 Granting AgencySocial Sciences and Humanities Research Council - SSHRC Doctoral Fellowship Project Title RolePrincipal Investigator Award Amount$2,000.00 Year Awarded2003 Granting AgencyFaculty of Graduate Studies, University of Calgary - Graduate Research Scholarship Project Title RolePrincipal Investigator Award Amount$58,950.00 Year Awarded2001-2005 Granting AgencyDoctoral Program, Faculty of Management, University of Calgary - Graduate Assistantship (Research and Teaching) Project Title RolePrincipal Investigator Award Amount$10,000.00 Year Awarded2001 Granting AgencyDoctoral Program, Faculty of Management, University of Calgary - Robert A. Willson Doctoral Management Scholarship
Cameron Graham
Professor of Accounting
PhD (Calgary)MBA (Calgary)
MDiv (Vancouver)
BSc (Alberta)