Biography
Gary Entwistle, PhD, CA, joined the University of Saskatchewan after practicing public accounting with KPMG in both Canada and New Zealand. In 1997 he received his Ph.D. from the Richard Ivey School of Business. His research is primarily in the areas of financial accounting and reporting and accounting standard setting, and has attracted external funding from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council, the Canadian Academic Accounting Association, public accounting firms and provincial accounting organizations. Gary’s research has been published in Journal of Accounting Auditing and Finance, Contemporary Accounting Research, Journal of International Accounting Research, Journal of Business Ethics, Journal of Applied Corporate Finance, Accounting Horizons,Issues in Accounting Education, Advances in International Accounting, Canadian Accounting Perspectives, The Journal of International Accounting, Auditing& Taxation, Global Perspectives on Accounting Education, CA Magazine, CMA Management, and CGA Magazine. During 2009-2010 Gary was the President of the Canadian Academic Accounting Association. Gary has also served as Associate Dean and Department Head in the Edwards School.
Courses
Gary presently teaches financial statement analysis courses in both the undergraduate and MBA programs, teaches an accounting research course in the MPAcc program. He has previously taught undergraduate courses in introductory and intermediate financial accounting, accounting theory, and contemporary accounting issues; professional graduate courses in introductory and advanced financial accounting; and graduate research courses in financial accounting and research design.
Publications
G. Entwistle, G. Feltham and C. Mbagwu. 2012. "Credibility Attributes and Investor Perceptions of Non-GAAP Earnings Exclusions". Accounting Perspectives. Vol. 11, No. 4: 222-257.
G. Entwistle. 2011. "The Research Project Course: A Model for Bringing Accounting Research into the Classroom". Global Perspectives on Accounting Education. Vol. 8, 79-96.G. Entwistle, G. Feltham and C. Mbagwu. 2010. "The Value Relevance of Alternative Earnings Measures: A Comparison of Pro Forma, GAAP, and I/B/E/S Earnings". Journal of Accounting, Auditing and Finance. Vol. 25, No. 2: 261-288.
Research
Gary’s research primarily focuses on the role of financial information in investor decision making.