Laurel Franzen

PhD: University of Washington (2000)
MBA: Chapman University (1995)
BA: University of California, San Diego (1992)
Laurel Franzen joined LMU's Accounting Department in the fall of 2009. She teaches financial accounting at the undergraduate and graduate levels. Prior to joining LMU, Franzen was on the faculty at the University of Texas at Dallas. Her research focuses on the role of accounting information in equity valuation including issues related to the valuation of R&D, financial distress and bankruptcy prediction. Her research has been published in the Journal of Finance and the Journal of Accounting and Public Policy. She is a member of the American Accounting Association and the American Finance Association.