After decades of service to the school, their research fields, and the countless students who they influenced, three Kelley School of Business Indianapolis faculty members end their tenure following the spring 2024 semester.
“As we bid farewell to Glen, John, and Evelyn, we extend our gratitude for the invaluable impact they’ve made on our institution, our students, and our knowledge in their respective fields,” said Julie Manning Magid, vice dean of the Kelley School of Business Indianapolis. “Your years of commitment have shaped the minds of future business leaders, leaving an enduring legacy of excellence and inspiration. We thank you for your unwavering dedication and wish you all the best in your well-deserved retirement.”
Evelyn Patterson
Evelyn Patterson, who joined the Kelley Indianapolis faculty in 2005, is a recognized scholar in accounting. She has published four top-tier research articles since 2016 and continues to be a top scholar in theoretical auditing research internationally as ranked by the Brigham-Young Rankings for Accounting Research. Evelyn has collaborated on research with fellow professors and publishing partners Reed Smith and Sam Tiras for many years.
Evelyn’s research focuses on economic models of fraud detection, which is critical to the industry because there is little archival data on fraud, fraud deterrence, and fraud detection. Her 13 published articles in the most prestigious journals have been cited 898 times as of Aug. 2023 which helped Indiana University be ranked internationally as a leading accounting research institution.
Evelyn has taught Advanced Auditing to graduate accounting students and Intermediate Financial Accounting to undergraduate and graduate students. In addition, she has served as an ad-hoc manuscript reviewer for top-tier accounting publications, including The Accounting Review, Management Science, Review of Accounting Studies, and Auditing: A Journal of Practice and Theory.
Evelyn holds a PhD in accounting from the University of Texas at Austin, an MBA in accounting from the University of Texas at El Paso, and a bachelor’s in mathematics from Luther College.
John Hassell
Upon earning a PhD from Indiana University in 1983, John Hassell began his career as an assistant professor at Florida State University. He later joined the University of Texas at Arlington as a tenured associate professor and was promoted to the rank of professor. At these two universities, he served on 15 dissertation committees, chairing six of them. In 1996, John and his wife, Barb (also a retired Kelley Indianapolis faculty member), were asked to come back to Indiana to serve as professors at Kelley Indianapolis.
His research career has been built around three themes: voluntary disclosure, decision-making, and accounting education. He has published more than 60 articles in peer-reviewed journals, has over 6,500 citations according to Google Scholar, and has served as a co-author of a textbook entitled Management Decisions and Financial Statements. John is recognized as a top scholar in accounting with a long and distinguished career.
“He is dedicated to the mission of the Kelley School, providing unwavering service to help grow the accounting programs in Indianapolis and Bloomington to the point where they are top four in the nation,” said Joe Schroeder, chairperson of the Graduate Accounting Program, a professor of accounting, and PwC Faculty Fellow at the Kelley School Bloomington.
John has been a leader in the classroom, across the school, and within the field of accounting as represented by awards, including the 2016 Glenn W. Irwin Experience Excellence Award, the Schuyler F. Otteson Undergraduate Teaching Excellence Award, the Kelley MSA Teaching Excellence Award, and the IU Trustee’s Teaching Award (four times). He was named Indiana CPA Society Educator of the Year in 2008 and received the Kelley Bloomington Department of Accounting Alumni Academic Excellence Award in 2023.
Johns holds an MBA and a PhD in accounting from the Kelley School in Bloomington, a bachelor’s degree in accounting from Baylor University, and a master’s degree in accounting from Oklahoma State University. He is also a licensed CPA in the state of Texas.
Glen Larsen
Glen Larsen joined Kelley Indianapolis as a tenured associate professor in 1996 and was promoted to professor in 2003. He previously taught at The University of Tulsa and at Kelley Bloomington, where he received an MBA and DBA. Glen also holds two major industry certifications, a Chartered Financial Analyst and Certificate in Investment Performance Measurement. Prior to his academic career, he served as an infantry officer in the Army Reserves and was an engineer, primarily for US Steel in northern Indiana.
Early in his Kelley career, he served as faculty chair of the Undergraduate Program and helped establish what is now Kelley Indianapolis Career Services. He also completed a major revision of the program, which included an expanded Honors Program. His extensive service contributions to Kelley and IU community were recognized with the Kelley School of Business Service Award in 2002. Glen is a strong advocate for enhancing our undergraduate curriculum, recommending additional changes this year to enhance its alignment with the Certified Financial Analysts program.
“Glen single-handedly was the biggest influence in my career, and I owe a great deal of my development and fantastic advice to him,” said Ken Carow, professor of finance. “He believed strongly in mentorship and did whatever he could to encourage and guide both his students and fellow faculty members.”
Glen has published more than 50 articles in the areas of investment analysis, asset allocation, enhanced indexing, portfolio performance measurement, and financial institutions. His reviewed articles have been featured in Journal of Portfolio Management, Journal of Financial Research, Review of Quantitative Finance and Accounting, Journal of Economics and Finance, and Journal of International Financial Markets, Institutions & Money. One of his research themes includes techniques that demonstrate how portfolio managers can enhance returns while minimizing risk, which became the foundation of portfolio management. Building on this minimum variance optimization methodology, his work includes one of the earliest articles on how managers can apply these techniques in the development of new portfolios in the exchange traded fund industry.
Glen is recognized for his teaching innovation, especially as a leader in online education initiatives. He pioneered the teaching of MBA-level finance courses through distance learning by developing the first web-based courses in investments and corporate finance for Kelley. He has taught in the Kelley Direct Online MBA Program every year since it launched in 1999, along with teaching in the Undergraduate and Evening MBA programs. Glen also has received top teaching awards, including the Schuyler F. Otteson Undergraduate Teaching Excellence Award, the Kelley Direct MBA Teaching Excellence Award, and the Trustee’s Teaching Award.
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