Sunita Goel

My Siena Experience

My Teaching Philosophy

My goal is to inspire students to learn and to make them understand the fundamental concepts. I believe that students enjoy the learning process when they understand the material. I try to teach at a level at which they can understand. I thoughtfully create program for each class that encompasses variety of learning activities that inspire students to actively engage themselves in the learning process.

My Professional Experience

Current Research

Dr. Goel's research interests include detection of corporate fraud using linguistic analysis.

Articles & Book Reviews

• Transparent AI in Auditing through Explainable AI
  Current Issues in Auditing
  February, 2024
• Role of a Trust Management System in Cloud Computing
  American Accounting Association National Meeting
  August, 2015
• Estimating Semantic Orientation of Annual Reports
  American Accounting Association National Meeting
  August, 2013
• Content Analysis of Quarterly Reports for Fraud Detection
  American Accounting Association National Meeting
  August, 2012
• Beyond the Numbers: Mining the Annual Reports for Hidden Cues Indicative of Financial Statement Fraud
  Intelligent Systems in Accounting, Finance and Management, vol. 19
  2012
• Auditing for Honesty: How True are Annual Reports - A Linguistic Analysis
  American Accounting Association National Meeting
  August, 2010
• Can Linguistic Predictors Detect Fraudulent Financial Filings?
  Journal of Emerging Technologies in Accounting, vol. 7
  2010
• The Role of Text Analytics and Information Retrieval in the Accounting Domain
  Journal of Emerging Technologies in Accounting, vol. 7
  2010
• Can Linguistic Predictors Detect Fraudulent Financial Filings?
  American Accounting Association National Meeting
  August, 2009
• The Role of Text Analytics and Information Retrieval in the Accounting Domain
  American Accounting Association National Meeting
  August, 2009
• A Perspective on the Evolution of Information System Security Audits: Challenges and Implications
  Journal Of Information System Security, vol. 12
  Mar/Apr, 2016
• Do Sentiments Matter in Fraud Detection? Estimating Semantic Orientation of Annual Reports
  Intelligent Systems in Accounting, Finance and Management, vol. 23
  July-Sep, 2016

Awards & Distinctions

• Research Paper Award at AAA Forensic Accounting Section Research Conference
  Category: Research
  Qualitative Analysis of Risk Disclosures Post Security Breach, 2024
•  ISAFM Paper of the Year for 2012
  Category: Research
  Beyond the numbers: mining the annual reports for hidden cues indicative of financial statement fraud, 2020
• Outstanding Dissertation Award
  Category: Research
  Strategic and Emerging Technologies Section of the American Accounting Association, 2011
• Distinguished Doctoral Dissertation Award 
  Category: Research
  University at Albany, SUNY, 2009
• Junior Research Fellowship and Eligibility for Lectureship Award
  Category: Research
  Delhi University, 1992
• Outstanding Student Award and Scholarship
  Category: Other
  Delhi School of Economics, 1991

Books & Book Chapters

• Chapter Fraud Detection and Corporate Filings in Communications and Language Analysis in the Corporate World
  IGI Global
  2014

Presentations

• Qualitative Analysis of Risk Disclosures Post Security Breach
  2024
  AAA Forensic Accounting Section Midyear Meeting, Savannah, Georgia
• AI Approaches to Financial Statement Fraud Detection: Past and Future
  August, 2022
  American Accounting Association National Meeting, San Diego, California
• Big data analytics and fraud detection and prediction
  2021
  IIDS virtual workshops in Data analytics for accounting and auditing to Hong Kong Shue Yan University, Hong Kong, China- Hong Kong
• Determinants of Financial Statement Fraud: A Systematic literature Review and Framework for Future Research
  August, 2019
  American Accounting Association National Meeting, San Francisco, California
• Feasibility of a Text based Ontology in Accounting – Evidence from Footnotes
  August, 2018
  American Accounting Association National Meeting, Washington, District of Columbia
• Qualitative and Quantitative Factors Associated with Financial Statement Fraud Detection
  August, 2018
  American Accounting Association National Meeting, Washington, District of Columbia
• Changing Focus of Information System Audits: Are Information Systems More Secure or Vulnerable as Accounting has entered the Data Age?
  August, 2017
  American Accounting Association National Meeting, San Diego, California
• Financial Statement Fraud Detection Research in Accounting
  August, 2017
  American Accounting Association National Meeting, San Diego, California
• Are Information System Security Audits Evolving Fast Enough to Keep Pace with Changes in Technology?
  August, 2016
  American Accounting Association National Meeting, New York City, New York
• Evolution of IS Security Audits: Challenges and Implications
  August, 2015
  American Accounting Association National Meeting, Chicago, Illinois
• Role of a Trust Management System in Cloud Computing
  August, 2015
  American Accounting Association National Meeting, Chicago, Illinois
• A Look at Defining the Scope of Accounting Ontology Using Text Documents
  January, 2015
  American Accounting Association Joint Mid-Year Meeting of the Accounting Information System Section and the Strategic and Emerging Technologies Section, Charleston, South Carolina
• Role of Ontologies in Accounting - Preliminary Observations
  October, 2014
  American Accounting Association Northeast Regional Meeting, Albany, New York
• Estimating Semantic Orientation of Annual Reports
  August, 2013
  American Accounting Association National Meeting, Anaheim, California
• Are Quarterly Reports More Informative Than Annual Reports in Fraud Detection?
  March, 2013
  Special Topics in Strategic and Emerging Technologies in Accounting Conference, New York City, New York
• Content Analysis of Corporate Filings for Fraud Detection (Invited)
  February, 2013
  The Language of Institutions: DICTION Studies, Austin, Texas
• A Perspective on Financial Statement Fraud Detection: Making Inroads Using Linguistics
  August, 2012
  American Accounting Association National Meeting, Washington, District of Columbia
• Content Analysis of Quarterly Reports for Fraud Detection
  August, 2012
  American Accounting Association National Meeting, Washington, District of Columbia
• Are Quarterly Reports More Informative Than Annual Reports in Fraud Detection? A Linguistic Analysis
  August, 2011
  American Accounting Association National Meeting, Denver, Colorado
• Creating Fraud Ontology - A Preliminary Examination
  August, 2011
  American Accounting Association National Meeting, Denver, Colorado
• Auditing for Honesty: How True are Annual Reports - A Linguistic Analysis
  August, 2010
  American Accounting Association National Meeting, San Francisco, California
• Beyond the Numbers: Using Style and Content Features of Annual Reports To Enhance Fraud Detection
  January, 2010
  American Accounting Association Accounting Information Systems Mid-Year Meeting, Clearwater, Florida
• Can Linguistic Predictors Detect Fraudulent Financial Filings?
  August, 2009
  American Accounting Association National Meeting, New York City, New York
• The Role of Text Analytics and Information Retrieval in the Accounting Domain
  August, 2009
  American Accounting Association National Meeting, New York City, New York