Ling Lisic

Education

Ph.D. University of Connecticut

Specialization

Auditing, ESG/CSR/Sustainability/Climate, Financial Accounting, International Accounting

Biography

Ling Lisic is the Wayne E. Leininger Professor in the Department of Accounting and Information Systems at the Pamplin College of Business, Virginia Tech. She earned her Ph.D. from the University of Connecticut and previously taught at George Mason University before joining Virginia Tech.  

Ling’s research integrates economic and behavioral theories with practice and policy. Her research areas span auditing, ESG/CSR/sustainability/climate, financial accounting, and international accounting. Her research methodologies include archival and qualitative methods. Ling has published nearly 20 papers (primarily with junior coauthors) in FT50 Journals, including Accounting, Organizations and Society, Contemporary Accounting Research, Journal of Accounting and Economics, Journal of Financial Economics, Production and Operations Management, Review of Accounting Studies, and The Accounting Review. According to the BYU accounting research rankings, she is the 12^th most prolific author worldwide based on publications in the Top 6 accounting journals over the past six years (2018-2024). She also ranks among the top 0.3% of authors on SSRN by paper downloads. Ling serves as the Senior Editor of Journal of International Accounting Research and sits on the editorial boards of The Accounting Review, Contemporary Accounting Research, and Auditing: A Journal of Practice and Theory. She has delivered keynote and panel presentations on research success at international conferences and has given more than 70 invited research workshops at major research universities.

Ling’s teaching interests include auditing, ESG/CSR/sustainability/climate, financial accounting, and managerial accounting across the Ph.D., master’s, and undergraduate levels. She has taught Auditing, Intermediate Financial Accounting I, and Introductory Financial Accounting to master’s (MSA/MBA) and undergraduate students, and Financial Statement Analysis and Introductory Managerial Accounting to undergraduate students.