Claire Deng

Claire Deng is an Assistant Professor of Accounting at the Ted Rogers School of Management. Her teaching interests are in management accounting. Her educational background includes laws, cultural and religious studies, and accounting (from Peking University, McGill University, and York University’s Schulich School of Business). She is trained in and has been conducting both qualitative and quantitative accounting research. Her main area of research is qualitative field studies from sociological and philosophical perspectives. Her research on the roles that accounting and accountability play in our society ranges from accounting in corporations, accounting for the public interest, to accounting for individuals’ everyday life. Deng’s works are interdisciplinary in nature that involve approaches from anthropology, sociology, history, linguistics, and literary theories.

Research Interests

Management Accounting and Control; Qualitative Field Methods; Accounting for the Public Interest (e.g., healthcare, environment); Globalization of Accounting Practices.