Biography
Ranjani Krishnan received her MBA and PhD from the University of Pittsburgh. She teaches management accounting and operational management at the MBA, Executive MBA, Executive, and PhD programs. Ranjani's research has been published in journals such as The Academy of Management Journal, Contemporary Accounting Research, Journal of Accounting and Economics, Journal of Accounting Research, Journal of Health Economics, Journal of Management Accounting Research, Management Science, Strategic Management Journal, and The Accounting Review. She was awarded the Seminal Contribution to Accounting Literature Award in 2025 from the American Accounting Association, for "work that has profoundly influenced the field and stood the test of time." She has also received the Greatest Impact on Managerial Accounting Practice Award, the Notable Contribution to the Accounting Research Award, the Notable Contribution to the Management Accounting Literature Award, and two awards for best Accounting Dissertation Supervisor from the American Accounting Association. Her work has received the McLaughlin Prize for Research in Accounting Ethics. She is also the recipient of the Teacher-Scholar Award, Beal University Professor Award, the Withrow Emerging Scholar Award, the Withrow Teacher-Scholar Award, multiple faculty research awards and multiple Excellence in Teaching Awards. She was a visiting professor at Harvard Business School (2008-09), and Georgetown University (2020-2021). She was an editor of The Accounting Review and Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Management Accounting Research (2013-2015), and an Editor of the Special Issue on Healthcare for the Information Systems Research Journal (2008-2009). She is currently the Accounting Department Editor of Management Science, an associate editor of Accounting, Organizations, and Society, and senior editor of Production and Operations Management Journal.
