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Ms Lorna Stevenson

Ms Lorna Stevenson

BA (Accounting, Economics and Business Law), CA, MAcc (with Distinction), FHEA

Reader in Accounting

Co-Head of School

Contact details

Tel: +44 (0)1334 462828
Fax: +44 (0)1334 462812

Teaching 2012/2013

  • MN1002 Organisations and Analysis
  • MN4227 Corporate Social Responsibility, Accountability and Reporting
  • MN5002 Contemporary Conceptual Issues in Management
  • MN5424 Corporate Finance and Accounting

Biography and Research Interests

Lorna qualified as a chartered accountant and worked in the financial services industry before moving into academia.  She worked at the Universities of Abertay and Dundee before joining St Andrews in 2012. The social, environmental and economic consequences of accounting, and the implications of these for both wider forms of accountancy and accountants' and managers' education are research interests.  Lorna's research is informed by her professional and education experiences.

Awards

Winner of the Mary Parker Follett Award for 2010 and 'Highly Commended Award Winner' at Literati Network Awards for Excellence 2011 for "Anglo-American Capitalism: the role and potential role of social accounting" D Collison, C Dey, G Hannah, and L Stevenson, Accounting, Auditing and Accountability Journal.

Recent Publications

Legal Determinants of External Finance Revisited: The Inverse Relationship between Investor Protection and Societal Well-being
Collison, D. J. , Cross, S. , Ferguson, J. , Power, D. M. & Stevenson, L. A. 2012 In : JOURNAL OF BUSINESS ETHICS . 108 , 3 , p. 393-410.
Research output : Contribution to journal Article

Accounting Education, Socialization and the Ethics of Business
Ferguson, J. , Collison, D. J. , Power, D. M. & Stevenson, L. A. Jan-2011 In : Business Ethics: A European Review . 20 , 1 , p. 12-29.
Research output : Contribution to journal Article

SCAM: Design of a Learning and Teaching Resource
Crawford, L. , Helliar, C. V. , Monk, E. A. & Stevenson, L. A. 2011 In : Accounting Forum . 35 , 1 , p. 61-72.
Research output : Contribution to journal Article

The Impact of Introductory Financial Courses on Student Perceptions about Business and its Objectives: A Comparison of the UK and Japan
Ferguson, J. , Collison, D. J. , Power, D. M. & Stevenson, L. A. 2011 In : Accounting Forum . 35 , 1 , p. 47-60.
Research output : Contribution to journal Article

Peer mentoring undergraduate accounting students: the influences on approaches to learning and academic performance
Fox, A. , Stevenson, L. A. , Connelly, P. , Duff, A. & Dunlop, A. 2010 In : Active Learning in Higher Education . 11 , 2
Research output : Contribution to journal Article

Introductory Financial Accounting Students' Views of Course Texts
Ferguson, J. , Collison, D. J. , Power, D. M. & Stevenson, L. A. 2010 In : International Journal of Management Education . 9 , 1 , p. 81-90.
Research output : Contribution to journal Article

The views of 'Knowledge Gatekeepers' about the use and content of Accounting textbooks
Ferguson, J. , Collison, D. J. , Power, D. M. & Stevenson, L. A. 2010 In : Accounting Education: An International Journal . 19 , 5 , p. 501-525.
Research output : Contribution to journal Article

Anglo-American capitalism: the role and potential role of social accounting
Collison, D. J. , Dey, C. , Hannah, G. & Stevenson, L. A. 2010 In : Accounting, Auditing & Accountability Journal . 23 , 8 , p. 956-981.
Research output : Contribution to journal Article

The development of trainee auditors’ skills in tertiary education
Helliar, C. , Monk, E. & Stevenson, L. A. 2009 In : International Journal of Auditing . 13 , 3 , p. 185-202.
Research output : Contribution to journal Article

FTSE4Good: exploring its implications for corporate conduct
Collison, D. J. , Cobb, G. , Power, D. M. & Stevenson, L. A. 2009 In : Accounting, Auditing & Accountability Journal . 22 , 1 , p. 35-58.
Research output : Contribution to journal Article

Constructing Meaning in the Service of Power: An Analysis of the Typical Modes of Ideology in Accounting Textbooks
Ferguson, J. , Collison, D. J. , Power, D. M. & Stevenson, L. A. 2009 In : Critical Perspectives on Accounting . 20 , 8 , p. 896-909.
Research output : Contribution to journal Article

Selected Other Information

Member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland (1992)

Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (2000)

Member and Co-Convenor for Education of the Centre for Social and Economic Accounting Research (CSEAR)

Member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland Education Committee

Member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland Higher Education Governance Review Working Group