Jansen, who comes to Rutgers from Georgetown University, will teach introductory and intermediate financial accounting classes. Before earning a doctorate in accounting from Indiana University, where he was given an award for teaching excellence, he received his MBA from Loyola University of Chicago.
As a researcher, Jansen looks at the role of accounting and non-accounting information in firm valuation. For investors, such information is a key to reasoned decision-making when considering whether to buy or sell a company's stock. Weighing such factors as a company's assets, liabilities, equity interest and performance help determine whether the price at which a company's stock is being traded makes for a good personal investment.
Jansen recently co-authored an article demonstrating that tobacco firms used diversification to increase their political influence and lessen the impact of regulation and other forms of expropriation. The article has been accepted for publication in a forthcoming issue of the Journal of Financial Economics.
His research interests also include earnings management and financial statement analysis.