Karim Jamal

Who is Karim Jamal?

Dr. Karim Jamal, CA, is Chartered Accountants' Distinguished Chair in Accounting, and a professor at the University of Alberta School of Business.

He has a Fellowship at the Institute for United States Policy Studies. He is a professor of Financial Accounting, Managerial Accounting, Management Control, Accounting Theory and Auditing, as well as a few MBA courses. Dr. Karim is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Alberta, American Accounting Association, and the Canadian Academic Accounting Association. Jamal has a BComm from the University of Manitoba, a MSc from the University of British Columbia and a PhD from the University of Minnesota.

His research interest is in developing cognitive models of expert decision making in accounting, auditing and financial markets.