Blake Steenhoven
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Blake Steenhoven is an Assistant Professor of Accounting at Smith School of Business, Queen’s University.
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Tenure/Tenure-Track
Academic Area
- Accounting
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Blake Steenhoven is an Assistant Professor of Accounting at Smith School of Business, Queen’s University.
He earned his PhD in Management from Cornell University, and also holds an MS in Management from Cornell University and a BBA from the University of Alaska Anchorage.
His research focuses on the judgment and decision making of investors, managers, and other capital market participants in financial disclosure settings, using experimental and qualitative methods. His recent work focuses on verbal and nonverbal behavior in financial communications, with the overarching goal of helping managers communicate more effectively. His research has been published in leading academic journals, including The Accounting Review, Journal of Accounting and Economics, and Journal of Accounting Research.
Before beginning his graduate studies, he worked as an auditor for KPMG in Seattle, Washington, where he is licensed as a Certified Public Accountant.
Academic Degrees
PhD | Management (2021)
MS | Management (2020)
Cornell University, USA
BBA (2014)
University of Alaska, USA
Academic Experience
Smith School of Business | Queen’s University
Assistant Professor (2021 - Present)
Publications
Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles
Balakrishnan, K., D. Bernard, K. Rennekamp, and B. Steenhoven (2025). “Public Information, Relative Overconfidence, and Capital Flows.” Forthcoming at Journal of Accounting Research.
Hu, J., Li, T., Steenhoven, B, and Zhao, W (2025). “Social Comparisons with Peers and Analyst Forecast Accuracy.” Forthcoming at Accounting, Organizations and Society.
Jackson, S., K. Rennekamp, and B. Steenhoven (2024). “CEO Gender and Responses to Shareholder Activism.” Contemporary Accounting Research, 41(3), 1726–1753.
Rennekamp, K., M. Sethuraman, and B. Steenhoven (2022). “Engagement in Earnings Conference Calls.” Journal of Accounting and Economics.
Bloomfield, R., Rennekamp, K. M., Steenhoven, B., & Stewart, S. D. (2021). Penalties for Unexpected Behavior: Double Standards for Women in Finance. The Accounting Review In-Press.
Bloomfield, R., Rennekamp, K., & Steenhoven, B. (2018). No System is Perfect: Understanding how Registration‐Based Editorial Processes Affect Reproducibility and Investment in Research Quality. Journal of Accounting Research.
Working Papers
Reichmann, D. and Steenhoven, B. “Vocal Persuasion in Corporate Disclosure.” Revise and Resubmit at Management Science
Rennekamp, K., B. Steenhoven, and B. White. “Controlling Emotional Expression in Firm Disclosures.”
In the Media
The Role CEO Gender Plays When Activist Investors Emerge, Forbes (August 20,2024)
The Gender Stereotypes Behind Investor Uprisings, Smith Business Insight (July 23, 2024)
The Truth about ‘Lie Detector’ AI and Machine-Learning Disclosure Analysis, IR Magazine (Fall, 2022).
Bias and the Glass Ceiling in Finance, Smith Business Insight (August 30, 2022)
Trust, Competence, and Emotion in the Corporate Disclosure Genre, IR Magazine (Summer 2022)
Tapes Tell All: The Hidden Messages in Earnings Calls, Smith Business Insight (September 2, 2021).
When it Comes to Being Aggressive on Wall Street, Women Face a Double Standard, American Accounting Association (April 19, 2021).
The Big-I Analyzes Artificial Intelligence, IR Update (Fall, 2020).
It’s Not What You Said, It’s the Way That You Said It, IR Magazine (Winter, 2021).
Teaching
Teaching Experience
Queen’s University
MGMT 814/914 Introduction to Accounting Research – Experimental, Fall 2023
COMM 111 Introduction to Financial Accounting, Fall 2021-2024
Cornell University
NCC 5500 Financial Accounting, Spring 2019
Presentations
Invited Workshop & Conference Presentations
(*Presenter, ^Discussant)Palmetto Symposium on Experimental Accounting Research, May 2025
University of Bern*, May 2025
Contemporary Accounting Research Conference, November 2024
Journal of Accounting Research Conference, October 2024
ABO Midyear Meeting*^, October 2024
ABO Doctoral Consortium*, October 2024
Rotman Accounting Research Conference, August 2024
University of Washington*, March 2024
University of Maryland*, February 2024
University of British Columbia*, October 2023
Contemporary Accounting Research Conference, October 2023
Rotman Accounting Research Conference, August 2023
McMaster Accounting Research Symposium*, May 2023
Affinius Capital*, March 2023
FARS Midyear Meeting*^, January 2023
ABO Midyear Meeting*^, October 2022
Rotman Accounting Research Conference, August 2022
Midwest Finance Association Annual Meeting^, March 2022
FARS Midyear Meeting^, January 2022
ABO Midyear Meeting*, October 2021
East Coast Behavioral Accounting Workshop*, October 2021
Rotman Accounting Research Conference, August 2021
Russell Investments*, September 2021
Indiana University*, January 2021
Queen’s University*, January 2021
Harvard University*, January 2021
Tilburg University*, January 2021
Cornell University*, November 2020
NIRI Investor and Issuer Invitational Forum*, September 2020
University of New South Wales*, November 2019
ABO Midyear Meeting*^, October 2019
Transatlantic Doctoral Conference*^, May 2019
FARS Midyear Meeting*, January 2019
ABO Midyear Meeting*, October 2018
Cornell University*, October 2018
FARS Midyear Meeting^, January 2018
Awards
Contemporary Accounting Research Outstanding Reviewer, 2025
Smith School of Business New Researcher Achievement Award, 2025
ABO Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation Award, 2022
ABO Conference Outstanding Manuscript Award, 2022
FARS Midyear Meeting Outstanding Discussion, 2022
Classroom Champion for Mental Health, Queen’s University, 2021
Byron E. Grote, MS '77, Ph.D. '81 Johnson Professional Scholarship
ABO Conference Outstanding Manuscript Award, 2019
Deloitte Foundation Doctoral Fellowship, 2019
Dyckman Research Grant, 2019
Cornell Doctoral Fellowship, 2016 – 2021
Certified Public Accountant, State of Washington, 2016 – Present
Service
External Service
Editorial Board
Contemporary Accounting Research, 2023-Present
Accounting Open, 2025-Present
Ad Hoc Reviewer
Accounting and Business Research Accounting Horizons
Accounting, Organizations and Society
Accounting Perspectives
The Accounting Review
Behavioral Research in Accounting
The British Accounting Review
Contemporary Accounting Research
The European Accounting Review
Journal of Accounting and Public Policy
Journal of Accounting Research
Journal of Banking and Finance
Management Science
Review of Accounting Studies
Conference Reviewer
ABO Research Conference, 2024
Contemporary Accounting Research Conference, 2024
Contemporary Accounting Research Conference, 2023
FARS Midyear Meeting, 2023
ABO Research Conference, 2022
Contemporary Accounting Research Conference, 2022
FARS Midyear Meeting, 2022
Hawaii Accounting Research Conference, 2022
ABO Research Conference, 2021
FARS Midyear Meeting, 2021
FARS Midyear Meeting, 2020
Hawaii Accounting Research Conference, 2019
ABO Midyear Meeting, 2019
FARS Midyear Meeting, 2019
ABO Research Conference, 2018
FARS Midyear Meeting, 2018
Internal Service
Accounting Area Rep., Graduate Committee for Business, Queen’s University, 2024-Present
Member, Commerce Exams Working Group, Queen’s University, 2022
Member, PhD/MSc Awards Adjudication Committee, Queen’s University, 2021-2023
Elected Ph.D. Program Liaison to Faculty & Administration, Cornell University, 2018-2020
Professional Experience
Audit Associate, KPMG (Seattle, WA), October 2014 – July 2016Research Technician, UAA ISER (Anchorage, AK), January 2014 - April 2014
Finance Intern, ConocoPhillips (Anchorage, AK), May 2013 - November 2013