Jim Wahlen is a Professor of Accounting and the James R. Hodge Chair of Excellence at the Kelley School of Business at Indiana University. His teaching and research interests focus on financial accounting and the capital markets. His research examines the relation between financial statement information and share prices and returns, as well as the degree to which the stock market is efficient with respect to accounting information, testing the extent to which an investor can successfully predict future stock returns with earnings and other financial statement information. His research has been published in a variety of leading academic journals. Professor Wahlen has co-authored a textbook on financial statement analysis and valuation, titled Financial Reporting Financial Statement Analysis and Valuation: A Strategic Perspective (6th edition), with Professors Clyde Stickney and Paul Brown. He teaches courses on financial accounting and financial statements analysis and has received numerous teaching awards. He received his PhD from the University of Michigan in 1991. He has had public accounting experience in both Milwaukee and Seattle. Jim and his wife Debbie have two daughters, Jessica and Jaymie. In his free time, Jim loves outdoor sports including biking, hiking, and skiing, as well as gardening, cooking, and great music (especially when it is live and loud!).