Prior to joining the faculty at Georgia Tech in 2008, Jeffrey Hales was a faculty member at the University of Texas at Austin.
 
His research focuses primarily on investor, analyst, and manager decision making, using techniques from applied game theory, experimental economics, and psychology.  Dr. Hales has published in The Accounting Review, Journal of Accounting Research, Review of Accounting Studies, Journal of Financial Economics, Journal of Behavioral Finance, and Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes.  He teaches financial accounting.

During the 2009-10 academic year, Dr. Hales will be a Research Fellow at the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) in Nowalk, CT.

He is also an Editor and regular contributor for the Financial Accounting Standards Research Initiative (FASRI) blog and a regular co-host for FASRI's weekly Round Table Discussions.