Journal Juggernaut: With Three Editorial Appointments, Ertimur Becoming a Force for Faculty
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Anyone looking for tips on how to improve productivity needs to get on Yonca Ertimurâs calendar.
As senior associate dean for faculty and research andÌęTandean Rustandy esteemed professor, Ertimur has a full portfolio of responsibilities that include her own ambitious publication goals. On top of that, she recently accepted an editor role at Review of Accounting Studies, while sheâs already an associate editor at both the Journal of Accounting Research and Management Scienceâeach among the most prestigious peer-reviewed journals in business.Ìę
For Ertimur, visibility at top journals is a way to continue to influence the culture of research excellence she enjoys at the Leeds School of Business.
A 'dynamic mix' of young and experienced faculty
âWe have this really dynamic mix of younger faculty who are out to establish themselves and some senior faculty who have accomplished a lot,â she said. âThereâs a lot of collaboration within divisions and a lot of people willing to help junior faculty get published.âÌę
As a mentor, Ertimur said her editorial roles with journals gives her another avenue to help faculty and PhD students be better prepared for the rigors of publication.Ìę
âYou get a sense for other reviewers, what their tastes are and how they approach the revision process,â she said. âItâs also a way to teach our faculty to have some backbone about their workâto know when to push back and advocate for what theyâve done, instead of blowing off comments.âÌę
âThereâs a lot of collaboration within divisions and a lot of people willing to help junior faculty get published.â
Yonca Ertimur, senior associate dean for faculty and research
For example, Ertimur said, she recently resubmitted a paper for publication consideration, âand I asked two of my junior colleagues to read the paper and skim through our responses,â she said. âThatâs the kind of thing anybody can do to help people who havenât gone through the process, and it really gives you a better sense for how to handle your own revisions.â
Ertimurâs own research interests lie in disclosuresâtraditional for an accounting expertâand corporate governance, which she said she got into âby accidentâ after completing her PhD at New York University. While teaching at Stanford, she reconnected with Fabrizio Ferri, a fellow NYU alumnus, who was looking at the role of shareholder voting in monitoring public firms. Today, they have five papers on the topic, including in top journals like Review of Accounting Studies and the Journal of Financial Economics.Ìę
âThe thing that I like about governance topics is that theyâre very interdisciplinaryâso you have people in accounting, but there are elements of finance, law and so on,â she said.
Itâs something sheâd like to encourage with her role at LeedsâErtimur pointed to a joint publication by Jeffrey York, an entrepreneurship expert, and David Drake, whose focus is operationsââbut it has to happen organically, you canât force those kinds of synergies,â she said.Ìę
'An opportunity to shape the school'
In fact, one thing she appreciates about her role as associate dean, which sheâs held since July 2020, is how itâs helped her get a broader view of the organization and the work her fellow faculty are engaged in, through regular interactions and the schoolâs brown-bag lunch series for sharing research among professors. If anything, that perspective has helped confirm for her that she made the right decision to join Leeds after leaving her post at Duke in 2012.
âI saw Leeds as this younger group with a lot of upside, where I would have a voice,â she said. âI wanted to have an opportunity to shape the school alongside my colleagues.âÌę
Between her leadership at the school and her work on academic journals, Ertimur certainly has the responsibility she sought when joining Leeds. Sheâs hoping to find more time for her own research, as wellâa tall order, given her responsibilities, but one sheâs equipped to handle.Ìę
âI protect my calendar,â she said. âIâve learned to stop trying to solve every problem immediately and to limit my time on email.âÌę
When the going gets really tough, she turns to Boulder-approved methods to destress, including going for a run or a bike ride, âwhich gets you into this state where youâre able to think about things a little differently,â she said. âItâs a good outlet for me, personally and professionally.âÌę
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