John M. Hassell is the OneAmerica Chair and Professor of Accounting at the Kelley School of Business Indianapolis. After receiving his Ph.D. degree from Indiana University, he joined he faculty at Florida State University, and later moved to The University of Texas at Arlington. He joined the Kelley School of Business Indianapolis faculty in 1996. His primary area of research deals with the informativeness of voluntary management disclosures. He has published extensively in journals such as The Accounting Review; Accounting, Organizations & Society; and Contemporary Accounting Research.