Professor Shaw is a CPA and he teaches financial accounting. He was awarded the 2011 O'Brien Excellence in Teaching Award, the 2007 Williams-Keepers LLC Teaching Excellence Award and was voted the "Most Influential Professor" by the 2005 and 2006 School of Accountancy graduating classes and the "Most Outstanding Faculty" by the 2010 School of Accountancy graduating class. Professor Shaw is also the faculty advisor to the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners student chapter. He is actively involved in committees and meetings of the American Accounting Association and the Financial Accounting and Reporting Section of the American Accounting Association. His research interests are in the areas of financial accounting, particularly financial disclosures, market microstructure, and corporate governance. His research has been published in leading academic journals in accounting, finance, and management, including The Accounting Review; the Journal of Accounting Research; Contemporary Accounting Research; Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis; Journal of the American Taxation Association; Journal of Financial Research; Journal of Accounting, Auditing and Finance; Strategic Management Journal; Journal of Business, Finance, and Accounting; Review of Quantitative Finance and Accounting; Research in Accounting Regulation; Journal of Financial Statement Analysis; Journal of Business Research; and others. Professor Shaw currently serves on the editorial boards of the Journal of Business Research and Research in Accounting Regulation.