Shira Cohen

Email

Primary Email: [email protected]

Phone/Fax

Primary Phone: 619-594-3977

Building/Location

Student Services East - 3445

Bio

Shira Cohen is an associate professor in the Lamden School of Accountancy at the Fowler College of Business. She has earned recognition for both her research and teaching. 

Professor Cohen’s research has been published in premier academic accounting journals, including Journal of Accounting Research, Journal of Accounting and Economics, and The Accounting Review. Her work examining corporate climate risk disclosures has been cited by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in their 3/2024 adopted regulation. 

Prior to entering academia, she gained work experience in both the consulting and finance industries. As an academic, she served in government as a visiting scholar-in-residence at the SEC in Washington, D.C. 

At SDSU, Professor Cohen teaches intermediate accounting (I and II) at the undergraduate level, and managerial accounting at the graduate level. She also has experience teaching in executive education programs.  

She holds both a Ph.D. and an MBA from Columbia University and an undergraduate degree from the University of Pennsylvania.