Her research focuses on corporate financial reporting and examines how market participants’ behavioral biases, such as herd behavior, sentiment and limited attention, affect how they use accounting information. An award-winning researcher and educator, Brown’s work has been featured in the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal and other media outlets. She holds a PhD in accounting from the University of Maryland, and her research has been published in the Journal of Accounting Research, Management Science and the Journal of Business Finance & Accounting, among others.