Devin M. Shanthikumar is the Associate Dean of Undergraduate Programs and an Associate Professor of Accounting at the University of California Irvine, Paul Merage School of Business.  Prof. Shanthikumar was named to Poet & Quant's Best 40 Under 40 Business Professors list in 2019, and served as the head of the Accounting area from 2018-2021. 

Prof. Shanthikumar's research broadly examines the effect of incentives, psychology, and social psychology on financial market participants. Her research examines the behavior of individual investors; the behavior and performance of security analysts; and the impacts that investors have on other market participants, such as firms. Her recent work focuses on unique issues related to digital information sources, such as the Internet and Social Media, as well as the effects of race- and gender-related biases in Finance and Accounting. Prof. Shanthikumar also conducts research examining product development innovation and trademarks.

Prof. Shanthikumar's teaching currently focuses on using data analysis and business systems to drive organizational performance, i.e., Managerial Accounting. She has also taught Financial Accounting in the past.  Prof. Shanthikumar teaches in a variety of programs, including undergraduate, MBA, and Executive-level programs, and multiple modalities, including in-person, fully-online, hybrid, and dual-mode. She has won several teaching awards for both undergraduate and MBA teaching.