Faculty Directory

• 2021 Notable Contributions to Audit Literature Award for the American Accounting Association’s Auditing Section. For “Auditors’ Experiences of Corporate Governance in the Post-Sarbanes Oxley Era," Contemporary Accounting Research. (Fall 2010), pp. 751-786.
  
• 2019-2020 Glen McLaughlin Prize for Research in Accounting Ethics. For the paper, “Audit Partners’ Judgments and Decision Making Processes in the Audit of Internal Control over Financial Reporting.”
• 2017 Outstanding Auditing Educator Award. Presented by the Auditing Section of the American Accounting Association.
• 2016 Best paper in BRIA (Behavioral Research in Accounting). “Nonfinancial Information Preferences of Investment Professionals”  Behavioral Research in Accounting. (Fall 2015), pp. 127-153.
• 2014 KPMG Outstanding Published Manuscript Award. “Will Women Lead the Way? Differences in Demand for Corporate Social Responsibility Information for Investment Decisions.” Winner of the 2014 best paper award for the American Accounting Association on Work/Family issues.
• 2012 Notable Contributions to the Auditing Literature Award for the American Accounting Association's Auditing Section.
• 2011 Innovation in Auditing and Assurance Education Award for the American Accounting Association’s Auditing Section.
• 2009 Innovation in Auditing and Assurance Education Award for the American Accounting Association’s Auditing Section.
• 2007 KPMG Mentoring Award for the American Accounting Association’s Gender Issues Section.
• 2005 KPMG Outstanding Published Manuscript Award. “Is it the Kids or the Schedule? The Incremental Effect of Families and Flexible Scheduling on Perceived Career Success,” (with E. Almer and L. Single). Winner of the 2005 best paper award for the American Accounting Association on Work/Family issues.

• “Audit Committee Member Social Identity & Corporate Governance Role.” (With Kara Obermire and Karla Johnstone.) Accounting Organizations and Society, 93. August, 2021. 

• “Non-Audit Engagements and the Creation of Public Value: Consequences for the Public Interest.” (With Bertrand Malsch and Marie-Soleil Tremblay.) Journal of Business Ethics, 178, 467-479. March, 2021. 

• “Audit Partners’ Judgments and Decision Making Processes in the Audit of Internal Control over Financial Reporting.” (With Jennifer Joe, Greg Trompeter and Jay Thibodeau.) Auditing: A Journal of Practice and Theory, 39 (4), 57-85. November, 2020. Recipient of the 2019-2020 Glen McLaughlin Prize for Research in Accounting Ethics.

• “An Analysis of Glass Ceiling Perceptions in the Accounting Profession.” (With Derek Dalton, Lori Holder-Webb and Jeffrey McMillan.) Journal of Business Ethics, 164, 17-38. November, 2018. 

• "Managing the Auditor-Client Relationship Through Partner Rotations: The Experiences of Audit Firm Partners." (With Mary Kate Dodgson, Christopher Agoglia and Bradley Bennet). The Accounting Review, 95 (2), 89-111. March, 2020. 

• “PCAOB Inspection: Public Accounting Firms on “Trial.” (With Kimberly Westermann and Greg Trompeter.) Contemporary Accounting Research, 36 (2),  694-731. Summer, 2019. 

• “CSR Investment Level as a Fairness Heuristic on Investors’ Judgments.” (With Helen Brown-Liburd and Valentina Zamora.) Journal of Business Ethics, 152 (1), 275-289. September, 2018. 

• “The Differential Effects of the Neutral and Presumptive Doubt Perspectives of Professional Skepticism on Auditor Job Outcomes.” (With Derk Dalton and Nancy Harp.) Accounting Organizations and Society, 62, 1-20. October, 2017. 

• “A Further Examination of the Impact of Corporate Social Responsibility and Governance on Investment Decisions.” (With Lori Holder-Webb and Samer Khalil.) Journal of Business Ethics, 146 203-218. November, 2015. 

• "Enterprise Risk Management and the Financial Reporting Process: The Experiences of Audit Committee Members, CFOs, and External Auditors." (With Ganesh Krishnamoorthy and Arnold Wright.) Contemporary Accounting Research, 34 (2), 1178-1209. Summer, 2017. 

• “Media Bias and the Persistence of an Expectation Gap: An Analysis of Press Articles on Corporate Fraud.” (With Yuan Ding, Cedric Lesage and Herve Stolowy.) Journal of Business Ethics, 144, 637-659. September, 2017. 

• "Do Compensation Committee Members Perceive Changing CEO Incentive Performance Targets Mid-Cycle to be Fair?" (With Anne Wilkins and Dana Hermanson.) Journal of Business Ethics, 137, 623-638. February, 2015. 

• “Nonfinancial Information Preferences of Investment Professionals.” (With Lori Holder-Webb and Valentina Zamora.) Behavioral Research in Accounting, 27 (2), 127-153. November, 2015. Winner of the 2016 award for best paper in BRIA.

• “CSR and Assurance Services: A Research Agenda.” (With Roger Simnett.) Auditing: A Journal of Practice and Theory, 34 (1),  59-74. February, 2015. 

• “Contextual and Individual Dimensions of Taxpayer Decision Making.” (With Gil Manzon and Valentina Zamora.) Journal of Business Ethics, 126 (4), 631-647. February, 2015. 

• “An Examination of CEO Social Ties and CEO Reputation on Judgments about CEO Compensation.” (With Steven Kaplan and Janet Samuels.) Journal of Business Ethics, 126 (1),  103-117. January, 2015. 

• “Antecedents and Consequences of Perceived Gender Discrimination in Public Accounting and Corporate Organizations.” (With Derek Dalton, Nancy Harp and Jeffrey McMillan.) Auditing: A Journal of Practice and Theory, 33 (3),  1-32. August, 2014. 

• “The Effect of Audit Committee Industry Expertise on Monitoring the Financial Reporting Process.” (with Udi Hoitah, Ganesh Krishnamoorthy and Arnold Wright.) The Accounting Review, 89 (1),  243-273. January, 2014. 

• “Will Women Lead the Way? Differences in Demand for Corporate Social Responsibility Information for Investment Decisions.” (with Lori Holder-Webb and Leda Nath.) Journal of Business Ethics, 118, 85-102. November, 2013. 

• “How Does the Strength of the Financial Regulatory Regime Influence Auditors’ Judgments to Constrain Aggressive Reporting in a Principles-Based and a Rules-Based Accounting Environment.” (with Ganesh Krishnamoorthy, Marietta Peytcheva and Arnold Wright.) Accounting Horizons, 27 (3), 579-601. September, 2013.

• “Effects of Earnings Forecast and Heightened Professional Skepticism on the Outcomes of Client-Auditor Negotiation.” (with Helen Brown-Liburd and Greg Trompeter.) Journal of Business Ethics, 116 (2), 311-325. September, 2012. 

• “A Call for Academic Inquiry: Challenges and Opportunities from the PCAOB Synthesis Projects.” (with W. Robert Knechel). Auditing: A Journal of Practice and Theory, 32 (1), 1-5. May 2013. 

• “The Effectiveness of SOX regulation: An Interview Study of Corporate Directors." (with Colleen Hayes, Ganesh Krishnamoorthy, Gary Monroe and Arnold Wright.) Behavioral Research in Accounting, 25 (1), 61-89. Spring, 2013. 

• “Audit Committee Compensation, Fairness and the Resolution of Accounting Disagreements. “(with James Bierstaker, Dana Hermanson and Todd DeZoort.) Auditing: A Journal of Practice and Theory, 31 (2), 131-150. May 2012. 

• “The Cut and Paste Society: Isomorphism in Codes of Ethics." (with Lori Holder-Webb.) Journal of Business Ethics, 107, 485-509. June, 2012. 

• “The Impact of CEO Influence and Management Incentives on Auditor Judgments.” (with Lisa Gaynor, Ganesh Krishnamoorthy and Arnold Wright.) Auditing: A Journal of Practice and Theory, 30 (4), 129-147. November, 2011. 

• “Perceptions of Retail Investors of the Decision-usefulness of Non-financial Information.” (with Lori Holder-Webb, David Wood and Leda Nath.) Behavioral Research in Accounting, 23 (1), 109-129. March, 2010. 

• “Auditor Resignation and Firm Ownership Structure." (with Samer Khalil and Gregory Trompeter.) Accounting Horizons, 25 (4), 703-728. December, 2010. 

• “The Role of Managers’ Behavior in Corporate Fraud.” (with Yuan Ding, Cedric Lesage and Herve Stolowy.) Journal of Business Ethics, 95 (2), 271-315. April, 2011. 

• “Auditors’ Experiences of Corporate Governance in the Post-Sarbanes Oxley Era." (with Ganesh Krishnamoorthy and Arnold Wright.) Contemporary Accounting Research, 27 (3), 751-786. Fall, 2010.

He is currently an Editor at Contemporary Accounting Research. He has previously served as both Senior Editor, Consulting Editor, and Editor at Auditing: A Journal of Practice and Theory and an Associate Editor at Accounting Horizons and for two terms at Issues in Accounting Education. He also ran the 2014 Doctoral Consortium for the Auditing section of the American Accounting Association.