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Academic Background

B.A., accounting, Gustavus Adolphus College
M.B.A., University of Minnesota
Ph.D., business administration, University of Minnesota

Research Specialties

• Auditing
• Financial reporting
• Fraud detection
• Public accounting

Current Research

• Cross-Cultural Differences in Confidence Judgments
• Influence of Accountability on Auditors’ Judgments
• Use of Audit Software in the Auditing Course
• Corporate Resistance to Internal Control Requirements

Major Works

• "Accountability and Evidence Evaluation in Two Auditing Tasks," Journal of Forensic Accounting, pp. 1-12, January - June 2005.
• “Forensic Accounting Offers Professional Development Opportunities,” with D. Kiwus, The Footnote, pp. 7-8, September 2002.

Significant Scholarly Honors

• Critical Perspectives in Accounting Conference Emerging Scholar Scholarship, 2005
• Best Paper Award, American Accounting Association Midwest Meeting, April 2002
• Deloitte & Touche Doctoral Fellowship, 1993
• KPMG Doctoral Scholarship, 1988

Current Community Relationships

• CPA (inactive license)
• CMA
• Member of American Accounting Association
• Institute of Internal Auditors
• Institute of Management Accountants
• Associatiion of Certified Fraud Examiners
• Minnesota Society of CPAs
• Twin Cities Chapter of the Institute of Internal Auditors
• Twin Cities Chapter of the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners