Accounting & Information Management
Ph.D. Students in Residence
Deanie Chaudoin
Office: 614B
Email: dchaudoi@vols.utk.edu
Phone: 865-974-2551
Third year
Fields of interest: Corporate Governance, Audit, Cybersecurity
Deanie Chaudoin earned her Bachelor of Business Administration in accounting and Master of Accountancy from Lipscomb University in 2020 and 2021, respectively. Prior to starting the Ph.D. program, she worked as an assurance associate at EY in Nashville. She has teaching experience as an adjunct instructor of financial accounting at Lipscomb University and is a licensed CPA in the state of Tennessee.
Lincoln Jones
Office: 614B
Phone: 865-974-2551
First Year
Fields of Interest: Audit and Assurance, Corporate Governance, Disclosure
Lincoln Jones is a Ph.D. student in the Department of Accounting and Information Management at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Haslam College of Business. His fields of interest include audits and assurance, corporate governance and disclosures. Prior to entering Haslam’s accounting Ph.D. program, Jones was a manager at KPMG in Nashville, where he led SOC 1 and SOC 2 attestation engagements for clients operating at a Fortune 100 scale. He is a licensed Certified Public Accountant in the state of Tennessee and Certified Information Systems Auditor.
Ruochen Liu
Office: 614B
Email: rliu36@vols.utk.edu
Phone: 865-974-2551
First Year
Fields of Interest: Tax, Financial Accounting
Ruochen Liu earned her Bachelor of Management in accounting Wuhan Textile University in 2019 and her and Master of Accountancy from Tulane University in 2022. Prior to beginning the Ph.D. program, she worked as an accountant in a science and technology company and later worked as a tax auditor in an accounting firm.
Yilin Liu
Office: 614B
Email: rliu36@vols.utk.edu
Phone: 865-974-2551
Second Year
Fields of Interest: Corporate Governance, ESG, Capital Markets, Information Environment, Disclosure
Yilin Liu earned his Bachelor of Business Administration in accounting from both Southwestern University of Finance and Economics in Chengdu, China, and CUNY Baruch College in New York in 2021. He further advanced his education by obtaining a Master of Science in Finance from Washington University in St. Louis in December 2022.
Yilin’s professional career includes experience in financial services and securities analysis. After completing his undergraduate studies, he worked as an analyst intern at Minsheng Securities and a bond issuance intern at Huaxi Securities. He later joined the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China as a junior manager in the financial services department, where he gained significant experience in financial management and capital markets.
Isaiah Messer
Office: 614B
Email: imesser@vols.utk.edu
Phone: 865-974-2551
Second Year
Fields of Interest: Accounting Information Systems, Audit, Corporate Governance
Isaiah Messer earned his Bachelor of Business Administration in accounting and management information systems, as well as his master’s degree in information systems, from Auburn University in 2022 and 2024, respectively. His professional background includes work in financial reporting, external auditing and data analytics. Messer worked in public accounting in assurance services following his undergraduate studies. Prior to joining the Ph.D. program, he worked as a business intelligence analyst at BMSS Advisors and CPAs, where his work revolved around financial systems and reporting metrics. Messer is a CPA in the state of South Carolina.
Adrien Roberto
Office: 614B
Email: arobe137@vols.utk.edu
Phone: 865-974-2551
Third year
Fields of interest: Internal Audit, External Audit, Financial Reporting, Corporate Governance
Adrien Roberto earned her Bachelor of Business Administration in accounting and management information systems, as well as her master’s degree in accounting with a business analytics certificate, from Ohio University in 2018 and 2023, respectively. Her professional career includes work in both external and internal audit. Following her undergraduate studies, she worked at PwC in their assurance practice in their Cleveland and Columbus, Ohio offices. Prior to joining UT’s Ph.D. program, she worked as a senior internal auditor at Vertiv (Columbus, Ohio). She is a certified public accountant in the state of Ohio.