Accounting & Information Management
Ph.D. Students in Residence
Deanie Chaudoin
Office: 614B
Email: [email protected]
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.
Drew Lamb
First year
Fields of Interests: Taxation, Banking, Corporate Governance
Drew Lamb is a Ph.D. student in the Department of Accounting and Information Management at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Haslam College of Business. He previously worked in EY’s Nashville office and at Avenue Bank. While in Nashville, he founded KLLW, LLP, an accounting firm serving small- to medium-sized businesses and nonprofit organizations. He also was an adjunct faculty member at Belmont University, where he taught accounting and entrepreneurship. Lamb earned a B.B.A. in entrepreneurship from Belmont University in 2014 and a Master of Accountancy from Vanderbilt University in 2017. He is also a CPA licensed in Tennessee.
Yilin Liu
Office: 614B
Email: [email protected]
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: [email protected]
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: [email protected]
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.
Ayushman Saha
First Year
Fields of Interest: Financial Accounting, Capital Markets, Disclosure
Ayushman Saha is a Ph.D. student in the Department of Accounting and Information Management at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Haslam College of Business. He earned his Bachelor of Management Studies in capital markets from the University of Mumbai and a M.S. in financial technology from Middlesex University London. Prior to joining the Ph.D. program, Saha worked as a proprietary options trader, where he developed and managed quantitative trading strategies across equity and commodity derivatives markets.