Accounting & Information Management
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The Department of Accounting and Information Management produces top-tier research in the areas of audit, corporate governance, financial reporting, information management and taxation.
We host speakers including SEC commissioners, PCAOB board members, institutional investors, public company board members and executives, and leaders from public accounting firms.
Lauren Cunningham
A study, by Lauren M. Cunningham of the University of Tennessee Knoxville, found that audit firms are rarely rejected when auditor ratification ballets are included in proxy materials sent annually to shareholders.
Proxy advisors seen adding little value in vetting audit firms
Accounting Today
Randy Bradley
"We should not think about automation first. We should think of process engineering and process design."
To implement new technology, think big but start small
Supply Chain Dive
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Accounting & Information Management
Faculty Research: Lauren Cunningham
Lauren Cunningham, assistant professor of Accounting and Information Management, is researching the effect on audit quality of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board’s decision to begin requiring audit partners be named publically.
Our Faculty
The Department of Accounting and Information Management faculty produces top-tier research in the areas of audit, corporate governance, financial reporting, information management and taxation.
Emeritus Dean and Professor Recognized with Highest Accounting Educator Honor
Jan R. Williams to receive the Outstanding Educator Award from the American Accounting Association