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Roy Schmardebeck

Roy Schmardebeck

Associate Professor, Haslam Family Faculty Research Fellow, Martin Lee & Carol Fri Robinson Faculty Fellow

Location Room - 624, Haslam Business Building , United States

Department:

Accounting & Information Management

Center:

Neel Corporate Governance Center

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Biography

Roy Schmardebeck is an Associate Professor, Haslam Family Faculty Research Fellow and Martin Lee & Carol Fri Robinson Faculty Fellow. He joined UT’s Department of Accounting and Information Management after being an assistant professor and the CBIZ MHM Faculty Scholar at the University of Missouri. He earned his Ph.D. in accounting from the University of Arkansas and holds Bachelor of Science and Master of Accountancy degrees from Brigham Young University. Prior to obtaining his Ph.D., Roy worked for Ernst & Young in Salt Lake City where he audited financial services companies. He is a licensed Certified Public Accountant in the state of Utah. Roy’s research examines the impact of corporate governance and managerial discretion on financial reporting and corporate disclosure. His research has been published in The Accounting Review and Contemporary Accounting Research. At UT, he teaches intermediate financial accounting to undergraduate students and a programming seminar to doctoral students.

Expertise:

Audit & Risk Management, Board of Directors, Corporate Governance, Financial Reporting, Regulatory Oversight

Education:

2015 University of Arkansas, Ph.D., Business Administration

2009 Brigham Young University, M.Acc.,

2009 Brigham Young University, B.S., Accounting

Awards/Honors
  • “Most Motivational” professor by the University of Missouri MAcc class of 2018
  • 2014 AAA/Deloitte/J. Michael Cook Doctoral Consortium Fellow
  • Distinguished Doctoral Fellowship Recipient, University of Arkansas