Urton Anderson retired as EY Professor at the Von Allmen School of Accountancy at the University of Kentucky in June 2022. He served as the School’s Director from 2013 to June 2021. Prior to joining the Von Allmen School, he was a member of the accounting faculty at the McCombs School of Business at the University of Texas at Austin, where over his 29 years on the faculty he has served as Department Chair and Associate Dean for Undergraduate Programs. His research has addressed various issues in internal and external auditing and organizational governance – particularly compliance, enterprise risk management and internal control. In addition to numerous articles, he has written seven books, several of which have been translated into French, Spanish, Chinese, and Japanese.
Professor Anderson has been involved in the Auditing Section of the American Accounting Association throughout his career. He has served President of the Section (2009-2010). In January of 2023 he received the Audit Sections 2022 Outstanding Auditing Educator Award. Urton Anderson is active in the Institute of Internal Auditors (IIA). He has been Chair of the Institute’s Board of Regents (2003-2007), Chair of the Internal Auditing Standards Board (2002-2003 and 2007-2010) and Chair of the IIA’s Committee of Research and Education (2011-2015). In 1997 he was named Leon R. Radde Educator of the Year Award by the IIA. In 2006, the IIA recognized his outstanding contributions to the field of internal auditing by giving him The Bradford Cadmus Memorial Award. In March 2016 Urton was one of four internal audit leaders from business, government, and academia to make up the 2016 class of the American Hall of Distinguished Audit Practitioners. The honor, established in 2011, annually recognizes individuals who contributed significantly to the profession throughout their careers. Urton has serves on the Board of Directors for the Society of Corporate Compliance and Ethics/Health Care Compliance Association (2012 -2019) and served as its President form 2016-2017. From 2011-2012 Urton was as an Academic Fellow in the Office of the Chief Accountant of the U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
