Ben Commerford, Arthur Andersen Associate Professor of Accounting, received The Accounting Review (TAR) Outstanding Reviewer Award at the 2022 American Accounting Association (AAA) annual meeting.
Ben Commerford's paper, "Management’s Reporting Motives and the Leniency of Auditors’ Internal Control Evaluations: The Role of Organizational Identification and Auditor-type," has been accepted for publication in The Accounting Review. The paper is coauthored with
LEXINGTON, Ky. (June 22, 2022) — Six of the University of Kentucky's passionate and accomplished educators were surprised earlier this spring by student nominators and the UK Alumni Association as 2022 Great Teacher Award recipients. Olivia Davis, lecturer in the Gatton College of Business and Economics, is one of the distinguished Great Teacher Award recipients who strives to help her students discover their passions.
The Gatton College of Business and Economics is proud to announce the recipients at the annual Faculty Awards Day. This event recognizes those faculty who have received awards for outstanding teaching and research along with recognizing those faculty who have received university awards. (L-R) Jack Kirn, Mikhail Wolfson, Susan Zhu, Walter Ferrier and Dan Halgin
Congratulations to the 2022 KyCPA Educational Foundation Scholarship recipients. These students met academic criteria set forth by KyCPA’s Educational Foundation Board of Trustees, which awards the nonprofit organization’s scholarships annually. Scholarship recipients were recognized at the Spring Awards Banquet on April 29, 2022.
The University of Kentucky Nu Circle of Omicron Delta Kappa National Leadership Honor Society established the Maurice A. Clay Awards over 30 years ago to recognize an outstanding graduating senior in each academic college at the University of Kentucky. Winners are selected by the college’s dean or a dean’s representative, and are expected to be exceptional leaders who have provided service to their college while maintaining a strong academic record.
Assistant Professor, Tyler Kleppe's paper titled, "Client Consulting Opportunities and the Reemergence of Big 4 Consulting Practices: Implications for the Audit Market," was accepted for publication in The Accounting Review.
Congratulations to Dan Stone. His paper entitled, "Is Client-Specific Information Useful to Investors? Evidence from Key Audit Matter (KAM) Reports," with Dr. Yu-Tzu Chang (UK VASOA PhD graduate (2015), and Dr. Wuchun Chi has been accepted for publication in the Journal of Accounting, Auditing and Finance.
Congratulations to Monika Causholli, Brian Bratten, and recent Gatton Ph.D. graduate, Valbona Sulcaj. Their paper titled, "Overseeing the external audit function: Evidence from audit committees’ reported activities," has been accepted for publication in Auditing: A Journal of Practice and Theory.
For the first time, a University of Kentucky Ph.D. student has been awarded the $25,000 Deloitte Foundation Fellowship, an honor bestowed to only 10 future professors in the nation.
