Emily Griffith
Assistant Professor
Department of Buisness Studies
University of Wisconsin-Madison
United States of America
Biography
Emily Griffith received her Ph.D. from the University of Georgia in May of 2014. She is a CPA with three years of public accounting experience and a member of the first-ever class in the AICPA Accounting Doctoral Scholars Program. Griffith’s research interests include auditor judgments about non-verifiable information. Her most recent work has involved examining factors that help auditors compile information from multiple sources to find problems within estimates. She has appeared as a presenter at both the AAA Auditing Section and the ABO Section mid-year meetings and has published research in Contemporary Accounting Research, Journal of Accounting Research, and Auditing: A Journal of Practice & Theory.
Research Interest
auditor judgments about non-verifiable information.
Publications
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Griffith, E. & Hammersley, J. & Kadous, K. & Young, D. (2015). Auditor Mindsets and Audits of Complex Estimates. Journal of Accounting Research (53), 49-77.
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Griffith, E. & Hammersley, J. & Kadous, K. (2015). Audits of Complex Estimates as Verification of Management Numbers: How Institutional Pressure Shape Practice. Contemporary Accounting Research (32), 833-863.
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Griffith, E. & Kadous, K. & Young, D. (2016). How Insights from the “New†JDM Research Can Improve Auditor Judgment: Fundamental Research Questions and Methodological Advice. Auditing: A Journal of Practice & Theory (35), 1-22.
