22 faculty and 0 courses in Accounting at University of Kentucky.
- Hong Xie, Wilbur E. Chellgren Professorship in Accounting h-index 20
Notable: “The Mispricing of Abnormal Accruals” (2001) · 1,194 citations
- Monika Causholli, Von Allmen Endowed Chair in Accountancy, Director of Graduate Studies h-index 18
Auditing, corporate governance, financial reporting, and regulation. Her research has been presented in multiple national and international conferences. Monika’s research is published in top accounting journals including The Account
Notable: “Audit Firm Tenure, Non‐Audit Services, and Internal Assessments of Audit Quality” (2015) · 285 citations
- Jeff Payne, KPMG Professorship Endowment h-index 17
Es on financial accounting and auditing topics, including earnings management, forecasting by analysts, and the auditing market. He currently teaches three graduate courses in accounting, Fraud examination, IT Auditing, and Advanced Auditin
Notable: “Additional Evidence on Audit Report Lag” (2001) · 507 citations
- Brian Bratten, Carol Martin Gatton Chair in Accountancy and Director of the Graduate Certificate in Taxation h-index 15
Es on financial accounting and auditing topics, including analysts' forecasts, earnings management, executive compensation, fair value accounting, fundamental analysis, and the information content of GAAP and non-GAAP disclosures. He is the
Notable: “The Audit of Fair Values and Other Estimates: The Effects of Underlying Environmental, Task, and Auditor-Specific Factors” (2012) · 202 citations
- Stephen Lusch, Deloitte-Touche Professorship of Accountancy h-index 9
Notable: “Does Tax Risk Affect Investor Valuation of Tax Avoidance?” (2017) · 227 citations
- Tyler Kleppe, Ashland Oil Research Fellow, Ernst and Young Professorship of Accounting h-index 6
Accounting and auditing regulation, audit market structure, and corporate governance. His research has been published in premier accounting journals, including Journal of Accounting Research , The Accounting Review , Contemporary Ac
Notable: “Did the Siebel Systems Case Limit the SEC's Ability to Enforce Regulation Fair Disclosure?” (2022) · 23 citations
- Patricia Naranjo, Assistant Professor h-index 3
Notable: “Information Asymmetry and Financing Decisions Around the World” (2012) · 15 citations
- Aaron Roeschley, Assistant Professor h-index 1
Es on the impact of regulation and standard-setting on financial market participants, with a particular focus on changes in managers' decisions and investors' reactions to earnings information. Selected Publications P. Hribar, R. Mergenthal
Notable: “Do Managers Issue More Voluntary Disclosure When GAAP Limits Their Reporting Discretion in Financial Statements?” (2021) · 52 citations
- Darcia Fischer, Assistant Professor h-index 1
Notable: “Customer Tax Uncertainty and Supplier Investment” (2024) · 1 citations
- Alex Johanns, Assistant Professor
- Ben Commerford, Arthur Andersen Professorship in Accountancy
Judgment and decision-making in auditing and financial reporting, primarily focusing on issues related to earnings management, professional skepticism, evidence collection, and audit technologies. His research has been presented nat
- Cynthia Miller, Senior Lecturer
- Duke Ferguson, Assistant Professor
Taxation, specifically the communication between taxpayers, tax authority and third parties. Some of his research uses the unique setting of the thoroughbred racing industry to examine income underreporting and the relationship between t
- Hassan Niazi, Lecturer
- Huayu (Jade) Chen, Assistant Professor in Accounting
Human capital in auditing, the audit labor market and accounting and auditing regulation. Her work has been published in the Journal of Accounting Research and AUDITING: A Journal of Practice & Theory . Before entering academia
- Jennifer Siebenthaler, Director of the MSACC & MAA Program, Senior Lecturer
- John Smigla, Senior Lecturer
- Maia Kelton, Temporary Lecturer
- Olivia Davis, Associate Director and Assistant Clinical Professor
- Raymond Burgess, Senior Lecturer
- Samuel Zaruba, Lecturer, Business Analytics
- Thomas Lewis, Senior Lecturer
Roster/catalog compiled from the college’s public directory. Faculty counts are directory headcounts; the named list may be a subset. h-index shown only for ORCID-backed or high-confidence OpenAlex matches. Data as of 2026-07-02.