Andrew Reffett

Associate Dean for Educational Excellence & Professor of Accountancy

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Academic Background

Ph.D. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2007
B.S. Purdue University, Accounting (with distinction), 1999

Academic & Professional Experience

Department of Accountancy Chair, Miami University (2018-present)
Acting Department of Accountancy Chair, Miami University (2017-2018)
Professor, Accountancy, Farmer School of Business, Miami University (2017-present)
Associate Professor, Accountancy, Farmer School of Business, Miami University. (2013-2017)
Assistant Professor, Accountancy, Farmer School of Business, Miami University. (2008-2013)
Instructor, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. (2003-2007)
Teaching Assistant, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.
Staff & Senior Auditor, Ernst & Young, LLP. (2000-2002)
Tax & Audit Intern, Ernst & Young, LLP. (1999)

Honors & Awards

Richard D. and Anne Marie Irwin Fellowship
The College of Business Outstanding Instructor Award for Teaching Assistants, 2005
Fred H. Figge Distinguished Teaching Assistant Award in Accountancy, 2005
Unofficial List of Teachers Rated as Excellent, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007.
University of Illinois Graduate School of Business Fellowship, 2002-2007

Professional Interests

Research: Judgment and decision making research in accounting, focusing on auditing and managerial settings. I am particularly interested in examining how the current audit litigation environment affects the audit process and how specific changes to current audit liability laws might affect the litigation environment and thus the audit process.
Teaching: Auditing, accounting control systems, assurance and attestation, intermediate financial accounting.

Areas of Expertise

Auditing
Audit litigation and the audit process

Biography

Andrew Reffett, Ph.D., joined the faculty at Miami in the Summer of 2008. Drew primarily teaches topics related to financial statement auditing, but has also taught intermediate financial accounting. Drew's research interest relate to factors that affect auditors' litigation and regulatory risk, and how those factors affect audit practice.

Drew currently serves as the chair of the Department of Accountancy.