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Ph.D. in Business Administration - Accounting

• William Ciconte

  4th Year Student
  338 Gerson Hall
  352.273.0225
  Email (william.ciconte at warrington.ufl.edu)

  Bio

  Will obtained a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration and a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science with a concentration in Public Law from the University of Delaware. He received a Masters of Accounting from Villanova University. Prior to entering the doctoral program at the University of Florida, Will spent five years working in public accounting during which time he obtained his CPA. His research interests include tax reporting behavior of firms, audit quality, and auditor independence.
• Matthew Driskill

  3rd Year Student
  329 Gerson Hall
  352.273.0227
  Email (matthew.driskill at warrington.ufl.edu)

  Bio

  Matt grew up in New Orleans before attending the University of Texas at Austin and then New York University. He received his MBA in Finance from Baruch College (CUNY) in New York, where he discovered an interest in financial accounting. He spent the next year working at a proprietary trading firm, before deciding to pursue a PhD in Accounting from the University of Florida.
• Patrick Kielty

  1st Year Student
  329 Gerson Hall
  352.273.0227
  Email (patrick.kielty at warrington.ufl.edu)

  Bio

  Patrick attended the University of Massachusetts, Amherst where he was a double major in Biochemistry and Economics. After graduation, he worked as an AmeriCorps member in Little Rock, Arkansas. He then attended The Fuqua School of Business at Duke University where he obtained a master’s of management degree. After graduating from Duke, Patrick worked as a research assistant to the accounting department at Fuqua. His research interests include financial statement analysis and financial reporting.
• Andrew Kitto

  2nd Year Student
  334 Gerson Hall
  352.273.0228
  Email (andrew.kitto at warrington.ufl.edu)

  Bio

  Andrew received a Bachelor of Science in management and Master’s degree in accounting from Boston College. After graduating, he joined Ernst & Young LLP in their Boston office. Following his time in public accounting he worked for Detwiler Fenton & Co., a broker-dealer providing channel research to institutional investors. Andrew is a Certified Public Accountant in the state of Massachusetts. His broad research interests include financial analysts and the information that drives capital markets. In his free time Andrew enjoys traveling and exploring the world.
• Andy Liu

  2nd Year Student
  334 Gerson Hall
  352.273.0228
  Email (andy.liu at warrington.ufl.edu)

  Bio

  Andy Liu studied electronic engineering as his undergraduate major at Shanghai Jiao Tong University in China. After graduation, he obtained a master’s degree of economics and accounting in the United States. His life experience and exposure to capital market lead him to the academia of accounting. Andy’s current research interests include financial accounting and reporting, and the interrelated areas in archival accounting research, such as capital market efficiency, corporate finance, and information disclosure.
• Han Stice

  1st Year Student
  329 Gerson Hall
  352.273.0227
  Email (han.stice at warrington.ufl.edu)

  Bio

  Han obtained a Bachelors and Masters in Accounting at Brigham Young University. He is interested in Capital Markets research.
• Eddie Thomas

  2nd Year Student
  334 Gerson Hall
  352.273.0228
  Email (edward.thomas at warrington.ufl.edu)

  Bio

  Eddie has a bachelor's degree from Claremont McKenna College and a master's of accountancy degree from Georgia College & State University. Before entering the PhD program at the University of Florida, he worked as an auditor for Butler, Williams & Wyche, LLP in Macon, Georgia. Eddie is a Certified Public Accountant and is a member of the Georgia Society of CPAs. His research interests include auditing and professional ethics.
• Angie Wang

  2nd Year Student
  334 Gerson Hall
  352.273.0228
  Email (angie.wang at warrington.ufl.edu)

  Bio

  Angie received a Bachelor of Business Administration degree with double concentrations in Accounting (CPA track) and Finance from Goizueta Business School of Emory University in 2012. She also completed a major in Applied Mathematics and a minor in Japanese language in Emory. Angie’s research interests include capital markets, corporate disclosure incentives, and international accounting.
• Devin Williams

  3rd Year Student
  329 Gerson Hall
  352.273.0227
  Email (devin.williams at warrington.ufl.edu)

  Bio

  Devin received a bachelor's degree and a master's degree in accounting from Brigham Young University. He then went to work for Deloitte & Touche LLP in their Dallas, Texas office. Devin is a certified public accountant in the state of Texas and is also a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the Texas Society of CPAs. Devin's research interests include auditing, the demand for audit services, auditor specialization, and auditor competition.
• Ying Zhou

  5th Year Student
  338 Gerson Hall
  352.273.0225
  Email (yzhou at ufl.edu)

  Bio

  Ying joined the Accounting PhD program in the fall of 2009. She received her Bachelor of Science from Fudan University in China in 2007, and earned her master's degree in Electrical Engineering and master's degree in Management from UF in 2009. Her research interests include capital markets research in accounting, managerial and cost accounting, and comparative international accounting. She enjoys reading, hiking and spending time with her family and friends.