Warren R Knechel

Warren R Knechel

Frederick E. Fisher Eminent Scholar Chair
Distinguished Professor and Frederick E. Fisher Eminent Scholar
Director, International Accounting and Auditing Center

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Contact details

University of Florida
Warrington College of Business
Fisher School of Accounting
Gerson Hall 227A

Education All years

  • PhD, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1981
  • BS - Accounting, University of Delaware, 1977

Courses taught Last 3 years

  • Adv Accounting Research Topics (ACG6935)
  • Finan/Manag Accountng (ACG5065)
  • International Audit (ACG6691)

PhD students advised Last 3 years

  • Blake Canziani — 2023 — 2024
  • Mark Zakota — 2021 — 2024
  • Mark West — 2021 — 2022
  • Melonie Hall — 2020 — 2022
  • Nicholas J Cicone — 2019 — 2022
  • Zhenhao Piao — 2020 — 2022

Professional service Last 5 years

  • Board of Directors, Foundation for Audit Research (Netherlands) — 2015 to Present
  • Chairperson, Limperg Doctoral Colloquium in Auditing — 2006 to Present
  • Committee Member, European Audit Research Network (EARNet) Doctoral Consortium — 2010 to Present
  • Editor, Accountability and Sustainability — 2021 to Present
  • Other, Auditing: A Journal of Practice & Theory — 2020 to 2023
  • Other, The Accounting Review — 2020 to 2023
  • Editorial Review Board Member, Contemporary Accounting Research — 2010 to 2022
  • Chairperson, PCAOB Annual Conference — 2019 to 2020
  • Editor, The Accounting Review — 2017 to 2020
  • Book/Textbook Reviewer/Referee, JAR/PCAOB Conference — 2014 to 2019

Journal article publications Last 5 years

Magazine/trade publication publications Last 5 years

  • Do Audit Inspections Improve Audit Quality
    Status: Published
    Published Year: 2021
    Authors: W. Knechel, Amir Ghandar