Stephen K. Asare

Stephen K. Asare

  • Full Professor

Location

  • Warrington College of Business
  • Fisher School of Accounting
  • Gerson Hall 319
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Professor Asare teaches attestation and financial reporting in the undergraduate and graduate curriculum. His research focuses on improving auditors’ diagnostic reasoning and detecting white collar crime.

Editorial Boards: Co-Editor Journal of Accounting Literature, 1998 – Present; Editorial Review and Advisory Board, The Accounting Review, 1994 – 1997; Auditing: A Journal of Practice and Theory, 1996 – present.

Honors and Grants: J. Michael Cook Award for Teaching Innovation and Excellence, 2003; University of Florida FSOA Undergraduate Teacher of the Year, 1999; J. Michael Cook Award for Teaching Innovation and Excellence, 1997; KMPG Peat Marwick Faculty Fellow, 1994 – 1997; University of Florida College of Business Undergraduate Teacher of the Year, 1993; KMPG Peat Marwick Research Fellow, 1992 – 1994; KMPG Peat Marwick Research Opportunities in Auditing Grant, 1990 and 1991; AICPA Dissertation Grant, 1988.

Expertise and interest areas

  • Attestation
  • Corporate Governance
  • Financial Reporting
  • Law

News

Courses taught

  • Advanced DBA Research (ACG7978)
  • Financial and Managerial Accounting (ACG5065)
  • Forensic Accounting (ACG6685)
  • Overview of Accounting Research (ACG7885)
  • Special Topics in Accounting (ACG6935)

Education

  • JD, (Cum Laude) University of Florida, 2006
  • PhD, University of Arizona, 1988
  • MBA, Baylor University, 1985
  • BSc, (First Class Honors) University of Ghana, 1982

PhD students advised

  • Andrew Kitto — 2016 — Current
  • Devin Williams — 2016 — Current
  • Edward Thomas — 2016 — Current
  • Eunyoung Song — 2017 — Current
  • PATRICK KIELTY — 2018 — Current
  • Yifan Song — 2017 — Current
  • David Weber — 2022 — 2023

Book chapter publications

  • Analytical Procedures
    • Status: Conditional Acceptance
    • Accepted Year: 2025
    • Authors: Stephen Asare, Justin Lieby

Journal article publications

  • Evidence on the Effects of Network Status and Perspective-Taking on Component Auditors' Decision Quality
    • Status: Conditional Acceptance
    • Journal: International Journal of Accounting
    • Accepted Year: 2025
    • Authors: Stephen Asare, Herman Brenk, Barbara Majoor
  • Dual Allegiance, Dual Incentives, Disqualifications from Holding Public Office, and Abusive Judicial Review
    • Status: Accepted
    • Journal: African Journal of International and Comparative Law
    • Published Year: 2025
    • Author: Stephen Asare
  • Evidence on the homogeneity of personality traits within the auditing profession
    • Status: Accepted
    • Journal: Critical Perspectives on Accounting
    • Accepted Year: 2023
    • Authors: Stephen Asare, Herman van Brenk, Kristina Demek
  • Matters Arising Out of the Abdulai Court: Presiding Members Can Wear Two Hats
    • Status: Accepted
    • Journal: University of Ghana Law Journal
    • Accepted Year: 2022
    • Authors: Stephen Asare, Thaddeus Sory
  • The Joint Effect of Ethical Idealism and Trait Skepticism on Auditors' Fraud detection
    • Status: Published
    • Journal: Journal of Business Ethics
    • Published Year: 2021
    • Authors: Stephen Asare, Inez Verwey
  • Ghana’s New Region Creation Doctrine: The Jurisprudence of No Jurisdiction and the Faux Economics of Balkanization
    • Status: Published
    • Journal: African Journal of International and Comparative Law
    • Published Year: 2020
    • Author: Stephen Asare
  • Dismantling the Retirement Age Architecture: A Case Note on Dr. Ayine v Attorney-General
    • Status: Published
    • Journal: University of Ghana Law Journal
    • Published Year: 2020
    • Author: Stephen Asare