Stephen K. Asare

Stephen K. Asare

  • KPMG Professor
  • KPMG Professor in Accounting

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

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Courses taught

  • Advanced DBA Research (ACG7978)
  • DBA Doctoral Dissertation/Defense (ACG7985)
  • DBA Doctoral Dissertation/Defense (FIN7986)
  • Financial and Managerial Accounting (ACG5065)
  • Forensic Accounting (ACG6685)
  • Overview of Accounting Research (ACG7885)
  • Special Topics in Accounting (ACG6935)

Education

    • JD, Law (LL.B., J.D.)., University of Florida, 2005
    • Ph.D, Accounting., University of Arizona, 1987
    • MBA, Accounting., Baylor University, 1984
    • BS, Accounting., University of Ghana, 1981

Journal article publications

  • Decommissioning As A Constitutional Duty: Reconciling The Trust Doctrine With Petroleum Governance In Ghana.
    • Journal: Chicago-Kent Journal of Environmental and Energy Law
    • Status: Published
    • Date: 2026
    • Authors: Stephen K. Asare
  • Regulating The Gatekeepers: Constitutional Limits, Institutional Design, And The Crisis Of Legal Education In Ghana
    • Journal: Cornell International Law Journal
    • Status: Published
    • Date: 2026
    • Authors: Stephen K. Asare, Theophilus E. Coleman
  • Evidence On The Effects Of Network Status And Perspective‐Taking On Component Auditors' Decision Quality
    • Journal: International Journal of Auditing
    • Status: Published
    • Date: 2025
    • Authors: Stephen K. Asare, Herman Van Brenk, Barbara Majoor
  • Dual Allegiance, Dual Incentives, Disqualifications From Holding Public Office, And Abusive Judicial Review
    • Journal: African Journal of International and Comparative Law
    • Status: Published
    • Date: 2025
    • Authors: Stephen K. Asare
  • Evidence On The Homogeneity Of Personality Traits Within The Auditing Profession
    • Journal: Critical Perspectives on Accounting
    • Status: Published
    • Date: 2024
    • Authors: Herman Van Brenk, Kristina C. Demek, Stephen K. Asare, Herman Van Brenk, Kristina Demek
  • Evidence On The Homogeneity Of Personality Traits Within The Auditing Profession
    • Journal: Critical Perspectives on Accounting
    • Status: Published
    • Date: 2024
    • Authors: Stephen K. Asare, Herman Van Brenk, Kristina Colleen. Demek
  • The Joint Effect Of Ethical Idealism And Trait Skepticism On Auditors’ Fraud Detection
    • Journal: Journal of Business Ethics
    • Status: Published
    • Date: 2022
    • Authors: Inez G. F. Verwey, Stephen K. Asare