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Biography

Dr. DeZoort’s research and teaching interests include auditing, governance, ethics, and fraud risk management. Dr. DeZoort has received numerous research and teaching awards during his career, including the 2023 Best Research Paper Award from the American Accounting Association and the 2015 Global Educator of the Year Award from the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners. Dr. DeZoort has published 68 articles in many top journals including Accounting, Organizations and Society, Contemporary Accounting Research, Auditing: A Journal of Practice & Theory, Journal of Business Ethics, Journal of Accounting Literature, Journal of Accounting and Public Policy, and Behavioral Research in Accounting. He also has received numerous research grants from the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, Center for Audit Quality, KPMG, The Institute of Internal Auditors, and the Risk Management Association. Dr. DeZoort has served as a member of the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners’ Higher Education Committee, the AICPA’s Reliability Task Force, the Academy for Ethics in Financial Reporting’s Advisory Council, the Enterprise Risk Management Initiative Research Fellows, and the National Corporate Governance Center Academic Fellows, where he co-authored the Center’s 21st Century Governance and Financial Reporting Principles for U.S. Public Companies. Dr. DeZoort is a Certified Fraud Examiner and Certified Corporate Director.

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