PhD Student Profiles

Bradley Bennett

gbbennett@cba.ua.edu

Bradley earned his BBA (major: accounting) and MAcc degrees from Millsaps College.  He began his professional career as an auditor at KPMG, and holds a current CPA license in Mississippi.  He is in his fourth year of the PhD program, focusing his research efforts on auditor behavior and decision making.  He has taught senior-level auditing classes at both Millsaps College and the University of Alabama.

Kelsey Brasel

329 Bidgood Hall

krbrasel@crimson.ua.edu or krbrasel@cba.ua.edu

Kelsey Brasel is a third year PhD student focusing on audit behavioral research, specifically auditor judgment and decision making.  Kelsey currently teaches AC 210 – Introduction to Accounting.  Kelsey earned undergraduate degrees in Management and Accounting from Iowa State University and a master’s degree in Professional Accounting from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.  Prior to entering the doctoral program, Kelsey was employed at Ernst & Young in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.  Kelsey is a CPA in the state of Wisconsin. Kelsey Brasel

Steve Davenport

329 Bidgood Hall

sadavenport@cba.ua.edu

Steve Davenport is a 4th year PhD student with an interest in archival tax research.  He has taught AC 371-Intro to Taxation and AC 361-Cost Accounting at the University of Alabama.  Before returning to academics, Steve was a Tax Supervisor at Joseph Decosimo in Chattanooga, and Asst. Director of Business Operations at Georgia Tech Athletic Association in Atlanta.  He is a licensed CPA (North Carolina) and attended NC State (MAC) and Covenant College (BA).

Steve Davenport