F. Todd DeZoort

Specialty Areas:

Auditing, Corporate Governance, Ethics, Fraud Risk Management.

Education:

University of Georgia (B.B.A. and MAcc), The University of Alabama (Ph.D.).

Honors, Achievements and Affiliations:

Dr. DeZoort joined The University of Alabama accounting faculty in 2001. His teaching interests involve auditing, governance, ethics, fraud, and research methods at the undergraduate, masters, and doctoral levels. Dr. DeZoort has published over 40 articles, with many in top academic journals such as Accounting, Organizations and Society, Contemporary Accounting Research, Auditing: A Journal of Practice & Theory, 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, KPMG’s Audit Committee Institute, The Institute of Internal Auditors, and the Risk Management Association. Dr. DeZoort is currently a member of the AICPA’s Reliability Task Force, an Advisory Council Member at the Academy for Ethics in Financial Reporting, a Research Fellow at the Enterprise Risk Management Initiative, and at Academic Fellow at the National Corporate Governance Center, where he co-authored the Center’s 21^st Century Governance and Financial Reporting Principles for U.S. Public Companies. He also is a member of the American Accounting Association, American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, Association of Certified Fraud Examiners, The Institute of Internal Auditors, the National Association of Corporate Directors, and the Society for Judgment and Decision-Making.