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Mary Kate Dodgson '08
Associate Professor
Accounting
Mary Kate Dodgson, Ph. D. holds the Sue and Eugene Mercy, Jr. Professorship
Office: RBC 339
marykate.dodgson@lehigh.edu
Courses Taught
- Introduction to Financial Reporting
- Fundamentals of Auditing
Mary Kate Dodgson’s research focuses on auditor-client relationships and interactions using both qualitative and experimental research methods. She has published in The Accounting Review, Contemporary Accounting Research, Accounting, Organizations and Society, and Auditing: A Journal of Practice & Theory, and she has presented at many national and international conferences. Her research awards include the 2019 AAA Auditing Mid-Year Best Paper Award and the 2018 AAA Accounting Behavior and Organizations Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation Award.
She serves on the editorial boards of Contemporary Accounting Research and Auditing: A Journal of Practice & Theory (AJPT), and she was a recipient of the AJPT Service Award in 2020. She also regularly serves as an ad hoc reviewer for The Accounting Review and Accounting, Organizations and Society.
Her teaching interests are in auditing and financial accounting. She has professional experience working at PwC from 2008-2011 and in Corporate Finance at Tory Burch LLC from 2011-2012. She is a licensed CPA in the state of New York.
Education
- Lehigh University, B.S.
- University of Massachusetts Amherst, Ph.D.
Research Interests
- Qualitative research in auditing
- Judgment and decision-making in auditing
- Auditor-client interactions and relationships
- J. Buchanan, M. K. Dodgson, and D. Piercey. 2025. What are “Good” Values of r2 and q2? Guidance Based on Experimental Accounting Researchers’ Assessments of Fit. The Accounting Review, forthcoming.
Saiewitz, A., M. K. Dodgson, and M. Doxey. 2025. Examining the Impact of Audit Firms’ Use of Skepticism Feedback in Auditor Training. Accounting Horizons, forthcoming.
Dodgson, M. K., C. P. Agoglia, and G. B. Bennett. 2023. The Effect of Negative Expectancy Violations and Relational Familiarity on Client Managers’ Negotiation Positions. The Accounting Review 98 (6), 173-196.
S. Aghazadeh, M. K. Dodgson, M. Peytcheva, and Y. J. Kang. 2023. Knowledge Creation and Transfer in the Context of National Office Consultations: Experiences of Audit Firm Partners. Auditing: A Journal of Practice & Theory, 42 (3): 1-23.
Dodgson, M. K., and A. Trotman. 2022. Lessons Learned: Challenges When Conducting Interview-based Research in Auditing and Methods of Coping. Auditing, a Journal of Practice & Theory, 41 (1): 101-113.
Aghazadeh, S., M. K. Dodgson, Y. J. Kang, and M. Peytcheva. 2021. Revealing Oz: Institutional Work Shaping Auditors’ National Office Consultations. Contemporary Accounting Research, 38 (2): 974-1008.
Dodgson, M. K., C. P. Agoglia, and G. B. Bennett. 2021. The Influence of “Relationship” Partners on Client Managers’ Negotiation Positions. Accounting, Organizations and Society.
Dodgson, M. K., C. P. Agoglia, G. B. Bennett, and J. Cohen. 2020. Managing the Auditor-Client Relationship Through Audit Partner Rotations: The Experiences of Audit Firm Partners. The Accounting Review, 95 (2): 89-111.