Mary Kate Dodgson '08

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

• “The Effect of Negative Expectancy Violations and Relational Familiarity on Client Managers’ Negotiation Positions” with Christopher P. Agoglia and G. Bradley Bennett. The Accounting Review (forthcoming).
• “Knowledge Creation and Transfer in the Context of National Office Consultations: Experiences of Audit Firm Partners” with Sanaz Aghazadeh, Yoon Ju Kang, and Marietta Peytcheva. Auditing: A Journal of Practice & Theory (forthcoming).
• “Lessons Learned: Challenges When Conducting Interview-based Research in Auditing and Methods of Coping” with Andrew Trotman. Auditing, a Journal of Practice & Theory (2022).
• “Revealing Oz: Institutional Work Shaping Auditors’ National Office Consultations” with Sanaz Aghazadeh, Yoon Ju Kang, and Marietta Peytcheva. Contemporary Accounting Research (2021).
• “The Influence of ‘Relationship’ Partners on Client Managers’ Negotiation Positions” with Christopher P. Agoglia and G. Bradley Bennett. Accounting, Organizations and Society (2021).
• “Managing the Auditor-Client Relationship Through Audit Partner Rotations: The Experiences of Audit Firm Partners” with Christopher P. Agoglia, G. Bradley Bennett, and Jeffrey Cohen. The Accounting Review (2020).