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Emily Deng

Assistant Professor - Accounting and Business Law

Contact Information

Email:	Emily_Hornok@baylor.edu
Mailing Address:	One Bear Place #98002 Waco, TX  76706
Office Location:	Paul L. Foster Campus for Business and Innovation Accounting and Busin.110.12

Educational Background

• PHD, University Of Mississippi
• MASTER - Accounting, University Of Arkansas Fayetteville
• BA - Accounting, John Brown University

Work Experience

• Assistant Professor - Accounting, Baylor University (August 2019 - Present)
• Graduate Instructor and Research Assistant, University of Mississippi (August 2014 - May 2018)
• Adjunct Instructor, John Brown University (March 2014 - August 2016)
• Audit Senior, Rasco Winter Abston Moore & Assoc., LLP (July 2012 - July 2014)
• Staff Auditor, Rasco Winter Abston Moore & Assoc., LLP (September 2010 - July 2012)
• Audit Intern, Rasco Winter Abston Moore & Assoc., LLP (January 2009 - July 2009)

Awards and Honors

• Research Leave - Fall 2022, Baylor University (2022)
• 2021 Accounting Historians Journal Award of Excellence, AAA Accounting Historians Section (July 30, 2021)
• Graduate School Dissertation Fellowship Spring 2019, University of Mississippi (January 2019)
• Graduate School Dissertation Fellowship Fall 2018, University of Mississippi (August 2018)
• 2016 Three Minute Thesis (3MT) Competition Finalist, University of Mississippi (November 2016)
• Graduate Achievement Award, University of Mississippi Patterson School of Accountancy (April 2016)
• Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society (April 2016)
• Graduate Student Council Research Grant, University of Mississippi (2016)

Licensures and Certifications

• Certified Public Accountant (AR), Arkansas State Board of Public Accountancy (April 2011 - Present)

Professional Memberships

• American Accounting Association - ABO Section (April 2016 - Present)
• American Accounting Association - Auditing Section (April 2016 - Present)
• American Accounting Association (February 2015 - Present)
• American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (2011 - 2015)
• Arkansas State Society of Certified Public Accountants (2011 - 2015)

Publications

Basic or Discovery Scholarship

"The Ties that Bind: A Systematic Review of Behavioral Research on Social Bonds and Social Ties in Accounting," Behavioral Research in Accounting, (June 2024) (coauthors: Owen Brown).

Presentations and Proceedings

Basic or Discovery Scholarship

"The Effect of Auditors’ Informal Communication in The Audit Environment on Manager Honesty and Auditor Assessments of that Honesty"
presented at:
- Accepted paper; 2022 Hawaii Accounting Research Conference; Hybrid; January 4, 2022.
- Accepted paper; AAA Annual Meeting; San Francisco, California; August 12, 2019.
- Dissertation defense; University of Mississippi; Oxford, Mississippi; February 1, 2019 (successfully defended)
- Accepted paper; AAA Auditing Section Mid-Year
Meeting; Nashville, Tennessee; January 18, 2019.
- Three Minute Thesis (3MT) Competition, University of Mississippi; Oxford, Mississippi; October 23, 2018.
- Invited presentation; Ball State University; Muncie, Indiana; October 10, 2018.
- Invited presentation; Carolina University; Greenville, North Carolina; October 2, 2018.
- Invited presentation; Baylor University; Waco, Texas; September 28, 2018.
- Dissertation proposal; East University of Mississippi; Oxford, Mississippi; March 9, 2018. (successfully defended)
- Invited presentation; East Carolina University Accounting Research Roundtable Gathering; Greenville, North Carolina; February 9, 2018.
- Small Group Presentation; Deloitte Doctoral Consortium; Westlake, Texas; June 2017.

"How do relative performance evaluation and auditors' social bonds influence auditors' peer-to-peer knowledge sharing?" (with Kendall Bowlin, Margaret Christ, and Christy Nielson)
presented at:
- Accepted paper; 2022 ABO Research Conference; Phoenix, AZ ; October 14, 2022
- Accepted paper; 2022 AAA Annual Meeting; San Diego, California; August 1, 2022
- Accepted paper; 2022 International Symposium on Audit Research; June 1, 2022
- Invited workshop; University of Nebraska; Lincoln, Nebraska; April 22, 2022 (presented by coauthor)
- Brown Bag; Baylor University Accounting & Business Law Department; February 25, 2022
- Brief Business Brainstorms for Breakfast; Baylor University Hankamer School of Business; February 25, 2022
- Invited workshop; University of Mississippi; Oxford, Mississippi; December 3, 2021

"The Effects of Auditor Tenure and Predictability of the Client's Information Environment on Auditor Estimates" (with John Bentley, Kendall O. Bowlin, and Jeremy B. Griffin)
presented at:
- Accepted paper; 2021 ABO Research Conference; San Antonio, Texas; October 9, 2021.
- Brown Bag paper; Accounting and Business Law Department, Baylor University; Waco, Texas; March 19, 2021
- Accepted paper; 2020 Auditing Section Midyear Meeting; Houston, Texas; January 17, 2020.
- Accepted paper; AAA Annual Meeting; San Diego, California; August 8, 2017.
- Graduate Student Council 7^th Annual Research Symposium, University of Mississippi; Oxford, Mississippi; March 2, 2017.
- Workshop paper; University of Mississippi; Oxford, Mississippi; November 4, 2016.
- Three Minute Thesis (3MT) Competition, University of Mississippi; Oxford, Mississippi; November 3, 2016.