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Melanie Millar

Contact Information

Email:  Melanie_Millar@baylor.edu
Mailing Address:  One Bear Place #98002
Waco, TX  76706
Office Location:  Paul L. Foster Campus for Business and Innovation 110.18

Educational Background

  • PHD - Accounting, Emory University
  • BBA - Accounting, Coll William And Mary

Work Experience

  • Assistant Professor, Baylor University (August 2016 - Present)
  • Teaching Assistant/Associate, Emory University (August 2012 - May 2015)
  • Senior Audit Associate, Johnson Lambert & Co. LLP (September 2005 - January 2010)

Awards and Honors

  • KPMG Summer Accounting Faculty Fellowship, KPMG (November 2018)
  • Rising Stars, Office of the Vice Provost for Research (October 2018)
  • Sheth Fellowship, Jagdish Sheth (2013)

Licensures and Certifications

  • Certified Public Accountant - NC, AICPA (2009 - 2020)
  • Certified Public Accountant - VA, AICPA (August 8, 2006 - Present)

Professional Memberships

  • American Accounting Association (2010 - Present)
  • Vice Chair, NCACPA Young CPA Cabinet (2009 - 2010)
  • North Carolina Association of Certified Public Accountants (2008 - 2010)
  • American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (2006 - Present)
  • Virginia Society for Certified Public Accountants (2006 - 2010)

Publications

Basic or Discovery Scholarship

"A Matter of Perspective: Mitigating The Outcome Effect in Auditor Performance Evaluations," Auditing: A Journal of Practice & Theory, Vol. 42, No. 4, (November 2023), pp. 1-22 (coauthors: Owen Brown).

Nickell, E., K. Brasel, and M. Millar. "The Danger of Assessing Management Attitudes: An Examination of the Dilution Effect in Auditors’ Fraud Risk Assessments." Journal of Forensic & Investigative Accounting, 14:3, 339-359.

Millar, M., R. M. White, and X. Zheng. Substance Abuse and Workplace Fraud: Evidence from Physicians. Journal of Business Ethics (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10551-022-05065-6

Douthit, J., Millar, M., & White, R. M. (2021). Horseshoes, hand grenades, and regulatory enforcement: Close experience with potential sanctions and fraud deterrence. Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, 166, 137-148.

Presentations and Proceedings

Basic or Discovery Scholarship

"A Matter of Perspective: Mitigating The Outcome Effect in Auditor Performance Evaluations," presented at the 2020 Auditing Section Midyear Conference, Houston, Texas, January 2020 (coauthors: Owen Brown).

"A Matter of Perspective: Mitigating Outcome Effects in Auditor Performance Evaluations," presented at the Accounting, Behavior and Organizations (ABO) Research Conference, Providence, Rhode Island, October 2019 (coauthors: Owen Brown).

"A Matter of Perspective: Mitigating Outcome Effects in Auditor Performance Evaluations," presented at the Texas Tech University Research Workshop, Lubbock, Texas, September 2019 (coauthors: Owen Brown).

"A Matter of Perspective: Mitigating Outcome Bias in Auditor Performance Evaluations," presented at the Arizona State University Research Workshop, Tempe, Arizona, July 2019 (coauthors: Owen Brown).
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