Rate My Professor Denise Downey

Downey's research specializes in auditor judgment and decision making within auditing and assurance, with emphasis on group audits, multinational audits, offshoring, and geographically dispersed audit teams. Her scholarship appears in premier journals including The Accounting Review, Accounting, Organizations and Society, and Contemporary Accounting Research. Key publications include 'The Perspective of US Group Audit Leads' (Contemporary Accounting Research, 2021), 'PCAOB Form AP: Leveraging Information about Audit Participants' (Contemporary Issues in Auditing, 2019), and 'The Economics of U.S. Multinational Group Audits: Evidence from PCAOB Data' (The Accounting Review, forthcoming 2026). She ranks 26th internationally for audit research over the past six years according to BYU rankings and top 20 globally in qualitative and experimental audit research. An acclaimed educator, she teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in auditing, advanced auditing, financial accounting, and international accounting, integrating emerging technologies and global issues. Her teaching excellence is recognized by the Poets&Quants Top 50 Undergraduate Business Professors of 2025, American Accounting Association Innovation in Auditing and Assurance Education Awards (2019, 2024), Issues in Accounting Education Best Paper Award (2023), and AICPA Effective Learning Strategies Honorable Mention (2021). Downey serves on editorial review boards, external doctoral committees in the U.S. and Europe, and contributes to professional practice through firm and regulatory engagements.