Rate My Professor Jon Pyzoha

Jon Pyzoha, CPA, is the Endres Associate Professor Fellow and Assistant Department Chair in the Department of Accountancy at Miami University's Farmer School of Business. He holds a Ph.D. in Accountancy from Virginia Tech (2013), a Master in Accountancy from Miami University (2005), and a B.S. in Accountancy from Miami University (2004). Prior to his academic career, Pyzoha served as a Senior Audit Associate at KPMG (2004-2009). He began his doctoral studies as a Graduate Assistant at Virginia Tech (2009-2013), then joined Case Western Reserve University as Assistant Professor (2013-2015). At Miami University, he started as Assistant Professor (2015), held the PricewaterhouseCoopers Endowed Assistant Professor position (2018-2021), was promoted to Associate Professor (2021), and became Assistant Department Chair (2024).

Pyzoha's research examines judgment and decision-making in accounting and auditing settings, with focuses on tone at the top, executive compensation clawbacks, cybersecurity, audit committees, auditor-client negotiations, and fair value measurements. His publications include "Reimagining Public Company Auditing Regulation: A Framework for Auditing Oversight" (Accounting Horizons, forthcoming 2026, with D. Barr-Pulliam et al.); "Audit Committee Governance Practices at Investment Companies: Do They Provide Substantive Oversight?" (Journal of Accounting and Public Policy, 2025, with J.G. Jenkins and M. Taylor); "How Do the Accounting Profession and Higher Education Currently Approach Ethics Training?" (Issues in Accounting Education, 2025, with T. Eaton et al.); "Can Auditors Pursue Firm-Level Goals Nonconsciously on Audits of Complex Estimates? An Examination of the Joint Effects of Tone at the Top and Management's Specialist" (The Accounting Review, 2020, with M.H. Taylor and Y. Wu); "The Influence of Perspective Taking Encouraged by the Audit Committee on Auditor and Client Judgments during Accounting Disputes" (Auditing: A Journal of Practice & Theory, 2020, with S. Bhattacharjee and K. Moreno); and "Why do Restatements Decrease in a Clawback Environment? An Investigation into Financial Reporting Executives's Decision-Making during the Restatement Process" (The Accounting Review, 2015). Pyzoha received the Farmer School of Business Faculty Award for Service Excellence (2025), Richard K. Smucker Teaching Excellence Award: Outstanding Junior Professor (2021), Miami University Student Recognition of Teaching Excellence Award (2020), Accounting Doctoral Scholarship from the AICPA Foundation (2009-2013), and CAQ/AAA Auditing Section Access to Audit Personnel Research Grant (2014). He was named Vice/Incoming Chair of the AAA Auditing Section Standards Committee.