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The college is one of a select few schools of business in the world to achieve dual-accreditation from the AACSB—both for the college and in the specialized area of accounting. |
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William F. Messier, Jr. DBAKenneth and Tracy Knauss Endowed Chair in Acctg. |
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 Professor Messier also holds the PricewaterhouseCoopers Professor II at the Department of Accounting, Auditing and Law at the Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration. Professor Messier received a B.B.A. from Siena College, an M.S. from Clarkson University, and an M.B.A. and D.B.A. from Indiana University. He is a CPA in Florida and has held faculty positions at the University of Florida (Price Waterhouse Professor) and Georgia State University (Deloitte & Touche Professor). Professor Messier was a visiting faculty member at SDA Bocconi in Milan and the University of Michigan.
Professor Messier served as the Academic Member of the AICPAs Auditing Standards Board and as Chair of the AICPAs International Auditing Standards Subcommittee. He is a Past-Editor of Auditing: A Journal of Practice & Theory and formerly President of the Auditing Section of the American Accounting Association. Professor Messier was one of the authors of A Framework for Evaluating Control Exceptions and Deficiencies, the framework used by registered companies to evaluate control deficiencies under Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act.
Professor Messier was the recipient of the AAA Auditing Section's 2009 Outstanding Auditing Educator Award and the 2008 Distinguished Service in Auditing Award. He is the lead author on Auditing and Assurance Services: An Integrated Approach (6th edition) and he has authored or coauthored over 50 articles in accounting, decision science, and computer science journals.
Professor Messier's consulting activities include audit litigation support and continuing professional education.
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Selected Research |
- VANDERVELTE, S. D., R. M. TUBBS, A. SCHPANSKI, AND W. F. MESSIER, JR. "Experimental Tests of a Descriptive Theory of Combined Auditee Risk Assessment" Auditing: A Journal of Practice & Theory (forthcoming)
- MESSIER, W. F., JR., V. OWHOSO AND C. RAKOVSKI. "Can audit partners predict subordinates ability to detect errors" Journal of Accounting Research (December 2008): 1241-1264.
- GLOVER, S. M., D. F. PRAWITT, J. T. LILJEGREN, AND W. F. MESSIER, JR. "Component materiality for group audits" Journal of Accountancy (December 2008): 42-46.
- MESSIER, WILLIAM F. JR., EPPS, KATHRYN K. "Engagement Quality Reviews: A Comparison of Audit Firm Practices" Auditing: A Journal of Practice & Theory, Vol. 26, No.2, November 2007, pp. 167-181
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College of Business
Department of Accounting
4505 Maryland Parkway Box 456003
Las Vegas, NV 89154-6003
Phone: (702) 895-1576
Fax: (702) 895-4306
Email: bill.messier@unlv.edu
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