Kerri-Ann Sanderson

Kerri-Ann Sanderson, Phd, CPA is an associate professor in the Department of Accounting at Bentley University. She is a former Big4 auditor and is a certified public accountant (CPA) with over 10 years of experience in public accounting, internal auditing and corporate budgeting with Fortune 500 companies. Her research focus is in experimental-behavioral auditing topics specifically in the areas of auditor judgment and decision making, and audit analytics. Kerri-Ann's research is published in leading journals such as Contemporary Accounting Research, Auditing: A Journal of Practice and Theory, Behavioral Research in Accounting, and Journal of Information Systems. She serves on the editorial boards of Auditing: A Journal of Practice and Theory, Accounting Horizons, Current Issues in Auditing, and Journal of Information Systems. Her teaching interest is in accounting information systems. She is an AICPA Doctoral Fellow and a KPMG Foundation PhD Project Doctoral Fellow.

Education

• Ph.D. Georgia State University
• Master of Professional Accounting University of Texas at Austin
• Bachelor of Science Barry Univeristy

Awards and Honors

• 2022, Auditing Section 2022 Mid-Year Meeting Best Behavioral Paper, American Accounting Association
• 2019, Outstanding Scholarly Contribution, Bentley University
• 2017, Faculty Affairs Committee, Bentley University
• 2016, Faculty Affairs Committee, Bentley University
• 2015, Faculty Affairs Committee, Bentley University

Publications

Journal Articles

• Sanderson, K., Christensen, T., Rose, A., Rose, J. (2022). Effects of data visualizations on jurors’ judgments. Behavioral Research in Accounting, (34) 1 23-41.
• Sanderson, K., Thibodeau, J. C., Rose, A., Rose, J., Rotaru, K. (2022). Effects of Uncertainty Visualization on Attention, Arousal and Auditor Judgment. Behavioral Research in Accounting, (34) 1 113-139.
• Sanderson, K., Thibodeau, J. C., Rose, A., Rose, J., Rotaru, K. (2022). Effects of Data Visualization Choices on Psychophysiological Responses, Judgment and Audit Quality. Journal of Information Systems, (36) 1 53-79.
• Barr-Pulliam, D., Brown, H., Sanderson, K. (2022). The effects of the internal control opinion and use of audit data analytics on perceptions of audit quality, assurance, and auditor negligence. Auditing: A Journal of Practice and Theory, (41) 1 25-48.
• Joe, J., Luippold, B., Sanderson, K. (2022). Does susceptibility to the numerosity heuristic impact juror assessments of auditors’ liability?. Contemporary Accounting Research, (39) 1 87-116.
• Sanderson, K., Rose, A., Rose, J., Thibodeau, J. C. (2017). When should audit firms introduce analyses of Big Data into the audit process?. Journal of Information Systems, (Volume 31) 3 81-99.
• Earley, C., Hooks, K., Joe, J., Polinski, P., Rezaee, Z., Roush, P., Sanderson, K., Wu, Y. (2017). The Auditing Standards Committee of the Auditing Section of the American Accounting Association’s Response to the International Auditing and Assurance Standard’s Board’s Invitation to Comment: Enhancing Audit Quality in the Public Interest. Current Issues in Auditing, (11) 1 C1-C25.
• Joe, J., Janvrin, D., Barr-Pulliam, D., Mason, S., Pitman, M., Sanderson, K., Wu, Y. (2015). Comments of the Auditing Standards Committee of the Auditing Section of the American Accounting Association is pleased to provide comments on PCAOB Staff Consultation Paper No. 2015-01, The Auditors’ Use of the Work of Specialists. Current Issues in Auditing, (9) 2 C18-C37.