Patricia Wellmeyer

Although born in Seville, Spain, where most of her family still resides, Professor Wellmeyer migrated to the United States at a young age and has lived most of her life in Southern California. Professionally, Professor Wellmeyer’s career spans across both the academic and public accounting arenas.

As a Certified Public Accountant and Certified Global Management Accountant, Patricia’s experience includes work in the Auditing and Assurance department at PriceWaterhouseCoopers and as an independent consultant in the fields of auditing and financial reporting. Academically, Professor Wellmeyer has taught both undergraduate and graduate financial/managerial and auditing courses at several universities, including Cypress College, California State University, Fullerton, and University of California, Riverside. She helped launch and is currently the Program Director of the Master of Professional Accountancy Program at Merage. Her research interests lie in the area of auditor judgments and quality. Her research has been presented at various academic and professional venues internationally.

Education

• PhD Norwegian School of Economics (NHH) (2010 — 2015)
• Masters of science Cal State Fullerton (2001 — 2002)

Companies

• Clinical Assistant Professor of Accounting and Faculty Director UC Irvine The Paul Merage School of Business (2010)
• Audit and Accounting Consultant Patricia Wellmeyer, CPA (2005 — 2009)
• Lecturer/CPA California State University, Fullerton (2002 — 2009)
• Experienced Manager/CPA PricewaterhouseCoopers (1996 — 2002)

Skills

• Microsoft Excel
• Curriculum Design
• Management

Other

Teaching, PowerPoint, Public Speaking, Microsoft Office, Research, Accounting