College of Business: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Assistant Professor of Accountancy

Ph.D., Accounting, University of Wisconsin at Madison, 2003
B.S., Business, University of Minnesota, 1990

Assistant Professor of Accountancy, University of Illinois, 2003 - Present
Instructor, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1999, 2001
Teaching Assistant, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1997-2001
Staff Accountant, Coopers & Lybrand, 1991-1992
Undergraduate Teaching Assistant, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1990

Mayhew, B., Pike, J. 2004. Does Investor Selection of Auditors Enhance Auditor Independence? The Accounting Review, 79: 797-823

Ad Hoc Reviewer, Contemporary Accounting Research, 2007
Ad Hoc Reviewer, 2005 American Accounting Association Annual Meeting, Auditing Section, 2005

Teaching interests include auditing, financial accounting, and managerial accounting.

Research interests include reputation and its effects on audit quality, determinants of audit quality, auditor regulation and the effects of institutional features on audit quality.