Mark DeFond
A. N. Mosich Chair in Accounting and Professor of Accounting at USC Marshall School of Business
Biography
USC Marshall School of Business
Education
- PhD, University of Washington;
- BA, San Francisco State University
Professor DeFond is the A. N. Mosich Chair of Accounting, Leventhal School, University of Southern California. His research investigates issues in auditing, international accounting, and earnings management. He has served as Senior Editor of The Accounting Review and on the editorial boards of several leading academic journals. He is a recipient of the AAA’s Notable Contribution to the Auditing Literature Award, and a four-time MBA Golden Apple teaching award winner. He is currently the Associate Dean of Faculty at the Leventhal School. He received his PhD at the University of Washington and prior to that worked as an auditor with Deloitte (formerly Touche Ross).
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
- AUDITING
- CONTRACTING ACCOUNTING
- CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
- EARNINGS MANAGEMENT
- EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION
- IFRS
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