Steven Salterio

Steve Salterio is the Stephen J. R. Smith Chair of Accounting and Auditing in the Smith School of Business, Queen's University in Canada where he has taught in the undergraduate, graduate diploma, masters and PhD programs.

Steve is an Editor at The Accounting Review, past Senior Editor at Behavioral Research in Accounting, and a past Editor (in-Chief) and Editor of Contemporary Accounting Research with numerous editorial board appointments and ad hoc Editorships. Steve’s research on the balanced scorecard, auditor-client management negotiations, and field research methods aided in establishing those accounting and auditing research areas. Steve received the Lifetime Notable Contribution to Behavioral Accounting Research Award (AAA Accounting, Behavior and Organizations Section), the Haim Falk Award for Distinguished Contribution to Accounting Thought (CAAA), the Notable Contribution to Audit Literature Award (AAA Audit Section) and the Smith Excellence in Research Award. Steve has supervised ten PhD dissertations, acted as external doctoral examiner, and received the AAA Audit’s Section Outstanding Dissertation Supervisor recognition. Steve has published extensively in The Accounting Review, Accounting Organizations and Society, Contemporary Accounting Research, Auditing: A Journal of Practice & Theory, Behavioral Research in Accounting, Journal of Management Accounting Research, Journal of Business Ethics and Journal of Accounting Research among other academic and practitioner outlets. Steve received the honorific ‘Fellow’ title for contributions to the accounting profession, is a Canadian Chartered Professional Accountant (FCPA, FCA), and graduated with a PhD from the University of Michigan.

Other factoids

• Inaugural Smith Chair 2016-2021 and renewed 2021-2026
• Inaugural PwC/Thomas O’Neill Faculty Research Fellow of Accounting - 2005 to 2016
• He is or has been an editorial board member at Auditing: A Journal of Practice & Theory, Accounting Organizations and Society, Behavioral Research in Accounting, Journal of Management Accounting Research, and The Accounting Review among others.
• His doctoral graduates accepted initial positions at universities in Hong Kong (City University), Korea (KAIST), USA (Virginia Tech) and Canada (Saskatchewan, UQAM, Brock, Western, Ryerson, Windsor and Carleton).
• Co-authored two editions of an auditing and assurance textbook entitled Auditing: Assurance and Risk with Robert Knechel.
• His research has received extensive external funding from government granting agencies
• (Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council) and industry (CICA, CAAA, CGA). Two professional articles (with Tony Atkinson) were recognized as Articles of Merit by the International Federation of Accountants.

Academic Degrees

• Ph.D. University of Michigan (1993)
• B.Com. Mount Allison University (1982)

Academic Experience

• Smith School of Business, Queen’s University
  • Professor (tenured) (2003 - Present)
  • Director, CPA Centre for Governance (2008-2016)
• University of Waterloo
  • Associate Professor (tenured) (1998-2003)
• University of Alberta
  • Assistant Professor (1993-1998)
• University of Michigan
  • Teaching Assistant (1992-1993)
  • Research Assistant (1989-1992)
  • Teaching Assistant (1988-1989)
• University of New Brunswick
  • Lecturer (1986-1988)
• Atlantic School of Chartered Accountancy
  • Contract Lecturer (1986-1993)
• Society of Management Accountants
  • Contract Lecturer (1986-1988)

Courses Taught

• Accounting theory (undergraduate) at Queen’s and New Brunswick;
• Auditing and assurance services (undergraduate) at Alberta, Illinois at Champaign, Queen’s, Waterloo, and Western (Richard Ivey School of Business);
• Corporate governance and risk management at Queen’s (AMBA program and undergraduate) and Western (Richard Ivey School of Business, MBA);
• Research for professional Master of Accounting (Waterloo);
• Management accounting (undergraduate) at Alberta, Michigan, New Brunswick and Queen’s;
• International accounting (undergraduate and MBA) at Alberta;
• MBA management accounting and MBA financial accounting at Alberta;
• D. seminars in behavioral accounting research, audit research, corporate governance, field research and judgment-decision making research at Alberta, Waterloo, Queen’s and Florida;
• Executive education at Queen’s Executive Development Centre, Fundamentals of Governance for Not for Profits and Crown Agencies.