Yoon Ju Kang

Education

PhD in Accountancy, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2012 MS in Accountancy, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2006 BS in Mass Communication & Journalism (Double major: Business Administration), Ewha Womans University - Seoul, Korea, 2003

Academic Appointments

Assistant Professor, Lehigh University, 2012-2014 Assistant Professor, UMass Amherst, 2014-Present

Research Interests

• Auditing
• Corporate Governance

Teaching Interests

• Auditing
• Financial Accounting

Professional Background

Professional Experience

Auditing Section, 2006-Present, American Accounting Association (AAA) Certified Public Accountant, 2006-Present, State of Illinois

Recent Honors & Awards

Mellon Mutual Mentoring Team Grant, UMass Amherst, 2015 Access to Audit Personnel Program, Center for Audit Quality, 2016 Nominee for Distinguished Teaching Award, UMass Amherst, 2018 Nominee for College Outstanding Teaching Award, Isenberg School of Management, UMass Amherst, 2019 Nominee, Lilly Teaching Fellowship, UMass Amherst, 2019 Best Conference Paper Award, AAA Auditing Section, 2019

Selected Publications

Kang, Y. 2019. Are Audit Committees More Challenging Given a Specific Investor Base? Does the Answer Change in the Presence of Prospective Critical Audit Matter Disclosures? Accounting, Organizations and Society, In-press.

Kang, Y., M. D. Piercey, and A. J. Trotman. 2019. Does Implementing an Auditor Judgment Rule Increase Auditors’ Likelihood of Conducting More Innovative Procedures? Contemporary Accounting Research, Forthcoming.

Kang, Y., A. J. Trotman, and K. T. Trotman. 2015. The Effect of an Audit Judgment Rule on Audit Committee Members' Professional Skepticism: The Case of Accounting Estimates. Accounting, Organizations and Society 46: 59-76.