LAUREN A. MATKALUK, CPA
School of Accountancy
Arizona State University – W.P. Carey School of Business
300 E Lemon St.
Tempe, AZ 85287
Email: lauren.matkaluk@asu.edu
Phone: (760) 521-7053
EDUCATION
Arizona State University
PhD in Business Administration (Accountancy)
Aug. 2018 – Present
Tempe, AZ
University of San Diego
Master of Science in Accountancy
Aug. 2012 – Aug. 2013
San Diego, CA
University of San Diego
Bachelor of Accountancy
Minor in Mathematics
Summa Cum Laude
Sept. 2009 – May 2013
San Diego, CA
RESEARCH
Research Interests
Audit partners, reporting standards, audit reporting, audit quality, regulation
Working Papers
“Accounting Standard Changes and Financial Reporting Quality: Evidence from ASU 2014-15”
• Dissertation
• Committee: Phillip Lamoreaux (Chair), Steve Kaplan, Andy Call
“Imprinted Big 4 Audit Style in Non-Big 4 Audit Firms” (with Matt Baugh and Ally Zimmerman)
• Under review at Review of Accounting Studies
• 2022 AAA Annual Meeting (Presenter)
• 2022 AAA Auditing Section Midyear Meeting (Presenter)
• 2021 8th International Conference of the Journal of International Accounting Research (Presenter)
• 2021 AAA Western Region Doctoral Student Faculty Interchange (Presenter)
• 2021 Spark Meeting of the Regions (Presenter)
• 2021 31st Annual BAFA Audit & Assurance Conference (Co-Author Presenter)
• 2021 Florida State University workshop (Co-Author Presenter)
“Auditors’ Going Concern Reporting Decisions in Different Federal Legal Regimes” (with Steve Kaplan)
• Under review at Auditing: A Journal of Practice & Theory
• 2021 Arizona State University workshop (Presenter)
“The Role of International Experience in Audit Partners’ Careers” (with Nate Newton, Mikhail Pevzner, and
Ally Zimmerman)
• 2022 Florida Accounting Symposium (Co-Author Presenter)
• 2022 Baylor University workshop (Co-Author Presenter)
• 2022 Haskayne and Fox Accounting Conference (Co-Author Presenter)
October 2022
Work in Process
“Verifiability of Non-GAAP Adjustments” (with Phillip Lamoreaux and Amy Sheneman)
• Status: Data analysis phase
Research Assistant
2020 – Present
Dr. Phillip Lamoreaux
2019 – 2020
Dr. Steve Kaplan
2018 - 2019
Dr. Matt Baugh
Arizona State University
Arizona State University
Arizona State University
TEACHING
Arizona State University
Advanced Auditing (ACC 512), Teaching Assistant
Principles of Auditing (ACC 450 – In Person/Online), Instructor (Rating 6.7/7.0)
Palomar College
Bookkeeping (ACCT 101), Instructor
Spring 2022, Fall 2020
Summer 2021
Summer 2017
University of San Diego
Calculus III (MATH 250), Teaching Assistant
Fall 2010
PRESENTATIONS
AAA Annual Meeting (presenter, discussant)
AAA Auditing Midyear Meeting (presenter)
Journal of International Accounting Research Conference (presenter)
AAA Spark Meeting of the Regions (presenter, discussant)
AAA Western Region Doctoral Student Faculty Interchange (presenter)
CONFERENCES
AAA Annual Meeting
AAA/Deloitte Foundation/J. Michael Cook Doctoral Consortium
AAA Auditing Midyear Meeting
AAA Auditing Midyear Meeting Doctoral Consortium
AAA FARS Midyear Meeting
AAA FARS Midyear Meeting Doctoral Consortium
Contemporary Accounting Research Conference and Doctoral Consortium
Journal of International Accounting Research Conference
AAA Western Region Doctoral Student Faculty Interchange
Arizona State University/University of Arizona Joint Conference
SERVICE
AAA Annual Meeting (reviewer)
AAA Auditing Midyear Meeting (reviewer)
Hawaii Accounting Research Conference (reviewer)
October 2022
2022
2022
2021
2021
2021
2020-2022
2022
2020 - 2022
2020 - 2022
2022
2022
2021
2021
2021
2018, 2019, 2021
2020 - 2022
2021 - 2022
2022
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Sempra Energy
Senior Accountant, Consultant
San Diego, CA
2017 - 2018
Grant Thornton LLP
Staff and Senior Audit Associate
Administrative Assistant
Audit Intern
San Diego, CA
2013 - 2017
2012 - 2013
2012
HONORS AND AWARDS
J. Hal Reneau Memorial Scholarship, Arizona State University, 2022
AAA/Deloitte Foundation/J. Michael Cook Doctoral Consortium Fellow, 2022
University Graduate Fellowship, Arizona State University, 2019 - 2022
AAA Auditing Section Doctoral Consortium Fellow, 2020 - 2022
CERTIFICATIONS AND MEMBERSHIPS
Certified Public Accountant, The California Board of Accountancy, License 128522
Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in the Workplace Certificate, University of South Florida, 2021
American Accounting Association (since 2018), Auditing Section (since 2018)
October 2022