Auditing and Assurance Services: A Systematic Approach (12th Edition) – PDF

About The Author

Douglas Prawitt

Dr. Douglas F. Prawitt earned his Ph.D. at the University of Arizona and is the LeRay McAllister/Deloitte Professor of Accountancy at BYU. His teaching and research in BYU’s graduate accounting and MBA programs focus on professional judgment and on auditing. Dr. Prawitt has published award-winning articles in Journal of Accountancy, CPA Journal, and Internal Auditor, and has co-authored 2 leading auditing textbooks. Doug's research has been published in premier academic journals, including Journal of Accounting Research, The Accounting Review, Organizational Behavior & Human Decision Processes, Contemporary Accounting Research, Auditing: A Journal of Practice & Theory, and others.

He has won several teaching, research, and 'best research paper' awards, as well as BYU’s 2006 Award for Distinction in Graduate Education, the Auditing Section’s 2014 Innovation in Auditing and Assurance Education Award, the 2016 BYU Marriott School Outstanding Faculty Award, and the AAA’s 2016 Outstanding Accounting Educator Award. Professor Prawitt has chaired BYU’s equivalent of a faculty senate, as well as the BYU’s university-level promotion and tenure committee. He is active in the profession, having served a 3-year term as a member of the AICPA’s Auditing Standards Board, and is currently serving as a member of the COSO Board.

Steven Glover

Dr. Steven M. Glover is the K. Fred Skousen Professor and Associate Dean of the Marriott School of Management at Brigham Young University (BYU). He also serves on the Auditing Standards Board of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and is past President of the Auditing Section of the American Accounting Association (AAA). Steve worked as a director in the U.S. National Office of PwC and regularly consults with public accounting firms.

Dr. Glover has published numerous books and articles and is a co-author on the monographs Enhancing Auditor Professional Skepticism, which received the AAA Wildman/Deloitte Medal award recognizing the published work making the most significant contribution to the advancement of the practice of public accountancy.

William Messier Jr

Professor William F. Messier, Jr., is the Deloitte and Touche Professor at the School of Accountancy, Georgia State University. He holds a Professor II position at the Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration and is also a visiting professor at SDA Bocconi in Milan, Italy. Bill has a BBA from Siena College, an MS from Clarkson University, and an DBA and MBA from Indiana University. He is a CPA in Florida and has taught at the Universities of Michigan and Florida.

William has served as the Chairperson of the Auditing Section of the American Accounting Association (AAA) and as co-editor of the Journal of Accounting Literature. He currently serves on the AICPA’s International Auditing Standards Subcommittee. Professor William has co-authored or authored over 45 articles in decision science, accounting, and computer science journals.