Stuart Dearden
Assistant Professor School of Accountancy University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Contact
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HLH 435 R
Lincoln NE 68588-0488 - Phone
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402-472-7541 On-campus 2-7541
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sdearden2@unl.edu
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Stuart Dearden teaches the senior and master’s level audit courses. He has prior experience as an auditor for KPMG, auditing clients in a variety of industries, sizes, and regulatory environments. He uses his public accounting experience to inform his students of issues relevant to auditors. His research focuses on audit quality, auditor bias, and audit-office issues. He has several publications in Auditing: A Journal of Practice & Theory.
Education
Ph.D., University of Arkansas, 2018
MAcc, Brigham Young University, 2009
BS, Brigham Young University, 2009
Areas of Expertise
- Auditing
Vita
Scholarship
Dearden, S., J. Downes, and T. Kang. Borrower-Lender Cross-Ownership and Borrower Audit Quality. Auditing: A Journal of Practice & Theory, forthcoming. https://doi.org/10.2308/AJPT-2021-038
Chen, Y., S. Dearden, and T. Seidel. 2023. The Influence of Increased Financial Flexibility on Small Accounting Firms’ Public Audit Client Portfolios: Evidence from the Paycheck Protection Program. Auditing: A Journal of Practice & Theory 42 (4): 205-222. https://doi.org/10.2308/AJPT-2022-048
Cassell, C., S. Dearden, D. Rosser, and J. Shipman. 2022. Confirmation Bias and Auditors’ Risk Assessments: Archival Evidence. Auditing: A Journal of Practice & Theory 41 (3): 67-93. https://doi.org/10.2308/AJPT-2020-035
Courses
Undergraduate Courses
Auditing (ACCT 410) Duties and responsibilities of auditors, methods of conducting various kind of audits; audit working papers; the preparation of the audit report; the auditor's certificate; special problems in the audit of different kinds of enterprises.
Seminar in Auditing (ACCT 831) Introduction to auditing concepts from a theoretical perspective. Applied course to plan, perform, and complete an audit.
Teaching Interests
- Auditing
- Financial Accounting
Service
Ad hoc reviewer for Auditing: A Journal of Practice & Theory, 2022-2024
Ad hoc reviewer for Journal of Accounting Literature, 2023
Ad hoc reviewer for International Journal of Auditing, 2023
Ad hoc reviewer for The International Journal of Accounting, 2022
Ad hoc reviewer for Journal of Accounting, Auditing & Finance, 2019
HARC Conference 2025 – Reviewer
AAA Annual Meeting, 2017, 2019, 2020, 2023, 2024 – Reviewer
AAA Annual Meeting, 2019, 2020, 2023, 2024 – Discussant
AAA Annual Meeting, 2020 – Moderator
AAA Auditing Section Midyear, 2016, 2017, 2019-2022, 2024, 2025 – Reviewer
AAA Auditing Section Midyear, 2018, 2020-2022 – Discussant
AAA Auditing Section Midyear, 2023 – Moderator
AAA Southwest Regional Meeting, 2017 – Reviewer
BYU Symposium 2015, 2016, 2018-2024 – Reviewer
Awards
- Distinguished Doctoral Fellowship, University of Arkansas, 2014-2018