Kimberly D. Westermann

Professor of Accounting 


Orfalea College of Business

California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo

1 Grand Avenue, San Luis Obispo, CA 90047

Email: kdwester@calpoly.edu

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Editorial Highlights

Associate Editor, Auditing: A Journal of Practice and Theory 

Editorial Board Member, Contemporary Accounting Research

Recent Research Highlights

Recipient of the 2024 Notable Contributions to the Auditing Literature Award

Keynote Speaker at the 2023 Conference on Qualitative Research in Accounting @UVA

Recipient of the 2023 International Accounting Mid Year Meeting Best Paper Award

Recipient of the 2022 Deloitte Foundation Wildman Award Medal 

2022 BYU Ranking: 86th of 1,780 audit scholars (6 year, all methods); 5th (6 year, audit - other methods)

Media

Mauer, M.  Former Inspectors of Public-Company Audits Say Process Needs Retooling. Wall Street Journal. October 26, 2023

Mauer, M. U.S. Auditing Watchdog Tries to Remake Itself, But It Isn’t Easy. Wall Street Journal. August 17, 2023