Bradley Bennett

Associate Dean for Finance & Administration | Associate Professor, Accounting Accounting

Office: Isenberg N335

Tel: 413.545.5660

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Academic Background

Education

PhD (Philosophy), University of Alabama, 2012

MAcc, Millsaps College, 2001

BBA, Millsaps College, 2000

Academic Appointments

Associate Dean for Finance & Administration, Isenberg School of Management, University of Massachusetts Amherst, 7/2018-Present

Associate Professor of Accounting, Isenberg School of Management, University of Massachusetts Amherst, 6/2018-Present

Assistant Professor of Accounting, Isenberg School of Management, University of Massachusetts Amherst, 9/2012-6/2018

KPMG James Marwick Professor in Residence, 2017

Research Interests

Accounting Judgment & Decision Making
Auditor-Client Negotiations
Issuer-Investor Electronic Communications

Teaching Interests

Undergraduate

Auditing
Intermediate Financial Accounting
Introduction to Accounting

Masters

Auditing II

PhD

Behavioral Research in Accounting

Professional Background

Professional Experience

Assistant Controller, 2005-2008, Millsaps College

Audit Manager, 2005, KPMG LLP

Senior/Staff Auditor, 2001-2004, KPMG LLP

Recent Honors & Awards

KPMG James Marwick Professor in Residence, Summer/Fall 2017

Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation Supervisors - Accounting, Behavior and Organizations Section of the American Accounting Association., 2018

AAA/Deloitte Wildman Medal Recipient. For “The Effect of the Social Mismatch Between Staff Auditors and Client Management on the Collection of Audit Evidence,” (with R. C. Hatfield). 2013. The Accounting Review, 88 (1): 31-50., 2015

Selected Publications

Bennett, G. B. and R. C. Hatfield. 2017. Do Approaching Deadlines Influence Auditors’ Materiality Assessments? Auditing: A Journal of Practice & Theory 36 (4).

Bennett, G. B., R. C. Hatfield, and C. Stefaniak. 2015. The Effect of Deadline Pressure on Pre-Negotiation Positions: A Comparison of Auditors and Client Management. Contemporary Accounting Research 32 (4): 1507-1528.

Bennett, G. B., and R. C. Hatfield. 2013. The Effect of the Social Mismatch Between Staff Auditors and Client Management on the Collection of Audit Evidence. The Accounting Review. 88 (1): 31-50. / • Article received the 2015 AAA/Deloitte Wildman Medal presented at the American Accounting Association Annual Meeting, August 2015.

Dodgson, M. K., C. P. Agoglia, J. Cohen, and G. B. Bennett. 2019. Managing the Auditor-Client Relationship Through Audit Partner Transition Periods: The Experiences of Audit Partners. The Accounting Review, forthcoming.

Bennett, G. B. and R. C. Hatfield. 2018. Staff Auditors' Proclivity for Computer Mediated Communication with Clients and its Effect on Skeptical Behavior. Accounting, Organizations & Society, 68-69: 42-57. / • Study conducted with research grant received from KPMG LLP