Current Doctoral Students
Ashley Austin
Ashley Austin received her undergraduate and MAcc degrees in accounting from the University of Virginia. Prior to joining the PhD program she was an audit senior in the Richmond office of KPMG. Her research area is behavioral audit, and she is an Accounting Doctoral Scholar.
Lisa Austin
Lisa Austin received her BS in Finance and MAcc from Wake Forest University. Prior to joining the PhD program she was an audit associate in the Charlotte office of PwC, and as well as an accounting instructor at Wake Forest. Her research area is financial accounting.
Anne Ehinger
Anne Ehinger received her undergraduate degree and MBA from Indiana University. Prior to joining the Ph.D. program she was a tax senior in the Chicago office of PwC and then worked in the tax department of Guggenheim Partners, LLC. Her research area is taxation.
Emily Griffith
Emily Griffith received her BBA in Accounting and MS in Finance from Texas A&M University in 2006. Prior to joining the Ph.D. program, she was an auditor in KPMG’s Dallas office. Emily is an ADS Scholar, with a research interest in behavioral audit.
David Koo
David Koo received a Bachelor of Economics degree from Korea University in 2001 and a MAcc degree from the J.M. Tull School of Accounting at the University of Georgia in 2008. Prior to joining the MAcc Program, he was an analyst for the Korea Deposit Insurance Corporation in Seoul, Korea. His research area is financial accounting.
Wayne Nesbitt
Wayne Nesbitt is a 2008 graduate of the MBA program in the Terry College at the University of Georgia, where he majored in finance and operations management. He worked for Carreras Limited, a Jamaican firm, prior to joining the MBA program. His research area is taxation.
Mike Ricci
Mike Ricci received his undergraduate degree in psychology from Wake Forest University and his MAcc from the University of North Carolina. Prior to joining the Ph.D. program he was an audit senior in the Raleigh office of KPMG and then worked as an internal auditor for Red Hat, Inc. His research area is behavioral audit.
Steve Utke
Steve Utke received his undergraduate accounting degree from Bucknell University and his Masters in Taxation from Villanova University. Prior to joining the Ph.D. program he was a tax senior at Ernst & Young and subsequently a tax manager at LS Power Development, LLC. His research area is taxation.
Contact Information
University of Georgia
255 Brooks Hall
