Audrey A. Gramling, CPA

Audrey A. Gramling, Ph.D., CPA, CIA is an assistant professor in the School of Accountancy in the Robinson College of Business at Georgia State University. Prior to joining the faculty at Georgia State University, she was an assistant professor and PricewaterhouseCoopers Faculty Fellow in the Calloway School of Business and Accountancy at Wake Forest University and a faculty member in the Department of Accountancy at the University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign. She received her Ph.D. from the University of Arizona in 1995 and also holds degrees from the University of Toledo and Georgia State University. Before obtaining her Ph.D., Audrey worked as an auditor at Deloitte & Touche (then Deloitte, Haskins & Sells) in Atlanta, GA and as an internal auditor at Georgia Institute of Technology. Audrey teaches courses in auditing and assurance services and financial accounting. She has taught executive education for a regional bank and a Big Four accounting firm. Her research investigates both internal and external auditing issues, with a focus on decision behavior of auditors, audit firm industry specialization, and other factors affecting the market for audit and assurance services. Her research results have been published in several academic and professional journals including Journal of Accounting Research, Auditing: A Journal of Practice and Theory; Accounting Horizons; Journal of Accounting, Auditing & Finance, Journal of Accounting Literature, Internal Auditing, and Issues in Accounting Education. She has received research grants from the Institute of Internal Auditors and KPMG. She is involved in service activities with various organizations including local nonprofit organizations, the American Accounting Association, and the Institute of Internal Auditors.