Natalia Kochetova-Kozloski, Ph.D., CMA

Natalia Kochetova-Kozloski Associate Professor
Accounting


T (902) 420-5800

Sobey Building SB 318
Natalia.K@smu.ca

Professor Kochetova-Kozloski joined SMU accounting faculty in 2009, having previously worked on faculty at the School of Accounting and Finance, University of Waterloo. Natalia's research focuses on judgment and decision making by auditing and corporate governance professionals. It has been published in Accounting, Organization, and Society; Auditing: A Journal of Practice & Theory, Contemporary Accounting Research, Journal of Forensic Accounting, and others; she serves on the editorial board of Auditing: A Journal of Practice & Theory and reviews for several academic journals. Professor Kochetova-Kozloski holds a Ph.D. in Accounting from Georgia State University (2002), and a B.Sc. (Honors) in Accounting from the University of South Alabama (1996). Natalia qualified as a Canadian CMA via an Executive Program in Ontario in 2005; she serves on the Board of Directors of the Society of Management Accountants of Nova Scotia, Bermuda, and the Caribbean. She is an active member of a number of professional associations, including Institute of Corporate Directors, American Accounting Association, Canadian Academic Accounting Association, European Audit Research Network, and Financial Executives International.

RESEARCH

  • Judgment and decision-making by assurance professionals, including auditors, engagement quality reviewers, and specialists;

  • Judgment performance in audit planning tasks in the context of business risk audit approach;

  • Decision dynamics among corporate governance professionals, such as members of boards of directors and audit committee members.

RESUME

 

COURSES

  • ACCT 2241 Introductory Financial Accounting
  • ACCT 4450 Auditing
  • EMBA 5516 Special Topics in Governance, Business Law, and Ethics