Amber M. Whisenhunt

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Education

• Ph.D., University of Oklahoma, Accounting, Expected 2013.
• BBA/MACC, Accounting, University of Oklahoma, May 2002.
• High School Diploma, Oklahoma School of Science and Mathematics, May 1997.

Biography

Professional & Academic Experience

Academic Experience:

• Instructor, University of Oklahoma, 2006 – 2011.
• Graduate Assistant.

Business Experience:

• State & Federal Income Tax Analyst, The Williams Companies, 2002 - 2006.

Professional Experience:

• PHD Students’ Committee Vice-President, University of Oklahoma, 2008 – 2009.

Research Interests:

• Tax judgment and decision making, particularly in the areas of the review process and the
  audit of the tax provision.

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Research Accomplishments

Papers in Progress:

• Employing tax professionals in financial statement audits: implications for audit
  effectiveness (dissertation).
• The potential for the review process to detect and mitigate advocacy bias, with Andrew
  Cuccia and Anne Magro.

Presentations:

• Employing Tax Professionals in Financial Statement Audits: Implications for Audit
  Effectiveness. North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, December 2010.
• The Implications on Audit Effectiveness of Employing Tax Professionals in Financial
  Statement Audits. University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK, August 2010.
• The Impact of Role and Tax Compliance Provider on Audit and Tax Professional
  Judgment. George Mason Behavioral Tax Symposium, Fairfax, VA, June 2010.
• The Influence of Dispositional Affect Dimensions on Ethical Judgments by D. Jordan
  Lowe and Philip M.J. Reckers. Discussant. AAA ABO Meeting, Seattle, WA,
  October 2009.
• Can Tax Reviewers Identify Advocacy Bias in the Work of Others? George Mason
  Behavioral Tax Symposium, Fairfax, VA, June 2009.
  OK/KS JDM Conference, Oklahoma City, OK, April 2009.
  University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK, November 2008.

Conference Attendance:

• AAA Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA, 2010.
• George Mason Behavioral Tax Symposium, 2009 & 2010.
• University of Oklahoma Accounting Research Conference, 2008 & 2010.
• Oklahoma State University Accounting Research Conference, 2008 & 2010.
• AAA Accounting, Behavior & Organizations Midyear Meeting and Doctoral
  Consortium, Denver, CO, 2010.
• AAA American Taxation Association Midyear Meeting and Doctoral Consortium,
  Denver, CO, 2010.
• AAA Auditing Midyear Conference, San Diego, CA, 2010.
• AAA Accounting, Behavior & Organizations Midyear Meeting and Doctoral
  Consortium, Seattle, WA, 2009.
• Oklahoma – Kansas Judgment and Decision Making Conference, 2007, 2008 & 2009.
• AAA American Taxation Association Midyear Meeting and Doctoral Consortium,
  Orlando, FL, 2009.
• AAA Accounting, Behavior & Organizations Midyear Meeting and Doctoral
  Consortium, Providence, RI, 2008.
• AAA American Taxation Association Midyear Meeting and Doctoral Consortium,
  Memphis, TN, 2008.
• AAA Accounting, Behavior & Organizations Midyear Meeting and Doctoral
  Consortium, Philadelphia, PA, 2007.
• AAA American Taxation Association Midyear Meeting and Doctoral Consortium, San
  Antonio, TX, 2007.
• AAA Accounting, Behavior & Organizations Midyear Meeting and Doctoral
  Consortium, Portland, OR, 2006.

Awards & Honors:

• Arthur Andersen Accounting Scholarship, 2010 – 2011.
• Graduate Foundation Fellowship, University of Oklahoma, 2006 – 2010.
• AAA ATA Doctoral Consortium Participant, 2007, 2008, 2009 & 2010.
• AAA ABO Doctoral Consortium Participant, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 & 2010.
• Certified Public Accountant 2004 – present (Inactive).
• Arthur Andersen Tax Challenge, Honorable Mention, 2001.