Keith Jones

Keith Jones
  • Area Director, Accounting
  • Deloitte Professor
  • Accounting academic area

Contact Info

Capitol Federal Hall, Room 4182
Lawrence

Education —

Ph.D. in Accounting, University of Arizona, 2004
MAcc, Brigham Young University, 1995
B.A. in Accounting, Brigham Young University

Research —

My research focuses on developing methods to detect fraudulent financial reporting and increasing audit quality

Research interests:

  • Audit
  • Fraud
  • Earnings Management
  • Risk Assessment
  • Ethics

Teaching —

My teaching interests include fraud and financial accounting.

Teaching interests:

  • Audit
  • Fraud
  • Financial Accounting

Selected Publications —

Christensen, D., Jones, K., & Kenchington, D. (2018). Gambling Attitudes and Financial Misreporting [Journal Articles]. Contemporary Accounting Research, 35(3), 1229–1261.
Lambert, T., Jones, K., Brazel, J., & Showalter, S. (2017). Audit Time Pressure and Earnings Quality: An Examination of Accelerated Filings [Journal Articles]. Accounting, Organizations and Society, 58, 50–66.
Brazel, J. F., Jones, K. L., & Prawitt, D. F. (2014). Auditors’ Reactions to Inconsistencies between Financial and Nonfinancial Measures [Journal Articles]. Behavioral Research in Accounting, 26(1), 131–156.
Trompeter, G. M., Carpenter, T. D., Desai, N., Jones, K. L., & Riley, R. A., Jr. (2013). A Synthesis of Fraud-Related Research [Journal Articles]. Auditing: A Journal of Practice & Theory, 32(Supplement 1), 287–321.
Brazel, J. F., Jones, K., & Zimbelman, M. (2009). Using Nonfinancial Measures to Assess Fraud Risk [Journal Articles]. Journal of Accounting Research, 47(5), 1135–1166.
Jones, K., Krishnan, G. V., & Melendrez, K. D. (2008). Do Models of Discretionary Accruals Detect Actual Cases of Fraudulent and Restated Earnings? An Empirical Analysis [Journal Articles]. Contemporary Accounting Research, 25(2), 499–531.