Skip to main content
Leavey School of Business Santa Clara University
Department ofAccounting

Parker, Susan

  1. Home
  2. Leavey School of Business
  3. Accounting
  4. Faculty & Staff
  5. Parker, Susan

Susan Parker

Professor of Accounting,
KPMG Accounting Research Fellow

Susan Parker is an Associate Professor in the Leavey School of Business at Santa Clara University.

Dr. Parker’s teaching and research interests are mainly in the field of auditing. Her research has been published in Auditing: A Journal of Practice and Theory, Contemporary Accounting Research and other journals. Some of the topics addressed include the determinants of audit fees and the effect of various corporate governance mechanisms (primarily audit committees) on the financial reporting practices of public companies. She received a doctorate in Accounting from the University of Oregon in 1997.

July 2014

Selected Publications
  • Control self-assessment and costs of compliance with Sarbanes-Oxley section 404
  • Accelerated vs. traditional accounting education and CPA exam performance