Dr. Jeffrey Pickerd is an associate professor who teaches accounting information systems and researches data analytics, accounting information systems, and auditing topics using experimental and qualitative methods.
Research Interests
- How accountants adapt to and are influenced by new technologies
- How the auditing profession is evolving and changing
- How to improve accounting information systems, business processes, internal controls, and information security
Biography
Much of Dr. Pickerd’s early research examines how lawyers and jurors make judgments concerning auditor liability. His current research centers around the intersection of accounting information systems, auditing, and technology.
His service contributions have also primarily been in accounting information systems. He is on two editorial boards for accounting information system journals in addition to having served as the AIS section’s awards chairperson, as their Midyear Meeting Coordinator, as their Research and Publications chairperson, and as a presenter at their New Scholars Consortium.
His service to the University of Mississippi’s accountancy program includes mentoring students on three dissertations, three directed research projects, and two master’s theses.
He won both the Outstanding Researcher of the Year and Outstanding Teacher of the Year awards for the Patterson School in 2021.
Maksymov, E., M. Peecher, J. Pickerd, and D. Zhou. How trial preparation factors influence audit litigation outcomes: Insights from audit litigators. Forthcoming, The Accounting Review.
Emett, S., S. Kaplan, E. Mauldin, and J. Pickerd. Auditing with data and analytics: External reviewer perceptions of audit quality and effort. Forthcoming, Contemporary Accounting Research. Wood, D. A.,
M. Achhpilia, M. T., Adams, [et al. including J. Pickerd] 2023. The ChatGPT artificial intelligence chatbot: How well does it answer accounting assessment questions? Issues in Accounting Education 38 (4): 1-28.
Maksymov, E., J. Pickerd, J. Wilks, and D.Williams. The ICFR process: Perspectives of accounting executives at large public companies. Contemporary Accounting Research 40 (3): 1671-1703.
Hawkins, S., J. Pickerd, S. Summers, D. Wood. 2023. The development of the process mining event log generator (pmelg) tool. Accounting Horizons: 1-11.
Eulerich, M., A. Masli, J. Pickerd, and D. A. Wood. 2023. The Use of Technology based Audit Techniques and Its Impact on Audit Outcomes. Contemporary Accounting Research 40 (2): 981-1012.
Fingland, S, J. Pickerd, and M. D. Piercey. 2023. How Does High Uncertainty in Accounting Estimates Impact Auditor Litigation Risk? Opposite Effects in Jury Trials and Attorneys’ Out-ofCourt Settlements. Current Issues in Auditing. 17 (2): 1-8.
Pickerd, J., and M. D. Piercey. 2021. The effects of high estimate uncertainty in auditor negligence litigation. Contemporary Accounting Research 38 (4): 3182-3213.
De Meyst, K. J., D. J. Lowe, M. E. Peecher, J. Pickerd, and A. Reffett. 2021. Factors affecting the outcomes of legal claims against auditors. Current Issues in Auditing 15 (2): 10-16.
Maksymov, E., J. Pickerd, D. J. Lowe, M. E. Peecher, and A. Reffett. 2020. The Settlement Norm in Audit Litigation: Insights from Prominent Attorneys. Contemporary Accounting Research 37 (3): 1400-1443.
Pickerd, J., S. L. Summers, and D. A. Wood. 2015. An examination of how entry-level auditors respond to tone at the top vis-á-vis tone at the bottom. Behavioral Research in Accounting 27 (1): 79-98.
Pickerd, J., N. Stephens, S. L. Summers, and D. A. Wood. 2011. Individual accounting faculty research rankings by topical area and methodology. Issues in Accounting Education 26 (3):471-505. • Best paper for Issues in Accounting Education 2011.
Pickerd, J., and D. A. Wood. 2011. Problems to avoid in brainstorming fraud risks. The CPA Journal April: 64-65