Anne Thompson

Associate Professor of Accountancy and Director of Ph.D Programs and Arthur Andersen Faculty Fellow

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4005 Business Instructional Facility

515 Gregory Dr

Champaign, IL 61820

Director, Ph.D. Program, Accountancy, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2021 to present
Associate Professor of Accountancy, Department of Accountancy, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2019 to present
Assistant Professor of Accountancy, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2011-2019
PhD Student/Instructor, Texas A&M University, 2010
Senior Associate/Associate, PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLP, 2004-2007
Contract and Database Supervisor, Affiliate Relations, Universal Television/USA Networks, 2000-2002

Thompson, A., Urcan, O., & Yoon, H. (2023). Do companies redact material information from confidential SEC filings? Evidence from the FAST Act. The Accounting Review, 98 (4), 405–433.
Lennox, C., Schmidt, J., & Thompson, A. (2023). Why are Expanded Audit Reports Not Informative to Investors? Evidence from the United Kingdom. Review of Accounting Studies, 28 (2).
Hallman, N., Schmidt, J., & Thompson, A. (2022). Audit Implications of Non-GAAP Reporting. Journal of Accounting Research, 60 (5).
Thompson, A. (2022). Political Connections and the SEC Confidential Treatment Process. Journal of Accounting and Economics, 74 (1).

Czerney, K., Schmidt, J., Thompson, A., & Zhu, W. (2020). Do Type II Subsequent Events Impair Financial Reporting Quality? The Accounting Review, 95 (6), 97-123.
Czerney, K., Schmidt, J., & Thompson, A. (2019). Do Investors Respond to Explanatory Language Included in Unqualified Audit Reports? Contemporary Accounting Research, 36 (1), 198-229.
Fitzgerald, B., Omer, T., & Thompson, A. (2018). Audit Partner Tenure and Internal Control Reporting Quality: U.S. Evidence from the Not-For-Profit Sector. Contemporary Accounting Research, 35 (1), 334-364.
Bentley-Goode, K., Newton, N., & Thompson, A. (2017). Business Strategy, Internal Control over Financial Reporting, and Audit Reporting Quality. Auditing: A Journal of Practice and Theory.
Neuman, S., Omer, T., & Thompson, A. (2015). Determinants and Consequences of Tax Provider Choice in the Not-for-Profit Sector. Contemporary Accounting Research, 32 (2).
Czerney, K., Schmidt, J., & Thompson, A. (2014). Does Auditor Explanatory Language in Unqualified Audit Reports Indicate Financial Misstatement Risk? The Accounting Review, 89 (6).
Files, R., Sharp, N., & Thompson, A. (2014). Empirical Evidence on Repeat Restatement Firms. Accounting Horizons, 28 (1), 93-123.
Omer, T., Shelley, M., & Thompson, A. (2012). Investors' Response to Revelations of Prior Uncorrected Misstatements. Auditing: A Journal of Practice and Theory, 31 (4), 167-192.

Arthur Andersen Fellowship, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2018 to present
RC Evans Data Analytics Scholar, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2022-2023
Dean's Impact Award, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2022
Outstanding Discussion Award, AAA Financial Accounting and Reporting Section, 2022
Outstanding Reviewer Award, The Accounting Review, 2020

Gies Research Funding, Gies College of Business, 2021-2024
Subsequent Event Reporting in State and Local Government, Governmental Accounting Standards Boards (GASB), 2019-2020
UIUC Campus Research Board - Arnold O. Beckman Research Award Designation, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2019 to present
Competitive Research Funding, Mays Business School, 2010

Audit and Assurance Services

Materiality decisions, non-audit services, securities regulation, not-for-profit sector

Assurance and Attestation (ACCY 405) Conceptual introduction to diverse means by which assurers improve the quality of information used by third parties for contracting purposes, with emphases on the credibility- and relevance-enhancement properties of assurers' services. Topics include the economics of assurance and attestation, and concepts including independence, risk, evidence, and control. Projects facilitate self-discovery of knowledge and development of professional skills and attitudes.
Special Research Problems (ACCY 593) Individual investigations or research projects selected by the students, subject to approval by the graduate adviser and the executive officer of the Department.
Second Year PHD Summer Paper (ACCY 593) Individual investigations or research projects selected by the students, subject to approval by the graduate adviser and the executive officer of the Department.
Doctoral Research Seminar (ACCY 594) Seminars in various accounting areas designed to enhance the research abilities of doctoral students and to assist them in preparing research proposals; these include Behavioral Dimensions, Public Sector, Tax, Auditing, Managerial, and others announced in the Class Schedule.
Thesis Research (ACCY 599) Individual direction and guidance in writing theses; seminar discussion of progress made.
Forum Seminar (ACCY 599) Individual direction and guidance in writing theses; seminar discussion of progress made.

4005 Business Instructional Facility

515 Gregory Dr

Champaign, IL 61820