Jeri Ricketts

Jeri Ricketts is Associate Professor of Accounting. She graduated in 1979 with a bachelor’s degree in accounting from the University of Louisville. She then worked as an auditor with Peat Marwick (KPMG) before returning in 1981 to work on her MBA at the University of Cincinnati. After completing her MBA, she entered the PhD program at UC, obtaining her PhD in accounting in 1986. She has also taught at the University of Dayton, and as a visiting professor at the University of Arizona. Her research interests are audit risk; internal control testing and assessment procedures in auditing; roles of internal and external auditors; and analytical review procedures in auditing.

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Teaching Interest
Financial Accounting (Financial, Intermediate, Theory and Professional Ethics); Auditing (undergraduate and Ph.D.)

Research Interest
Audit Risk; internal control testing and assessment procedures in auditing; roles of internal and external auditors; analytical review procedures in auditing

History
Institution: University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH
Title: Academic Program Director, Carl H. Lindner Honors-PLUS Program

Institution: University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH
Title: Associate Professor

Institution: University of Dayton, Dayton, Ohio
Title: Associate Professor
End Date: 1992-09-30

Institution: University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH
Title: Assistant Professor
End Date: 1991-09-30

Institution: University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona
Title: Visiting Assistant Professor
End Date: 1990-12-31

Institution: University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH
Title: Instructor
End Date: 1985-09-30

Institution: University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH
Title: Teaching Assistant
End Date: 1982-09-30

Institution: Peat, Marwick, Mitchell & Co. (now KPMG Peat Marwick), Louisville, KY and Cincinnati, OH
Title: Staff Auditor
End Date: 1981-09-30

Assignments
Director of Carl H. LIndner Honors-PLUS Program within the College of Business
Dates:2002-09-01

Awards | Honors
Name: National Merit Scholar

Name: Wellenken-Himmelfarb Accounting Scholarship recipient

Name: Michael L. Dean EXCEL Award for Undergraduate Teaching
Year Received: 1996
Organization: University of Cincinnati

Name: UC-CBA Grilliot Award for Outstanding Student-Faculty Relations
Year Received: 1990

Education
Institution: University of Cincinnati
Location: Cincinnati, Ohio
Major: Accounting
Dissertation: Nonsampling Risk: Auditor Detection of Compliance Deviations
Completed: 1986
Degree: PhD

Institution: University of Cincinnati
Location: Cincinnati, Ohio
Major: Accounting
Completed: 1982
Degree: MBA

Institution: University of Louisville
Location: Louisville, Kentucky
Major: Accounting
Completed: 1979
Degree: BS

Published Contributions
Mary Mindak, Jeri Ricketts, Jens Stephan,  (2009). The Goldilocks Approach to Budgeting: Not Too High, Not Too Low, But Just Right. CMA Management, .

Presentations
Title: Conservative Response Bias in Assessing Internal Controls Over Operations, Financial Reporting, and Compliance Under COSO Guidelines
Year: 1995
Organization: American Accounting Association Annual Meeting

Location: Nashville, TN
Year: 1991

Title: The Effect of Public Scrutiny on Auditor Independence During the Tender Offer Process 
Year: 1990

Title: The Risk of Auditor Error in Compliance Testing
Year: 1988

Title: Auditor Detection Rates for Compliance Deviations in an Internal Control Test
Year: 1987