Faculty and Talent Research Profiles

Dr. Natalia Kochetova, Sobey Professorship in Accounting 

Dr. Natalia Kochetova, PhD, FCPA, FCMA is a Professor of Accounting and Auditing at the Sobey School of Business, where she also serves as an Academic Director of the PhD Business Administration (Accounting, Finance, Management) Program. She holds a PhD in Accounting from Georgia State University, and a BSc (Honours) in Accounting from the University of South Alabama. Dr. Kochetova is a Canadian CPA;  she was awarded an honorable “Fellow” designation in 2014. Dr. Kochetova’s research focuses on judgment and decision-making processes and outcomes by financial statement auditors, internal auditors, and CFOs. Together with her co-authors, she has received several research grants from the Social Science and Humanities Research Council of Canada and from the Canadian Academic Accounting Association. Her research has been published in Auditing: A Journal of Practice & Theory; Accounting, Organizations and Society; Behavioral Research in Accounting; Contemporary Accounting Research; International Journal of Auditing; and The Accounting Review. Dr. Kochetova has served on the Boards of Directors of the Chartered Professional Accountants (CPA) Nova Scotia, CPA Atlantic School of Business, Canadian Academic Accounting Association, Alliance Française-Halifax, and on the Board of Governors of Saint Mary’s University. She is currently a member of Canadian Audit and Assurance Standards Board.