Susan D. Hermanson

Susan Hermanson is Professor of Accountancy at the University of North Carolina Wilmington and has published over 70 refereed articles in leading accounting journals, including Accounting Horizons, Issues in Accounting Education, Advances in Accounting Behavioral Research, Current Issues in Auditing and others. Her research investigating audit market mergers was referenced by the United States General Accounting Office (GAO). Her works have been cited in top accounting journals throughout the United States, Europe, Asia, Africa and Australia. Dr. Hermanson was solicited by the College Board to contribute the content regarding majoring in accounting for its Book of Majors and has served as a coauthor of Financial Accounting and Managerial Accounting textbooks.

Dr. Hermanson is a highly regarded teacher at both the graduate and undergraduate levels. She has received eight teaching awards, most notably the UNCW Chancellor’s Teaching Excellence Award. She is a faculty advisor to the Beta Alpha Psi Accounting Honorary Society at UNCW. In addition, she is a frequent Chair of Honor’s Theses in support of the Honor’s College at UNCW. Dr. Hermanson truly enjoys working with students and has several publications with students as co-authors.

Dr. Hermanson served as Dixon Hughes Goodman Faculty Fellow from 2008-2016, and as Cameron Distinguished Professor of Accounting from 2016-2021. She worked in public accounting through the rank of senior auditor with Arthur Andersen & Co.

Education

BBA in Accounting, University of Georgia
(Summa Cum Laude & First Honor Graduate)

PhD in Accounting, Texas A&M University

Specialization in Teaching

Financial Accounting, Auditing, Managerial Accounting

Research Interests

Internal Auditing, Auditing, Corporate Governance and Financial Accounting