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Dr. Kate Mai is a Senior Lecturer in Accounting & Data Analytics at La Trobe University, Australia. She holds a PhD from La Trobe University and prior degrees from Monash University and the University of Manchester. Her research focuses on the intersection of accounting practices, human psychology, and organizational systems, emphasizing ethical considerations and life-sustaining principles. She actively contributes to academic governance through roles on the Academic Board and Human Research Ethics Committee. Dr. Mai has received education awards for her innovative teaching approaches, which prioritize student potential and holistic learning environments.
Her research explores how accounting systems shape human self-perception, ethical behavior, and organizational sustainability. Key areas include performance measurement in collectivist cultures, pandemic-era accounting rhetoric, and systems theory applications in organizational life. She has collaborated with scholars like Zahirul Hoque on interdisciplinary studies. Her work bridges accounting theory with behavioral science and ecological sustainability.
Awardees of the Vice-Chancellor Education Award (2021) and Nancy Milis Award, Dr. Mai also maintains expertise in Vietnamese accounting practices through her prior audit work at Ernst & Young. She teaches courses in strategic management accounting, performance measurement, and research philosophy, supervising postgraduate students on topics like sustainability reporting and textbook impacts in accounting education.
