Melissa Carlisle

Melissa Carlisle is an Associate Professor in the Department of Accountancy at Case Western Reserve University's Weatherhead School of Management. Her research focuses on auditor-client interactions, examining how power dynamics, communication modes, and behavioral factors impact audit quality and financial reporting. She holds a PhD in Accounting from Georgia Institute of Technology and is a CPA with academic credentials from Kent State University.

• Education: PhD (Georgia Tech, 2015), Master of Accountancy (Kent State, 2007), BBA (Kent State, 2006)

Her work combines psychological theories with experimental economics to analyze:

• Auditor judgment under power asymmetry
• Impact of management excuses on fraud detection
• Stakeholder accountability in environmental governance
• Communication channel effects in remote audits

Recent publications in Auditing: A Journal of Practice and Theory and Current Issues in Auditing explore audit market segmentation and regulatory compliance challenges. She has received the Thomas M. Dickerson Faculty Fellowship for her contributions to accounting research.