Dr. Tristan Johnson

Tristan is an Assistant Professor of Accounting in the Mitchell College of Business at the University of South Alabama. He earned his Ph.D. from Florida State University in 2018 and his B.S. from Drexel University in 2009. Following his graduation from Drexel, he worked as an auditor for regional and local
public accounting firms. He is a CPA (Alabama). His primary teaching interest is financial accounting. He teaches intermediate accounting at the undergraduate level and financial accounting theory at the graduate level. His primary research interests pertain to the supply of and demand for accountants and
the determinants and consequences of regulation in accounting. He has several publications in these areas.

Research Interests

• Supply of and demand for accountants
  Determinants and consequences of regulation in accounting
  Judgment and decision-making in accounting

 

Publications

• “The Impact of the CPA Evolution on Students’ Interest in Earning a CPA License and Working
  in Public Accounting,” with Bradley Lang and Shawn Mauldin. Issues in Accounting Education,
  2024, 39 (3), 45–58.
  • Revised version of an initial study that was funded by National Association of State
  Boards of Accountancy; this revised study was used to satisfy the terms of the grant.
• “How to Increase Interest in Unfilled Positions,” with J. Russell Hardin and James Rich. Internal
  Auditing, 2023, 38 (5), 21–25.
• “Options for Meeting the 150-Hour Requirement to Maximize Students’ Demand as Accounting
  Recruits: Have Things Changed?” with J. Russell Hardin, Matt Howard, and Shawn Mauldin.
  The Accounting Educators’ Journal, 2022, 32, 161–188.
  • Funded by National Association of State Boards of Accountancy.
• “The Effects of the Mandated Disclosure of CEO-to-Employee Pay Ratios on CEO Pay.”
  International Journal of Disclosure and Governance, 2022, 19 (1), 67–92.
• “Climate Change Financial Reporting Disclosures Receive Enhanced Priority,” with X. Jasmine
  Bordere and C. Terry Grant. Internal Auditing, 2021, 36 (3), 10–16.
• “Why Risk Assessment Merits Increased Auditor Focus,” with Thomas G. Noland and James
  Rich. Journal of Accountancy, 2020, 230 (5), 31–33.
  • Awarded 2020 Journal of Accountancy Lawler/Best Article Award (Nontax category).

•  Ph.D. from Florida State University (Tallahassee, Florida)
•  B.S. from Drexel University (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) 

• ACC 371: Intermediate Accounting I
• ACC 511: Financial Accounting Theory
• ACC 570: Professional Accounting I
• ACC 571: Professional Accounting II