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Ashley Austin is an Assistant Professor of Accounting at the University of Richmond's Robins School of Business. She received a Ph.D. in Accounting from the University of Georgia in 2016 after first becoming a licensed CPA and working for KPMG as an audit senior associate. Ashley's research interests involve using behavioral methods to understand and improve auditors' judgments and decision-making. Her current research projects focus on how to help auditors exercise professional skepticism and be alert for fraud throughout the audit, especially in light of the new opportunities and challenges associated with the growing use of emerging technologies in accounting and auditing. Ashley's research has been published in Contemporary Accounting Research, Auditing: A Journal of Practice & Theory, and Journal of Accounting and Public Policy. Her research projects have received prestigious grants and awards from the American Accounting Association (AAA), American Institute of CPAs (AICPA), Center for Audit Quality (CAQ), Institute for Fraud Prevention (IFP), and KPMG Foundation.