Meet Rebecca (Becca) Baaske
Assistant Professor, Accounting
Phone: (813) 257-3298
Email: rbaaske@ut.edu
Address: 401 W. Kennedy Blvd. Tampa, FL 33606
Mailbox: O
Building:
ICB
Room: 209
Education
2012 North Central College
2014 DePaul University, MAcc
2021 University of South Florida, Ph.D.
Courses Taught
Financial Accounting Information
Managerial Accounting
Career Specialties
Baaske teaching experience is with financial accounting, auditing and accounting information systems (AIS).
Her research broadly contributes to the auditing and accounting information systems (AIS) judgment and decision-making literature, most often using an experimental methodology. More specifically, much of her research interest is in areas where auditors may fail to recognize risks or audit issues due to insufficient skillsets or insufficient levels of skeptical cognitive processing. (Focus areas: Data analytics/visualizations, risk assessment and ESG assurance)
Professional and Community Activities
Baaske has experience as a senior auditor from PwC in Chicago.
Recent research publication: "Impact of deterrence and inertia on information security policy changes" (Malimage, Raddatz, Trinkle, Crossler, and Baaske 2020)
Dissertation: "The use of data analytic visualizations to inform the audit risk assessment: The impact of initial visualization form and documentation focus"
Honors and Awards
Active CPA in the state of Illinois
Deloitte Consortium Fellow 2019; Henry Efebera Memorial (HEM) Scholarship recipient 2019