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Steve Maex (PhD, CPA, CISA, CITP) is an Assistant Professor of Accounting at the Costello College of Business at Â鶹ÊÓƵ. He obtained his PhD from Temple University’s Fox School of Business, and prior to that, he spent seven years as an IT Auditor and Data Analytics Specialist at KPMG LLP. He is a Certified Public Accountant and a Certified Information Systems Auditor and strives to bring his experience as a practitioner to both his teaching and research. As a teacher, he coordinates Â鶹ÊÓƵ’s Graduate Certificate in Accounting Analytics and has been recognized as Teacher of the Year in the Master of Science in Accounting program for each of the past three years. His research focuses on auditing, assurance, and financial reporting quality, with particular interest in the effects of emerging trends in information management (e.g., cloud services, privacy regulation) on firms and their auditors, audit firm quality control systems, as well as assurance in the cryptocurrency marketplace. His work has been published in the Review of Accounting Studies, Journal of Accounting and Public Policy, and Accounting Horizons and is forthcoming in Management Science. Additionally, his dissertation on the implications of modern privacy regulation for firm information quality won the 2023 American Accounting Association’s International Accounting Section Dissertation Award. In his free time, Steve enjoys golfing and spending time with his wife and two sons. 

Research Interests

• Auditing
• Accounting Information Systems
• Emerging Technologies
• Cryptocurrency
• Information Governance and Management

Education

• PhD - Accounting, Temple University
• BBA - Accounting and Information Systems, Loyola University Maryland

Research and Awards

• Khavis, Josh A., Jagan Krishnan, Steven A. Maex, and Colin Tipton. 2025. Remote Work and Auditors’ Work-Life Balance: Disproportionate Impacts on Engagement Leaders. Accounting Horizons. Forthcoming.
• Knechel, W. Robert, Steven A. Maex, and Hyun Jong Park. 2025. The Role of Auditor Reputation in an Emerging Audit Marketplace: Evidence from Decentralized Finance (DeFi). Management Science. Forthcoming.
• Maex, Steven A., and Stefan Slavov. 2025. Initial Evidence on the Content and Market Implications of Stablecoin Reserve Reporting. Journal of Accounting and Public Policy 51: 107309.
• Krishnan, Jagan, Jayanthi Krishnan, and Steven A. Maex. 2024. Does Audit Firm Hiring of Former PCAOB Personnel Improve Audit Quality? Review of Accounting Studies 29: 3130–3175.
• Banker, Rajiv D., Xiaorong Li, Steven A. Maex, and Wenyun Shi. 2020. The Audit Implications of Cloud Computing. Accounting Horizons 34 (4): 1–31.
• AIS/SET Conference Best Research Paper Award, American Accounting Association, 2024
• Outstanding International Accounting Dissertation, American Accounting Association, 2023