Dr. Tammie Schaefer is an Associate Professor of Accounting at the Henry W. Bloch School of Management, University of Missouri–Kansas City. Her research focuses on judgment and decision-making in auditing and tax, professional skepticism, fraud detection, auditor interactions, and negotiation strategies. She has published in leading journals such as The Accounting Review, Contemporary Accounting Research, and Behavioral Research in Accounting. Her work has been supported by grants from organizations including the Institute for Fraud Prevention, the Center for Audit Quality, and KPMG.Dr. Schaefer earned her PhD in Accounting from the University of South Carolina, an MBA and BS in Accounting from Rockhurst University, and is a Certified Public Accountant. Before her academic career, she worked as an audit senior at PwC. She is an active member of the American Accounting Association and the AICPA’s Accounting Doctoral Scholars Program.