Biography
Christine is an Associate Professor in the Department of Accounting within the Faculty of Business and Finance. She has extensive experience in the tertiary sector, working at Deakin over the last 8 years and prior to that 7 years at Monash, sessional teaching at RMIT and over 15 years at TAFE. Christine teaches in the Accounting capstone unit and in auditing units. Christine researches in audit teams and teaching.
Christine is a strong proponent of active learning, authentic activities, and assessment. She has won three Vice Chancellor's awards and an AAUT teaching and learning award.
She is a Chartered Accountant having worked in audit and accounting roles before joining academia. Over her time at Deakin, Christine has been the Associate Dean, Teaching and Learning in the Faculty of Business and Law (4 years) and the Director of Teaching in the Accounting Department (3 years).
Read more on Christine's profileResearch interests
- Auditing and Assurance
Affiliations
- Member, Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia and New Zealand (CA ANZ).
- Member, Accounting and Finance Association of Australia and New Zealand (AFAANZ).
- Editorial Advisory Board Member, International Journal of Auditing (IJA).
- Senior Fellow HEA
Teaching interests
- Financial Accounting
- Auditing and Assurance
- Accounting and Society
Professional activities
Awards
- Vice Chancellors’ Award for Teaching Excellence, Deakin University, 2017
- Vice Chancellor's Award for Outstanding Contribution to Digital Platforms and Capabilities 2021
- AAUT Citation for Outstanding Contributions to Student Learning 2021
- Vice Chancellors award for for Teaching Excellence – DBS WIL Suite Enhancement 2023
Publications
Christine Contessotto, Christine Contessotto, Joanna Tai, Joanna Tai, Janine Mc Burnie, Janine Mc Burnie, Kelli Nicola-Richmond, Kelli Nicola-Richmond, Petra Brown, Petra Brown
(2022), pp. 1-17, Assessment as learning : maximising opportunities for student learning and achievement, London, Eng., B1
Team familiarity-Boon for routines, bane for innovation? A review and future research agenda
B Muskat, A Anand, C Contessotto, A Tan, G Park
(2022), Vol. 32, pp. 1-13, Human Resource Management Review, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, C1
How do audit team industry and client-specific experience impact audit effort and audit fees?
C Contessotto, W Knechel, R Moroney
(2021), Vol. 25, pp. 249-268, International journal of auditing, Chichester, Eng., C1
C Contessotto, W Knechel, R Moroney
(2019), Vol. 38, pp. 121-147, Auditing, C1
The association between audit committee effectiveness and audit risk
C Contessotto, R Moroney
(2014), Vol. 54, pp. 393-418, Accounting & finance, Oxford, Eng., C1-1
Funded Projects at Deakin
Industry and Other Funding
KPMG Research Fellow in Integrated Reporting
Prof Barry Cooper, Prof Anne Wyatt, A/Prof Christine Contessotto, A/Prof Luckmika Perera, Dr Samuel Cheung
KPMG
- 2020: $96,558
- 2019: $193,117
- 2018: $193,117
- 2017: $193,117
- 2016: $96,558
Key Audit Matters, Materiality Thresholds and Financial Reporting Quality
A/Prof Christine Contessotto, Dr Shireenjit Johl
Accounting & Finance Assoc of Australian & New Zealand Grant - Research
- 2016: $4,000
Supervisions
No completed student supervisions to report