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A/Prof. Christine Contessotto

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Position

Associate Dean, Teaching and Learning

Faculty

Faculty of Business and Law

Department

Office of the Exec Dean B&L

Campus

Melbourne Burwood Campus

Qualifications

Doctor of Philosophy, Monash University, 2016

Contact

c.contessotto@deakin.edu.au
+61 3 925 17288

Biography

Christine is the Associate Dean Teaching & Learning (ADTL) in the Faculty of Business and Law and an Associate Professor in the Department of Accounting.  Prior to her ADTL role, Christine was the Director of Teaching in the Accounting Department. She has extensive experience in the tertiary sector, including 7 years at Monash, sessional teaching at RMIT and over 15 years at TAFE. Christine is a strong proponent of active learning, authentic activities, and assessment. She is a Chartered Accountant having worked in audit and accounting roles before joining academia.

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Research 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

Google Scholar

http://scholar.google.com.au/scholar?hl=en&q=christine+contessotto&btnG=&as_sdt=1%2C5&as_sdtp=

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

    Publications

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    2022

    The reciprocal nature of Assessment-as-Learning and feedback literacy: case studies from higher education in Australia

    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

    book chapter

    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

    journal article
    2021

    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

    journal article
    2019

    The association between audit manager and auditor-in- charge experience, effort, and risk responsiveness

    C Contessotto, W Knechel, R Moroney

    (2019), Vol. 38, pp. 121-147, Auditing, C1

    journal article
    2014

    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

    journal article

    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