Biography
Christine is the Associate Dean Teaching & Learning (ADTL) in the Faculty of Business and Law and a Senior Lecturer 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.
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
Publications
Christine Contessotto, Joanna Tai, Janine McBurnie, Kelli Nicola-Richmond, Petra Brown
(2022), pp. 1-17, Assessment as learning : maximising opportunities for student learning and achievement, London, Eng., B1
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 Anne Wyatt, Prof Barry Cooper, Dr 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
Dr Christine Contessotto, Dr Shireenjit Johl
Accounting & Finance Assoc of Australian & New Zealand Grant - Research
- 2016: $4,000
Supervisions
No completed student supervisions to report