Cristina Alberti

Cristina T. Alberti, Ph.D., CPA is an assistant professor in the Accounting and Law division. She teaches auditing and financial accounting. Professor Alberti's research interests focus on how audit firm culture affects auditors' judgments and decisions, using qualitative and experimental research methods to do so. Her dissertation examines auditors' response to, and regulators' evaluation of auditors' response to, COVID-19. She also enjoys developing teaching cases that help students engage in data analytics in an auditing context. She has published in several academic journals, including the European Accounting Review. Professor Alberti received her Ph.D. in accounting from Bentley University. Prior to academia, she was an Assurance Manager at PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC). While at PwC, she spent most of her time working on public company audits in the technology and aerospace and defense industries.