Brent Schmidt
Assistant Professor of Accounting
Department Accounting
Office Address 373 Business Building
Phone Number
814-865-3901
Email Address
bjs6505@psu.edu
Brent Schmidt
Assistant Professor of Accounting
Department Accounting
Office Address 373 Business Building
Phone Number
814-865-3901
Email Address
bjs6505@psu.edu
Professor Brent Schmidt is an Assistant Professor of Accounting at Penn State University. Professor Schmidt’s research interests include financial reporting and disclosure, regulation, and financial institutions. Prior to graduate school, Professor Schmidt worked as a senior associate auditor at BKD, LLP in Cincinnati, Ohio. Professor Schmidt graduated with his PhD from The Ohio State University in 2019 and with his B.S. from Miami University (Ohio) in 2011. Professor Schmidt is a 2012 Elijah Watt Sells Award recipient and a licensed CPA in Ohio (inactive).
Expertise
Regulation, Financial Institutions, The Securities and Exchange Commission, Financial Reporting and Disclosure
Education
Ph D, Accounting, Ohio State University, 2019
BS, Accounting, Miami University, 2011
Courses Taught
ACCTG 472 – Int Fin Acctg II (3)
Off-balance-sheet financing; special issues in cost capitalization, liabilities, and equities; matching; funds flow statements; statement analysis; inflation accounting.
Selected Publications
Forthcoming
Honors and Awards
AAA/Deloitte/J. Michael Cook Doctoral Consortium Fellow, American Accounting Association/Deloitte, (Jun 30, 2017)