Faculty Profiles

Heintz, James A.

Director of Accounting and Information Systems


350 Summerfield Hall
University of Kansas, School of Business
1300 Sunnyside Avenue
Lawrence, KS 66045-7585

P: (785) 864-4568
jheintz@ku.edu

Education DBA 1972, Washington University, St. Louis BS (with honors) Quincy College, Quincy, Illinois CPA 1967, Illinois Joined the University of Kansas in 1998
Academic Areas Accounting and Information Systems
Interests Auditing Financial Accounting Audit judgment formation Uses of published financial data
Current Activities Member of AACSB National Accounting Accreditation Committee
Selected Publications "The Effect of Data Reliability on the Influence of Unaudited Values in Audit Analytical Procedures," International Journal of Auditing, Vol. 2, Summer, 1999. With G. White and J Bedard. "Using Flowcharts to Teach Audit Reports: An Update," Journal of Accounting Education, Spring, 1999. With S. Michael Groomer. "The Effect of a Planning Materiality Decision Aid on Audit Team Consensus," Accounting and Business Research, Vol. 4, Fall, 1996. With James King and Robert Welker. "Auditor Judgment in Analytical Review - Some Further Evidence," Auditing: A Journal of Practice and Theory, Spring, 1989. With Gwen White. "Sensitivity of Independent Auditors to Evidence Reliability," Auditing: A Journal of Practice and Theory, Fall, 1988. With James Rebele and George Briden. College Accounting (South-Western Publishing Co., Cincinnati, 9 editions, latest in 2008). With Robert W. Parry.