Rate My Professor Janine Muir

Dr. Janine Muir is a Lecturer in Accounting at Swinburne University of Technology, within the Department of Accounting, Economics and Finance in the School of Business, Law and Entrepreneurship. Her research and teaching specializations include Auditing and Financial Crime Analysis. She earned her Doctor of Philosophy from Swinburne University of Technology between 2008 and 2013, with a thesis titled examining volunteer accounting in an unregulated environment. Muir has served as Course Director for the Bachelor of Accounting and Information Systems at the Hawthorn campus and has extensive experience in accounting education and coordination at Swinburne since 2005. She is a Certified Practising Accountant (CPA) and has contributed to academic discourse through presentations on embedding non-technical skills into accounting curricula and overseas teaching in auditing as part of collaborative articulation programs.

Muir's key publications encompass topics in auditing and related fields. These include 'Lean is a Journey, Not a Destination for Internal Audit' (2020), 'Killing the annual budget cycle: Dynamic planning and rolling forecasts in lean enterprises' (2019), 'A Consideration of Literature on Trust and Distrust as they Relate to Auditor Professional Scepticism: Auditor Professional Scepticism' (2016), and 'A Consideration of Literature on Trust and Distrust as They Relate to Auditor Professional Scepticism' (2015). Additional works feature 'A hands-on approach: a way to enhance understanding in auditing' and 'Volunteer accounting in an unregulated environment: a critical examination,' reflecting her PhD focus. Her scholarship has garnered 31 citations on ResearchGate. Muir has engaged publicly through a CPA Australia podcast on 'What readers want to know from annual reports' (2020) alongside Dr. Mark Shying and co-signed a 2018 submission to the International Federation of Accountants on behalf of Swinburne Business School. She maintains an active role in professional accounting education and practice.