Rate My Professor Jo-Anne Kestel

Dr Jo-Anne Kestel is a Lecturer in the Murdoch Business School at Murdoch University, serving as Academic Chair for the Postgraduate Master of Professional Accounting (MPA and MPA Advanced) programs. She holds a Doctor of Philosophy in Commerce from Murdoch University and has worked extensively in the accounting discipline at the institution for many years. Her research specializations include accounting higher education, graduate work readiness, professional identity development, AI education, and academic integrity. Kestel is actively engaged in interdisciplinary research projects related to volunteering and community engagement. Notable projects include leading the Volunteering WA Research Grant-funded 'Engaging Informal Volunteers in Local Contexts,' serving as Principal Investigator for 'Murdoch University Curriculum Reform: Embedding AI Literacy,' and collaborating on the Informal Volunteering project with colleagues Dr Anne Peachey, Associate Professor Megan Paull, and Dr Moira Watson from the Murdoch Business School. Earlier, she was associated with a 1995 grant on Accounting Policy Changes in the Western Australian Public Sector.

Kestel's scholarly contributions encompass auditing, financial accounting, and social impacts. Key publications include 'Structure versus judgement in the audit process: a test of Kinney's classification' (Managerial Auditing Journal, 2001, co-authored with Malcolm Smith, Brenton Fiedler, and Bruce Brown), which investigates the replacement of auditor judgement by structured algorithms. She co-authored 'Exploring the influence of Homeless Connect Perth on personal agency' (Third Sector Review, 2015, with Megan Paull, Anne Clear, and Sally Paulin), proposing a model on volunteer contributions to homeless individuals' agency. Additionally, she contributed to the conference paper 'Vindication theory: Towards a financial accounting methodology' (1994, with J. De Reuck, D. van Rhyn, and D.A. Holloway). In recognition of her teaching excellence, Kestel received the Murdoch University Teaching Excellence Award in 2016. She has presented her research on informal volunteering at events such as the Research Network Meeting.