Rate My Professor Theodore Mock

Theodore J. Mock, known as Ted Mock, is the Distinguished Professor of Audit & Assurance in the A. Gary Anderson Graduate School of Management at the University of California, Riverside, a position he has held since July 2008. He earned his Ph.D. in Business Administration from the University of California, Berkeley in 1969, M.B.A. in Finance from The Ohio State University in 1964, and B.S. in Mathematics from The Ohio State University in 1963. Prior to joining UCR, Mock served as Arthur Andersen Alumni Professor of Accounting at the University of Southern California Leventhal School of Accounting from 1982 to 2006, and as Professor from 1979 to 2008, during which he directed the Center for Accounting Research and coordinated doctoral studies. He was also Professor of Audit Research at Maastricht University from 1991 to 2009, continuing as Honorary Professor thereafter, and held numerous visiting professorships worldwide, including at Hitotsubashi University, University of Melbourne, Australian National University, National University of Singapore, and others. Mock is retiring after 17 years at UCR in summer 2025.

Mock's research specializations include auditing, audit judgment, analytical review procedures, evidential reasoning, risk assessment, internal controls, and accounting information systems. He has authored key books and monographs such as The Unqualified Auditor’s Report: A Study of User Perceptions, Effects on User Decisions and Decision Processes, and Directions for Further Research (2009, with J.L. Turner, G.L. Gray, and P.J. Coram), Belief Functions in Business Decisions (2002, with R. Srivastava), Internal Accounting Control Evaluation and Auditor Judgment: An Anthology (1999, with J.L. Turner), and Auditor Judgment Research in Analytical Procedures: Implications for Practice (1997, with S. Biggs and P. Watkins). His contributions to the field include founding and chairing the International Symposium on Audit Research from 1994 to 2023, serving as Editor of Auditing: A Journal of Practice & Theory from 1993 to 1997, chairing the Auditing Section of the American Accounting Association in 1991-1992, and holding editorial board positions on journals such as The Accounting Review and MIS Quarterly. Mock has received major awards including the AAA Lifetime Service Award (2016), AAA Outstanding Accounting Educator Award (2011), 2005 Notable Contribution Award from the ABO Section of AAA, and Wildman Medal Award (1982).