Monika joined the accounting PhD program in 2004. Her primary research interests include audit production, audit efficiency, audit quality and corporate governance. Monika has presented her research papers at the American Accounting Association Annual Meeting (Anaheim, California 2008), Auditing Midyear Conference (Austin, Texas 2008), European Auditing Network Symposium (Arhus, Denmark 2007) and the European Accounting Association Annual Congress (Dublin, Ireland 2006). She was also an invited participant of AAA/Deloitte/J. Michael Cook Doctoral Student Consortium (Lake Tahoe, California 2008). Monika holds a BS degree in finance from Oregon State University and a Master's degree in accounting from the University of Texas at Arlington where she also provided teaching assistance for several courses. She has also worked as an analyst for an energy company both in Portland, Oregon and Houston, Texas.