Background

Donna Bobek Schmitt joined the faculty of the University of South Carolina in 2014 after 17 years at the University of Central Florida. She teaches graduate tax courses and mentors PhD students. She conducts research on the judgment and decision-making, including ethical decision-making, of taxpayers and accounting professionals and has published in many academic journals including The Accounting Review, Accounting, Organizations & Society, Journal of the American Taxation Association, Auditing: A Journal of Practice and Theory, Behavioral Research in Accounting (BRIA), and the Journal of Business Ethics. She is an editor and editorial board member at several journals. She is also a licensed Certified Public Accountant in Florida. When she isn’t working at the Moore school she enjoys quality time with her family – including her husband, Joe, her golden retriever, Maggie, her many grown children and especially her five grandchildren.

Research

Taxation, tax policy, judgment and decision-making of taxpayers and tax professionals, ethical decision-making

Education

Ph.D., University of Florida, 1997
B.B.A., University of Miami, 1983