Ryan A. Teeter
Clinical Associate Professor of Business Administration

Contact

236 Mervis Hall
teeter@katz.pitt.edu
412-624-8310

Profile

Ryan Teeter is a technologist, data analyst, and accountant. He has co-authored several textbooks including Data Analytics for Accounting and Introduction to Data Analytics for Accounting with McGraw-Hill. He has worked with companies, such as Procter & Gamble and Siemens, to implement automated auditing controls testing and conducts research in remote audit, audit automation, data analytics, and artificial intelligence. As a clinical faculty, he brings real-world data analytics cases and data-driven instruction into accounting courses that include Managerial Accounting, Intermediate Financial Reporting, Auditing, Accounting Information Systems, and Accounting Data Analytics. Additionally, he travels with College of Business Administration and Swanson School of Engineering students to Costa Rica each May to study the supply chain of tropical agriculture as part of the Plus3 program. Ryan is an advocate for discerning use of technology tools to enhance learning and works with his colleagues to raise the bar of the post-pandemic classroom experience.

Awards and Honors

  • 2022 Ernst & Young Foundation Innovation in Accounting Education Award
  • 2019 Edward W. Kay and Mary Margaret Kay Teaching Excellence in Accounting Award
  • 2019 PwC INQuiries Grant – Undergraduate Data Analytics Curriculum Development
  • 2016 PwC INQuiries Grant – Graduate Data Analytics Case and AIS Curriculum Research
  • Best Paper Award, SET Section, AAA Annual Meeting, August 2010.
  • Best Paper Award, SET Section, AAA Annual Meeting, August 2008.
  • Fellow, AAA/Deloitte/J. Michael Cook Doctoral Consortium, June 2010

Professional Service and Activities

  • Board Member, William Dillard Accounting Analytics Initiative Advisory Board 2021-present
  • Board Member, McGraw Hill Data Analytics Advisory Board 2019-present
  • Board Member, Accounting Information Systems Educator Association 2017-present
  • Member, Institute of Internal Auditors Internal Auditing Education Partnership Program Board 2010-present
  • Volunteer with the American Red Cross

Consulting Activities

Internal Audit Consultant with Siemens, Procter & Gamble, and Johnson & Johnson
Consultant, AICPA Assurance Services Executive Committee
Online homework and curriculum developer, John Wiley & Sons

Degrees

  • PhD, Accounting Information Systems, Rutgers University
  • BS, Accounting, Utah Valley University

Recent Publications

Richardson, V. J., R.A. Teeter and K. Terrell. Introduction to Data Analytics for Accounting. McGraw-Hill.

Richardson, V. J., R.A. Teeter and K. Terrell. Data Analytics for Accounting. McGraw-Hill.

Wood, D.A., et al. 2023. The ChatGPT Artificial Intelligence Chatbot: How Well Does It Answer Accounting Assessment Questions? Issues in Accounting Education. Vol. 38, No. 4.

Vasarhelyi, M.A., J.D. Warren Jr, R.A. Teeter, W.R. Titera. 2014. Embracing the Automated Audit. Journal of Accountancy. AICPA, April 2014.

Byrnes, P.A., A. Al-Awadhi, B. Gullvist, H. Brown-Liburd, R.A. Teeter, J.D. Warren Jr, M.A. Vasarhelyi. 2012. Evolution of Auditing: From the Traditional Approach to the Future Audit. American Institute of Certified Public Accountants White Paper.

Teeter, R.A., M.G. Alles, and M.A. Vasarhelyi. 2010. The Remote Audit. Journal of Emerging Technology in Accounting, 7(1), 73.

Vasarhelyi, M.A., R.A. Teeter, and J.P. Krahel. 2010. Auditing Education and the Real-Time Economy. Issues in Accounting Education, 25(3), 405.

Teeter, R.A. and Whelan-Berry, K.S. 2008. My firm versus our firm: the challenge of change in small, growing professional service firms. Journal of Business Inquiry, 7(1): 41-52.

Teeter, R.A. and K.B. Barksdale. 2009. Google Sites and Chrome For Dummies. John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

Teeter, R.A., and K.B. Barksdale, 2008. Google Apps For Dummies. John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

Academic Area

Accounting

Personal Interests

In his spare time, Ryan loves to travel with his wife, Erin, and enjoy the great outdoors. He has traveled to all 50 United States and more than a dozen countries. He is an avid cyclist, rock climber, water skier, and scuba diver. He loves gadgets and technologies that help him be a better book reader, communicator, mentor, author and teacher.