Frank A Buckless (born April 9, 1958) is an American business educator, textbook editor and author, as well as consultant who is known for his expertise in auditing.

Buckless is the Stephen P. Zelnak Dean of the Poole College of Management at North Carolina State University.

In 1981, Buckless graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Accounting from the Michigan State University (MSU) Eli Broad College of Business.

[2] Following graduation, Buckless went to work for Arthur Andersen & Co. in Atlanta, Georgia where he began to specialize in auditing processes.

Buckless completed his PhD in 1989 and published his thesis entitled "Modeling External Auditors' Evaluations of Audit Risk and the Effect of the Task Environment on Consensus".

[1] Buckless oversaw the $500,000 donation by to Ernst & Young the Accounting Department was the largest ever for a project implementing the Second Life virtual platform into the curriculum in 2009.

[3] This funding was utilized by Buckless along with Mr. Scott Showalter and Dr. Kathy Krawczyk to create a virtual warehouse for their students to audit.

[4][5][6] The data collected from this study showed that students improved "inventory observation knowledge, interviewing, audit documentation, critical thinking, and group work skills".