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Iowa's accounting faculty members are "thought leaders" in accounting education and research. Not only are they noted for their teaching excellence, they have authored leading textbooks, and served as advisors to accounting regulatory bodies. You can read more about the textbooks authored by Tippie accounting faculty on page 3 of the fall 2008 issue of The Iowa Ledger magazine.

In addition, the department ranks highly in a recent study of accounting research departments by topical area and methodology based on publications in top accounting research journals over the last six and 12 years. The Iowa accounting department ranks 3rd nationally in the area of tax research, 9th nationally in financial accounting research, and 10th nationally across all topical areas.

Tenured and Tenure-Track Faculty
	Ramji Balakrishnan ramji-balakrishnan@uiowa.edu Office: W262A PBB Phone: 335-0958 Professor and Director, RSM McGladrey Institute of Accounting Education and Research Carlson-KPMG Professor of Accounting Academic History: - PhD in Accounting, Columbia University, 1986 - MBA, Indian Institute of Management, 1979 - BSc in statistics, University of Madras, India, 1977

	Joyce Berg joyce-berg@uiowa.edu Office: S284 PBB Phone: 335-0840 Associate Professor and Interim Director, Iowa Electronic Markets Pioneer Hi-Bred Research Fellow Academic History: - PhD in Accounting, University of Minnesota, 1988 - MBA, University of Minnesota, 1985 - BSB in Accounting, University of Minnesota, 1979 Expertise: Design of Incentive Systems, Experimental Markets, Internet Markets and Market Design, Iowa Electronic Markets, Management Accounting, Prediction Markets

	Daniel Collins daniel-collins@uiowa.edu Office: W262B PBB Phone: 335-0912 Professor and Director, PhD Program in Accounting Henry B. Tippie Research Chair in Accounting Academic History: - PhD in Accounting, The University of Iowa, 1973 - BBA in Accounting, The University of Iowa, 1968 Expertise: Corporate Governance and its effects on debt and equity cost of capital, Empirical assessments of earnings quality, Financial accounting, Role of earnings and other accounting numbers in struggles for corporate control

	Douglas DeJong douglas-dejong@uiowa.edu Office: W252 PBB Phone: 335-0919 Professor and Departmental Executive Officer Arthur Andersen Alumni/Faculty Professor Academic History: - PhD in Accounting, University of Michigan, 1980 - MBA in Finance, University of Iowa, 1971 - BBA in Accounting, University of Iowa, 1970 Expertise: Corporate Governance (US and International), Experimental Economics: strategic games, markets and econometrics, Incentive Issues within the firm and within the legal system as it pertains to the market for audit services

	Cristi Gleason cristi-gleason@uiowa.edu Office: W350 PBB Phone: 335-1505 Associate Professor Larry and Lori Wright Research Fellow Academic History: - PhD in Management, Cornell University, 1998 - MAc in Accounting, Brigham Young University, 1992 - BS in Accounting, Brigham Young University, 1990 Expertise: Financial Accounting and Reporting, Financial Reporting of Income Tax

	Paul Hribar paul-hribar@uiowa.edu Office: W346 PBB Phone: 335-1008 Associate Professor Lloyd J. and Thelma W. Palmer Research Fellow Academic History: - PhD in Accounting, The University of Iowa, 2000 - MSc in Accounting, College of Commerce, University of Saskatchewan, 1995 - BMgt in Accounting, Faculty of Management, University of Lethbridge, 1992 Expertise: Empirical/Archival Research in Financial Accounting. Specialties include measurement of earnings management using empirical models; accounting-based anomalies; predicting stock returns using accounting data.

	W. Johnson bruce-johnson@uiowa.edu Office: W322 PBB Phone: 335-1048 Professor Sidney Winter Professor of Accounting Academic History: - PhD, Ohio State University, 1975 - MS in Accounting, Ohio State University, 1973 - BS, University of Oregon, 1970 Expertise: Applied equity valuation, Corporate financial reporting, Financial statement analysis

	Richard Mergenthaler rick-mergenthaler@uiowa.edu Office: W276 PBB Phone: 335-0848 Assistant Professor Academic History: - PhD in Accounting, University of Washington, 2008 - MAc, Brigham Young University, 2002 - BS in Accounting, Brigham Young University, 2002

	Mark Penno mark-penno@uiowa.edu Office: W324 PBB Phone: 335-1409 Professor Soumyo Sarkar Research Fellow in Accounting Academic History: - PhD in Accounting and Information Systems, Northwestern University, 1983 - MS in Business, University of Wisconsin, 1977 - BA in Philosophy, University of Wisconsin, 1973 Expertise: Accounting Theory

	Sonja Rego sonja-olhoft@uiowa.edu Office: W278 PBB Phone: 335-0891 Associate Professor Lloyd J. and Thelma W. Palmer Research Fellow Academic History: - MA in Applied Economics, University of Michigan, 1999 - PhD in Business Administration, University of Michigan, 1999 - MBA in Accounting and International Business, University of Illinois at Chicago, 1991 - BS in Finance, University of Illinois, 1989 Expertise: Impact of taxation on business decisions, Interaction of financial and tax reporting systems, Linking taxes and other corporate policies to firm performance metrics

	Albert Schepanski albert-schepanski@uiowa.edu Office: W352 PBB Phone: 335-0939 Professor Academic History: - PhD in Accounting, University of Illinois, 1978 - MA in Economics, University of Saskatchewan, 1966 - BA in Economics, University of Saskatchewan, 1961 - BComm in Accounting, University of Saskatchewan, 1960 Expertise: Financial accounting , Human information processing and decision-making behavior in accounting, auditng, and taxation contexts

	Ryan Wilson ryan-wilson@uiowa.edu Office: W280 PBB Phone: 335-0849 Assistant Professor Academic History: - PhD in Accounting, University of Washington, 2007 - BS in Accounting and Economics, University of Oregon, 1999 Expertise: Empirical tax research in accounting

Lecturers
	Amy An amy-an@uiowa.edu Office: C350 PBB Phone: 335-1405 Lecturer Academic History: - MA in Accounting, The University of Iowa, 1982 - BA Honors in French, University of British Columbia, 1973 Expertise: Compliance, research and review of tax issues, Tax issues and preparation

	Thomas Carroll thomas-carroll@uiowa.edu Office: S324 PBB Phone: 335-2727 Lecturer and Director, MAc Program Academic History: - PhD in Accounting, University of Michigan, 1988 - BBA in Accounting, University of Notre Dame, 1979 Expertise: Financial reporting

	Kevin Den Adel kevin-denadel@uiowa.edu Office: W372 PBB Phone: 335-1412 Lecturer, Director Accounting Undergraduate Program Academic History: - PhD in Accounting, The University of Iowa, 1999 - BA in Accounting, Central College, Pella, IA, 1991 Expertise: Auditing , Financial Reporting

	Robert Hartman robert-hartman@uiowa.edu Office: C368 PBB Phone: 335-3781 Lecturer Academic History: - MAc, The University of Iowa, 1998 - BS in Accounting, Pennsylvania State University, 1975 Expertise: Financial Accounting and Reporting, Government and Not-for-Profit Accounting, Internal Auditing

Adjunct and Visiting Faculty
	Roger Chope rchope@pdx.edu Office: W230 PBB Phone: 335-0920 Adjunct Professor, Consortium of Universities for International Studies (CUIS) Academic History: - PhD in Accounting, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR, 1981 - MBA in Business Administration, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY, 1977 - BA in Economics and History, Albion College, Albion, MI, 1968

	Kris Gulick kris-gulick@uiowa.edu Office: S379 PBB Phone: 360-9161 Adjunct Lecturer Academic History: - , CPA, State of Iowa - BA, Coe College, Cedar Rapids, IA, 1986 - MA, University of Iowa, 1982 - BA, University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, IA, 1980

	Michael Knapp mknapp@ou.edu Office: W230 PBB Phone: 335-0920 Adjunct Professor, Consortium of Universities for International Studies (CUIS) Academic History: - PhD, University of Oklahoma, 1983 - BBA, University of Oklahoma, 1976

	Carol Knapp cknapp@ou.edu Office: W230 PBB Phone: 335-0920 Adjunct Assistant Professor, Consortium of Universities for International Studies (CUIS) Academic History: - PhD, University of Oklahoma, 1995 - MAc in Accounting, University of Oklahoma, 1993 - , CPA, 1982 - BA, University of Oklahoma, 1974

	Paul Mason paul-mason@uiowa.edu Office: W230 PBB Phone: 335-0920 Adjunct Lecturer, Consortium of Universities for International Studies (CUIS) Academic History: - MS in Professional Accounting, University of Hartford, 1983 - MBA, University of Connecticut, 1977 - BA in Psychology, University of Connecticut, 1975

	Dale Morse dmorse@oregon.uoregon.edu Office: W230 PBB Phone: 335-0920 Adjunct Professor, Consortium of Universitities for International Studies (CUIS) Academic History: - PhD in Accounting, Stanford University, 1978 - MBA in Accounting, University of Oregon, 1975 - BA in Chemistry, University of Oregon, 1969

	Mary Murphy mary-murphy-1@uiowa.edu Office: W279 PBB Phone: 335-1408 Adjunct Lecturer Academic History: - JD, The University of Iowa, 1988 - MBA, Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI, 1985 - BA in English, Marquette University, 1983

	Roy Pettibone pettibone@mchsi.com Office: S316 PBB Phone: 335-3924 Adjunct Lecturer Academic History: - MAc, Northeast Missouri State University (Truman State), 1984 - BS in Accounting, Northeast Missouri State University (Truman State), 1983 Expertise: Accounting, Finance

	Melinda Scott melinda-scott@uiowa.edu Office: W252 PBB Phone: 335-0910 Adjunct Lecturer Academic History: - BBA in accounting, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, 1993

	Sarvjeev Sidhu sarvjeev-sidhu@uiowa.edu Office: S252 PBB Phone: 335-0929 Adjunct Lecturer Academic History: - MBA in Finance, Indiana University, South Bend, 1991 - MPA in Public Policy, Indiana University, Bloomington, 1989 - BS in Computer Engineering, Birla Institute of Technology, Ranchi, Bihar, India, 1985

	Stephanie Werner stephanie-werner@uiowa.edu Office: W230 PBB Phone: 335-0920 Adjunct Lecturer, Consortium of Universities for International Studies (CUIS) Academic History: - MA in Accounting and Information Systems, University of Kansas, 2002 - BA in Business Administration and Accounting, University of Kansas, 2001