Linda Ann MyersLinda A. Myers is a distinguished professor of accounting and holder of the Haslam Chair of Business at The University of Tennessee, Knoxville (UTK). She holds a B.com. in accounting and M.B.A. from McMaster University and a Ph.D. from the Universityof Michigan. Dr. Myers has published more than 40 peer-reviewed articles in The Accounting Review; Journal of Accounting and Economics; Journal of Accounting Research; Contemporary Accounting Research; Review of Accounting Studies and Accounting, Organizations and Society. She is the recipient of the AAA�s Notable Contribution to the Auditing Literature Award, the AAA�s Financial Accounting and Reporting Section Best Paper Award and the Financial Executives Research Foundation�s Award for the Outstanding Accounting Review Article. Dr. Myers� research has been cited in The New York Times and The Economist, as well as by the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board and the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. She has also been quoted on National Public Radio�s Marketplace Business. She is as an editor at Contemporary Accounting Research, Auditing: A Journal of Practice & Theory, Accounting Horizons, Journal of International Accounting Research and CAFR. Dr. Myers is also an associate editor at the Journal of Accounting and Auditing & Finance, and she serves on the editorial boards of The Accounting Review and European Accounting Research. She has taught financial accounting, managerial accounting, and Ph.D. seminars at McMaster University, University of Illinois, Texas A&M University, University of Arkansas and UTK. She currently serves as director of the Ph.D. program in accounting at UTK. When not traveling around the globe, Dr. Myers enjoys playing board games, cooking and entertaining, and spending time with her husband and two children. Read More Read Less