The accountancy faculty and students have published research and were recognized for their outstanding work this year. Read the list below to learn more!
Awards & Honors
- Anne Farrell – Named the University of Notre Dame Mendoza College of Business 2026 Accountancy Alumnus of the Year.
- James Zhang – Received the AAA AIS Section and SET Section Outstanding Service Award for serving as Conference Chair for the 2026 Joint Midyear Meeting.
- James Zhang & Mark Ross – Nominated for the Accounting Horizons 2026 Best Paper Award for their paper “ChatGPT is Ready for the Profession—But is the Profession Ready for ChatGPT?”.
- Michele Frank – Selected as Miami University’s nominee for the 2025–2026 MAC Outstanding Faculty Award for Student Success.
- Tim Eaton – Received the American Accounting Association (AAA) Teaching, Learning and Curriculum Section Outstanding Accounting Education Research Award.
- Tim Eaton – Won the Accounting Hall of Fame’s inaugural “Accounting Hall of Fame In the Classroom” prize for a student-centered teaching idea, receiving a $500 prize and recognition at the 2026 AAA Global Connect meeting in Las Vegas.
- Tim Eaton & Tom Farnbacher – Awarded honorary membership in the Miami University Delta Sigma Pi Fraternity.
Exceptional Students
- Alexa Leach (2025 MAcc Graduate) – Recognized for co-authoring and publishing her first joint research paper (“AI at ‘warp speed’” in International Accountant).
- Anna Boyer (2024 MAcc) – Recognized with an award from the Indiana CPA Society.
- Jocelyn McAliney (2025 EY Student Scholar) – Co-authored an accounting research paper with Dr. Tim Eaton.
- Nicole Bennett, Jared Jordan, & Julia Liebelt – Named PCAOB Scholars, each receiving a $15,000 scholarship.
Grants
- Michele Frank, Amanda Pyzoha, Jon Pyzoha, & Anne Farrell – Awarded an academic research grant from PwC for the CPA JumpStart project.
Keynote Presentations, Media & Other Stories
- Annie Farrell – Delivered a keynote talk at the European Network for Experimental Accounting Research.
- Michele Frank – Quoted in Newsweek regarding 2026 tax changes (“Trump Tax Changes: Experts Issue Advice to 2026 Filers”) and in GoBankingRates on tax planning strategies.
Publications & Press
- Addison Lemon (ACC Student & EY Scholar) & Tim Eaton (Arthur Andersen Alumni Professor & Professor) – Published “AI is No Longer Optional” in International Accountant (pp. 17–19).
- Alexa Leach (2025 MAcc), Tim Eaton, & James Zhang – Published “AI at ‘warp speed’” in International Accountant.
- Brian Ballou & Jon Pyzoha – Co-authored Does the type of ESG assurance provider and disclosure of subject matter experts influence investor judgments? (with O. Brown and G. Jenkins), accepted for publication in Behavioral Research in Accounting.
- William Brink – Co-authored The effect of enacting third-party verification on taxpayer behavior: A cryptocurrency setting (with C. R. Austin), accepted for publication in Behavioral Research in Accounting
- Jocelyn McAliney (EY Scholar) & Tim Eaton – Co-authored research paper, What Professionals Need to Know About the New Pathway to CPA Licensure, published in March 2026 in Strategic Finance.
- Jon Pyzoha – Co-authored Reimagining Public Company Auditing Regulation: A Framework for Auditing Oversight (with D. Barr-Pulliam, C. Boland, D. Hermanson, and J. Keyser), accepted for publication in Accounting Horizons.
- Matt Wieland – Co-authored Valuation of intangible expenditures: revisiting and extending Bublitz and Ettredge (1989) (with S. Jones), accepted for publication in Abacus.
- Michele Frank, Jon Grenier, James Zhang – Co-authored Auditors’ Perceptions Regarding Cybersecurity and Cybersecurity-Related Materiality, (with P. Navarro), accepted for publication in Accounting Horizons.
- Po-Chang Chen & Matt Wieland – Co-authored The Incremental Informativeness of Firm-Disclosed Web Traffic Metrics Beyond Third-Party Estimates (with T. Sougiannis and Z. Wang), published in Journal of Accounting and Public Policy, Vol. 58, 107450.