Jan 01, 2026  
2025-2026 Graduate Catalog 
    
2025-2026 Graduate Catalog

Accounting and Information Management


Accounting and Information Management website

Terry L. Neal, Department Head
Anita S. Hollander, Assistant Department Head and Director of Information Management
Robert M. Fuller, Director, Master of Accountancy Program

James Chyz, PhD Program Director
Jama Summers, Graduate Business Cybersecurity Program Director

Professors
Behn, B.K. (Deloitte Professor), PhD, CPA – Arizona State
Chyz, J.A. (Pugh Professor), PhD, CPA – Arizona
Myers, J.N. (Jan R. Williams Chair in Accounting Excellence), PhD – Michigan
Myers, L.A. (Haslam Chair of Business & Distinguished Professor), PhD, CMA – Michigan
Neal, T.L. (Richard L. Townsend Accounting Chair), PhD, CPA – Tennessee

Associate Professors
Cunningham, L.M. (Keith Stanga Professor), PhD, CPA – Arkansas
Fuller, R.M. (EY Professor), PhD – Indiana
Lee, J.S. (Williams Professor), PhD – Georgia State
Li, Y., PhD – South Carolina
Pienta, D., PhD – Clemson
Schmardebeck, L.R. (Forvis Mazars Professor of Accounting), PhD, CPA – Arkansas

Assistant Professors
Adams, J.R., PhD – Toronto
Depaul, A.C., PhD – Connecticut
Short, J.C., PhD, CPA – Tennessee
Vedadi, A., PhD – Mississippi State
Yang, A., PhD – Minnesota

Teaching Professor
Hollander, A.S., PhD – Tennessee

Teaching Associate Professors
Chyz, S.K., JD – Virginia
Hart, I.A., DBA, CPA – Anderson University

Teaching Assistant Professors
Ayres, D., PhD – Tennessee
Cataldi, B., PhD – Southern Illinois
Madden, J., PhD – Georgia State
Summers, J.D., PhD – Oklahoma
White, S., PhD – Tennessee 

Lecturers
Gupton, M., MAcc, CPA – Tennessee
Jordan, L.L. (Senior Lecturer), MPA, CPA, PMP – Tennessee State
King, A.D. (Senior Lecturer), MAcc, CPA – Tennessee
Perez, C., MAcc, CPA – Tennessee
Smith, W.T. (Senior Lecturer), MAcc, CPA – Tennessee
Warren, A.D. (Senior Lecturer), MAcc, CPA – Tennessee

Emeriti Faculty
Anderson, K.E., PhD, CPA – Indiana
Carcello, J.V., PhD, CPA, CMA, CIA – Georgia State
Fisher, B., PhD – Michigan
Kiger, J.E., PhD, CPA – Missouri
Luna, L., PhD, CPA – Tennessee
Murphy, D.P., PhD, CPA – North Carolina (Chapel Hill)
Reeve, J., PhD, CPA – Oklahoma State University
Roth, H.P., PhD, CPA, CMA – Virginia Tech
Stanga, K.G., PhD, CPA – Louisiana State
Townsend, R.L., PhD, CPA – Texas
Williams, J.R., PhD, CPA – Arkansas

Majors, Degrees
Accounting Major, MAcc    
    Audit and Controls Concentration
  Information Management Concentration
  Taxation Concentration
Business Cybersecurity, MS  
Business Administration Major, PhD   
  Accounting Concentration
Graduate Certificates
Advanced Audit Graduate Certificate  
Advanced IT Assurance and Assessment Graduate Certificate  
Advanced Taxation Graduate Certificate  
Corporate Financial Leadership Graduate Certificate