b'Faculty ActivitiesElaine Mauldin (PhD, Nebraska 97), is the FORVISTheory. Professor Neuman enjoys interacting with theFaculty Member of the Year by the graduating accountingleading academic journals in accounting, finance, and strategic Distinguished Professor. She teaches a doctoral seminar onstudents, faculty, and staff at Mizzou, as well as the alumnistudents (2013), Athletic Department Professor of the Yearmanagement, including The Accounting Review; the Journal research methods and a graduate course using data analyticand accounting professionals that invest in the program.(2022), and John A. Riggs, Jr. Excellence in MBA Teachingof Accounting Research; Contemporary Accounting Research; tools in the audit of internal controls. Professor Mauldin alsoZhenhao (Jeffery) Piao is an assistantAward (2023). He has earned the Chartered Financial AnalystJournal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis; Journal of the conducts research in auditing and corporate governance. For(CFA) designation as well as that of Certified ManagementAmerican Taxation Association; Strategic Management example, in a paper recently conditionally accepted atprofessor of accountancy at the School ofAccountant (CMA). He served as an editor for CengageJournal; Journal of Financial Research; Journal of Accounting, Contemporary Accounting Research, sheAccountancy.HeteachesFinancialPublishing. Most importantly, Chris married a wonderfulAuditing and Finance; Journal of Business, Finance, and and her co-authors find that experiencedAccounting Theory and Practice I afterwoman (Carol) on the 1st day of spring 2019! Accounting; Review of Quantitative Finance and Accounting; externalreviewersperceiveauditgraduating with his Ph.D. in AccountingAccounting Horizons; Research in Accounting Regulation; procedures using data analytics tools lowerfrom the Warrington College of Business,BruceRunyan(PhD,TexasA&MJournal of Financial Statement Analysis; Journal of Business quality than traditional procedures becauseUniversity of Florida, in May 2022. His research focuses onUniversity, 05) is an associate teachingResearch; and others. He is actively involved in committees they perceive the higher manual effort ininformation dissemination mechanisms in the capital markets,professor. He earned the Certified Publicand meetings of the American Accounting Association and traditionalproceduressignalshigherincluding corporate disclosure and private interactions amongAccountingcertificationin1986,thethe Financial Accounting and Reporting Section of the quality. The results suggest regulatory scrutiny of datamarket participants. He has presented his research at AmericanCertifiedManagementAccountingAmerican Accounting Association. He is the PhD Program analytics procedures may stem from external reviewers relyingAccounting Association (AAA) Annual and Sectional meetings,certification in 1990 and the Certifiedcoordinator for the School of Accountancy. on the effort heuristic, rather than the quality of the proceduresHawaii Accounting Research Conference, and the UT AustinFinancial Planner certification in 1994. He worked in public themselves. Dr. Mauldin has published papers in leadingPh.D. Student Symposium on Financial Market Researchaccountancy for regional firms in the Dallas, Texas, andFelipeBGSilva(PhD,Cornell accounting journals such as The Accounting Review, Journaland Policy Developments. His research was featured in theWashington, D.C., areas for 12 years, and developedUniversity, 2018) is an assistant professor, of Accounting & Economics, Contemporary AccountingColumbia Law Schools Blog on Corporations and the Capitalinternational tax software at Computer Language Researchteaching the accounting and business Research, Auditing: A Journal of Practice & Theory, JournalMarkets. He has volunteered for AAA meetings as a reviewerfor four years. Dr. Runyan started teaching in 1995. Beforestrategy analysis capstone course of the of Information Systems, and Accounting Organizations &and recently received the AAA Financial Accounting andjoining MU, he taught at the University of North Texas. HisSchoolof Accountancy.Hisresearch Society. In recognition of her service to the profession,Reporting Section (FARS) Excellence in Review Award forprimary teaching areas are in financial accounting, managerialinterestsrevolvearoundfinancial Professor Mauldin is receiving the American Accountinghis review activity for the 2022 FARS Midyear Meeting. Prioraccounting, and data analytics. Dr. Runyan has previouslyaccounting,macroeconomics,bankingandfinancial Association 2023 Outstanding Service Award. to his Ph.D., he obtained his MAS and B.S. in Accountingpublished in Internal Auditing, the International Journal ofintermediation, and political economy. His work has been degrees with highest honors and University Honors fromAccounting, Auditing and Performance Management andpublished in academic outlets such as the Journal of Financial StevieNeuman(PhD, Texas A&Mthe University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Accounting Forum. His research interests are primarily inand Quantitative Analysis, Journal of International Money, University 14) is an associate professor andChris Prestigiacomo (PhD, Universitythe areas of pedagogy, behavioral, and earnings management.andFinance,HarvardBusinessReview,California the Tax Excellence Professor. She teachesDr. Runyan earned bachelors degrees in forestry andManagement Review, Journal of Financial Services Research, Introduction to Taxation for undergraduateofMissouri95),AssociateTeachingaccounting from the University of Arkansas at Monticello, aAnnals of Finance, and Journal of Risk, and has been featured students, Taxes and Business Strategy forProfessor,VairamArunachalammasters in business administration with a concentration inin the Washington Post, Bloomberg, and other media outlets graduate students, and a doctoral seminarDistinguished Teaching Professor. Hefinance from the University of North Texas and a doctoralin English, Portuguese, German, and Russian. His solo-in tax research. Her primary research examines firms taxserves as the coordinator of the Schoolsdegree from Texas A&M University. Dr. Runyan has alsoauthored paper, based on his doctoral dissertation, has been planning decisions and how those decisions affect firms(and Colleges) AACSB maintenance ofcompleted the Association of Colleges and Universityselected as a semifinalist for best paper award at the 2019 information environments and investors assessments of firmaccreditation efforts. He has taught the first and secondEducators(ACUE)CertificateinEffectiveCollegeFMA Annual Meeting. His work on monetary policy spillover value. Specifically, Professor Neuman is interested in theprinciples courses (2036/2037), intro (2010) cost/managerialInstruction.is listed among the most cited articles in the Journal of volatility of firms tax outcomes, tax risk, and the quality of(3347), the intermediate financial course for finance majorsInternational Money and Finance. Prior to his graduate firms financial statements and information environments,(4356), the capstone (8450), the MBA intro course, two MBAKen Shaw (B.S. (Accounting) Bradleystudies, Professor Silva worked for 5 years in the private sector, especially the effects of auditor-provided tax services andmodules he developed in financial statement analysis and aUniversity;M.B.A.,Universityofincluding a brief career in the aerospace sector (Embraer) tax-related reporting decisions. She has a published herhybrid (partially online) course in investments and financialWisconsin; PhD., University of Wisconsin)and later joining the financial services industry at Ita research in Contemporary Accounting Research and Thestatement analysis for the execMBA Program. Chris recentlyis a CPA and he teaches financial accountingUnibanco (Market Risk Division) and Banco Santander Journal of the American Taxation Association. Professordeveloped the capstone class for our online MAcc Programand corporate governance. He won the(Quantitative Researcher). He was also a founding partner Neuman is an active member of the American Accountingand an online version of 2036. Next will be an online versionTrulaske College of Business Distinguishedof a start-up enterprise in the telecommunications sector, Association (AAA) and the American Taxation Associationof the MBA intro course. He was honored as the: FacultyResearch Achievement Award in 2023. He has won numerouslater sold to a major retailer. He holds a bachelors degree in (ATA). For example, during the 2022-2023 academic year,Member of the Year (May 2008) by the students of the Trulasketeaching awards, including the Trulaske College of BusinessAeronautical Engineering from Instituto Tecnolgico de sheservedaschairoftheResearch,Resources,andSchool of Business, Teacher of the Year (June 2009) by theOBrien Teaching Excellence Award (2011), the School ofAeronutica (ITA), Brazil, and an M.Eng. degree in Financial Methodologies committee which is responsible for selectingKansas City Alumni, Williams-Keepers Teaching ExcellenceAccountancy Advisory Board Teaching Excellence AwardEngineering from Cornells Operations Research and papers and discussants for the ATA midyear meeting. She alsoAward (2008 and 2010), the Lambda Chi Alpha Professor of(2018), the Williams-Keepers LLC Teaching ExcellenceInformation Engineering Department. Outside of academia, serves as an ad hoc reviewer for The Accounting Review,the Year (2010), the Bruce and Pam Walker OutstandingAward (2007), and the Best First Year Professor award fromProfessor Silva enjoys spending time with his wife Anna and Contemporary Accounting Research, Accounting Horizons,Faculty Service Award (2012), the Outstanding Teachingthe 2019 and 2016 execMBA graduating classes. He is a five- kids, Eric and George.Review of Accounting Studies, The Journal of the AmericanAward for the execMBA Program (2016, 2019), the Accountingtime winner of the School of Accountancys Most Outstanding Taxation Association, and Auditing: A Journal of Practice &School Advisory Boards Teaching Excellence Award (2018),Faculty member award. His research has been published in 6 School of Accountancy2023 Newsmagazine 7'