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Timothy Eaton
Arthur Andersen Alumni Professor & Professor
Accountancy
Contact Information
- Campus: Oxford
- Office: 2030
- Phone: 513.529.2132
- Email: eatont@miamioh.edu
Office Hours
- M 10:30-11:40|1-1:15|2:35-3:00
- W 11-11:40|1-1:15|2:35-3:00
- Others announced on Canvas weekly
- Others by Appointment
Links
- Curriculum Vita[PDF]*
* Accessible version of PDF available upon request.
Profile
Academic Background
- Ph.D. The University of Tennessee, Business Administration
- M.Acc. The University of Tennessee
Academic & Professional Experience
- Arthur Andersen Alumni Professor, Miami University (2022-present)
- Professor of Accountancy, Miami University (2015-present).
- Associate Professor of Accountancy, Miami University.
- Associate Professor of Accounting, Marquette University.
Recent Publications
- How Students View the Accounting Profession (with Billy Brink and Dan Heitger). Journal of Accountancy. 2023.
- ESG Reporting: What Accountants Need to Know! (with Bridget Schaber). New Accountant.2023.
- The Impact of Human Rights Reporting and Presentation Formats on Nonprofessional Investors Perceptions and Investment Decisions (with Karen DeMeyst and Billy Brink) Sustainability.2022
- Building a Bot (with James Zhang and Abby Larson). January 2022. Strategic Finance. (Lybrand award winner 2022)
- Managers' Investment Decisions: Incentives and Economic Consequences Arising from Leases (with J. Wahlen, C. Nichols, M. Wieland). V 14(4) 2021. Journal of Risk and Financial Management.
- An Introduction to Alteryx: A powerful new data wrangling tool for accountants. (with James Zhang and Snigdha Porwal). December 2020.Journal of Accountancy.
- 10 Tips for New Accounting Professionals in the Pandemic Environment (with Jake Swyers) December 2020. New Accountant.
- Accounting and Cybersecurity Risk Management. (with Jon Grenier and David Layman). Fall, 2019. Current Issues in Auditing (AAA sectional journal).
- Trade Liberalization and Conditional Accounting Conservatism: Evidence From Import Competition. (with Qing Burke). October, 2019.
- Deterring Unethical Behavior in Online Labor Markets (with Drew Reffett, Jon Grenier, Billy Brink). April, 2019.Journal of Business Ethics.
- Data Visualization: An Introduction to Tableau for Accountants (with Michael Baader) June, 2018: The CPA Journal.
- An Empirical Examination of Mark-to-Market Accounting For Corporate Pension Plans (with Qing Burke and Po-Chang Chen). 2017. Journal of Accounting & Public Policy
- Alibaba: Initial Public Offering (with Qing Burke). 2016. Issues in Accounting Education.
- Working toward achieving significant representation: Changed in diversity and implications in the accounting and auditing profession. (with Madeline DeFilipo). 2016.Journal of Diversity Management.
- A Criminological Profile of White Collar Crime (with Sam Korach, E & Y Undergraduate Scholar). January. 2016. Journal of Applied Business Research.
- Marking Pensions to Market: What Are the Implications? (with Po-Chang Chen, Qing Burke). 2015. (May) CPA Journal.
- Where to Retire? The Tax Implications of Geography in Retirement (with Brianne Kellner). 2015. Journal of Business & Economics Research.
- Institutional Investors and Corporate Pension Transparency (with John Nofsinger and Abhi Varma. 2014. Financial Management.
- An Experimental Investigation of the Underreporting of Time (with Drew Reffett). 2014. Journal of Managerial Issues.
- Improving Undergraduate Learning for Employability Through International Exposure (with Andrew Kleshinski) American Journal of Business Education. V. 7, Issue 1, 2014.
- Other Comprehensive Income: FASB Changes the Presentation (with Kathryn Easterday and Mike Rhodes). CPA Journal. March, 2013.
- Double (Accounting) Standards? A Comparison of Public and Private Sector Defined Benefit Pension Plans (with Kathryn Easterday). Journal of Public Budgeting, Accounting & Financial Management. Issue. 2 Volume 25. 2012.
- Defined Benefit Plans: Understanding Public and Private Sector Differences (with Kathryn Easterday) CPA Journal. September 2012. Motivating Students to Prepare for Class and Engage in Discussion Using the Hot Seat. (with Pete Brewer and Kathleen Bentley).November 2010. Journal of Accounting Education.
- Eaton, T., Hunt, S. & Reinstein, A. (2009) Accounting Faculty Job Search in a Seller's Market. Issues in Accounting Education.
- Eaton, T., & Nofsinger, J. (Summer 2008). Funding Levels and Gender in Public Pension Plans. Public Budgeting & Finance.
- Eaton, T., Nofsinger, J., & Weaver, D. (2007). Disclosure and Cost of Equity in International Cross Listing. Review of Quantitative Finance and Accounting.
- Eaton, T. & Nofsinger, J. (2004). Cash Management, Accounting Manipulations, and Political Pressure in Public Pension Plans. Journal of Accounting and Public Policy.
Honors & Awards
- 2022, Lybrand Research Award, Certificate of Merit,IMA
- 2022, ASG Outstanding Professor
- 2017-2023, Journal of Accounting Education, Editorial Board
- 2018: Winner, Richard T. Farmer Teaching Excellence Award
- 2017,2019, 2021-2023 Ernst & Young Teaching Scholar
- 2011-2019, Commendation, Miami University, CELT Top 100 Faculty
- 2014, 2017, 2018 FSB Summer Research Grant
- 2010: Winner, Richard T. Farmer Teaching Excellence Award
- National Co-Chair, Deloitte and Touche Trueblood Committee
- Faculty Fellow, Ernst & Young, Academic Resource Center
- Winner, The CPA Journal's Max Block Award for most outstanding article Policy Analysis category Selected as Alumni Teaching Scholar, Miami University (CELT).
- Journal of Accountancy Citation of Excellence.
Areas of Expertise
- Financial accounting
- Pension
- Whistleblowing
Biography
Tim Eaton serves as the Arthur Andersen Alumni Professor and EY Teaching Scholar at Miami University. He has been involved in case and curriculum development both in his classes and in the profession. Dr. Eaton was one of three accounting faculty from across the country appointed to the initial year of Ernst & Young's Academic Resource Center, served on the AAA Pathways Commission and been past chair of the AAA Trueblood Committee. He loves teaching and is a two-time winner of Miami University's Farmer School of Business Outstanding Professor Award as well as Miami University's Association of Student Government's Outstanding Professor Award. In addition to teaching and service responsibilities, Dr. Eaton believes in actively contributing to research in the profession. He has published over sixty articles in a wide variety of outlets such as Journal of Business Ethics, Issues in Accounting Education, Accounting Horizons, Journal of Accounting & Public Policy, Advances in Accounting, and Review of Quantitative Finance and Accounting, among others.
Courses
- ACC 422/522-A 11:40-1:00 MW 0003 FSB
ACC 422-B 1:15-2:35 MW 0003 FSB