Joshua Herbold

Teaching Professor of Accountancy and Associate Head of Accountancy and PwC Faculty Fellow

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4007 Business Instructional Facility

515 Gregory Dr

Champaign, IL 61820

Doctorate of Philosophy, Accountancy, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2005
Bachelor of Science, Accountancy, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1995

Teaching Professor, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2022 to present
Associate Head, Department of Accountancy, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2021 to present
Assistant Head, Department of Accountancy, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2020-2021
Teaching Associate Professor in Accountancy, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2019-2022
Chair, Accounting & Finance, University of Montana, 2017-2019
Owner & Lead Instructor, Big Sky Knowledge Factory, 2012-2020
Associate Professor of Accounting, Accounting & Finance, University of Montana, 2012-2019
Assistant Professor of Accounting, Accounting & Finance, University of Montana, 2005-2012
Visiting Assistant Professor of Accounting, Accounting & Finance, University of Montana, 2004-2005

Herbold, J. (2025). Gauging the True Rate of Corporate Earnings Manipulation. Insight Magazine, Illinois CPA Society. link >
Herbold, J. (2025). Is Remote Work Driving Performance Evaluation Bias? Insight Magazine, Illinois CPA Society. link >
Herbold, J. (2024). Exploring the Corporate Impact of Board Gender Diversity. Insight Magazine, Illinois CPA Society. link >
Herbold, J. (2024). Tax Transparency: Curbing Income Shifting. Insight Magazine, Illinois CPA Society. link >
Herbold, J. (2024). Can social media enhance an audit? Insight Magazine, Illinois CPA Society, Winter 2024. link >
Herbold, J. (2023). What Happens When Audit Meets AI? Insight Magazine, Illinois CPA Society. link >
Herbold, J. (2023). What Drives Difficult Auditor-Client Interactions? Insight Magazine, Illinois CPA Society. link >

Herbold, J. (2021). CPA Evolution: Avoiding Professional Extinction. Revista de Educação e Pesquisa em Contabilidade, ABRACICON, 15 (3). link >
McNellis, C., Barone, G., & Herbold, J. (2020). Larson Industries: A Case on Identifying and Researching Revenue Recognition Issues. Issues in Accounting Education, American Accounting Association, 35 (2). link >
Manuel, T., & Herbold, J. (2019). Using Online Calculators to Choose Between Traditional and Roth IRAs. CPA Journal, New York State Society of CPAs, 89 (11), 30-37. link >
Herron, T., & Herbold, J. (2019). Private company GAAP alternatives: It’s not too late. Journal of Accountancy, AICPA (American Institute of CPAs), 227 (3). link >

Herbold, J. (2019). Torrefied Tonewoods: Modern Manufacturing with Vintage Values. North American Case Research Association (NACRA) 2019 Start-up Case Session.

PwC LLP Faculty Fellowship, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2023 to present
Outstanding Educator Award, Illinois CPA Society, 2025
Deloitte Foundation Center for Business Analytics Scholar, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2023-2024

Managerial Accounting (ACCY 503) Introduction to management accounting principles, as used to facilitate and align internal decisions made by managers and employees. Topics include analytical tools and techniques to address common business problems, cost information systems, budgeting, and strategic performance measurement systems.
Data Analytics Foundations (ACCY 570) Concepts and foundations underlying data analytics for accounting. Provides fundamental knowledge of how to acquire, organize, synthesize and analyze (possibly large) volumes of data to address questions and problems. After completing this course, students should (1) have a foundational understanding of the techniques underlying data analytics, (2) recognize scenarios and identify appropriate tools for various types of data analysis and (3) use Python and Tableau to perform data analysis.

4007 Business Instructional Facility

515 Gregory Dr

Champaign, IL 61820