• B.S., Accountancy, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1998

• Senior Instructor of Accountancy, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2024 to present
• Instructor of Accountancy, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2018-2024
• Agri-Accounting Specialist, Agriculture and Consumer Economics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2001-2005
• Senior Manager - Tax, Martin Hood LLC, 1998-2018

• Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching Award, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2023
• List of Teachers Ranked as Excellent by Their Students, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023
• Dean's Impact Award, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2021
• Anita Feller Memorial Award for Excellence in Accountancy Education, Department of Accountancy at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2020-2021

• Volunteer Income Tax Assistance Matching Grant Program, Internal Revenue Service, 2021-2022,2022-2023

Taxation

• Tax in Action - VITA (ACCY 449) Tax in Action allows students to gain hands-on experience while providing a valuable service to the community through the Internal Revenue Service’s Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) program. Students will participate in a training and certification program through the IRS VITA program and will prepare tax returns for members of the community. Students taking the course for two credit hours will serve as team leads. They will be responsible for quality review, progress of the team toward goals and deadlines, training and communication with faculty. 1 undergraduate hour. 1 or 2 graduate hours. May be repeated in separate terms to a maximum of 2 undergraduate or 4 graduate hours.

• Advanced Income Tax Problems (ACCY 451) An introduction to U.S. federal taxation of business entities including taxable corporations and flow through entities (partnerships, Subchapter S corporations, and limited liability companies). Practical problems facilitate self-discovery of technical tax knowledge and the development of data analysis skills.

• Federal Taxation (ACCY 505) Introduction to historical and conceptual as well as applied material in the accounting area of federal taxation; emphasizes the provisions of the tax law relevant to accounting measurement methods.