Financial & Managerial Accounting

About Carl WarrenJefferson JonesWilliam Tayler

Dr. William B. Tayler is the Robert J. Smith Professor of Accountancy in the Marriott School of Business at Brigham Young University (BYU). Dr. Tayler earned a Ph.D. and a masters degree at Cornell University and a masters and an undergraduate degree at Brigham Young University graduating with honors. He teaches in BYUs School of Accountancy one of the top-ranked accounting programs in the world. Dr. Tayler has also taught at Cornell University and Emory University and has received multiple teaching awards. Dr. Tayler is a Certified Management Accountant and consultant specializing in cost accounting performance measurement and incentive compensation. Dr. Tayler serves as an editor for Behavioral Research in Accounting and his work has been published in top journals including Accounting Horizons Accounting Organizations and Society The Accounting Review American Journal of Health Behavior Contemporary Accounting Research Harvard Business Review IMA Educational Case Journal Journal of the American Medical Association-Internal Medicine Journal of Accounting Research Journal of Behavioral Finance Journal of Finance Journal of General Internal Medicine Journal of Management Accounting Research Management Science Review of Financial Studies and Strategic Finance. He has presented his work as an invited speaker at universities and conferences across the globe. Dr. Tayler loves spending time with his wife Sarah and their eight children. Dr. Jefferson P. Jones is an associate professor of accounting in the school of accountancy at Auburn University where he teaches financial accounting and applied financial research courses. He received his B.A. and M.A. degrees from Auburn University and his Ph.D. from Florida State University. Dr. Jones has received numerous teaching awards including the Auburn University Beta Alpha Psi Outstanding Teaching Award (eleven times) the Auburn University Outstanding Master of Accountancy Professor Teaching Award (five times) the Auburn University Outstanding Distance Master of Accountancy Teaching Award (three times) and the Auburn University College of Business McCartney Teaching Award. In addition he has made numerous presentations around the country on research and pedagogical issues. Dr. Jones has public accounting experience as an auditor with Deloitte and Touche; holds a C.P.A. certificate in the state of Alabama (inactive). He is a member of the American Accounting Association the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) and the Alabama Society of CPAs (ASCPA). His research interests focus on financial accounting specifically investigating the quality of reported accounting information and accounting education. He has published articles in numerous journals including Advances in Accounting Review of Quantitative Finance and Accounting Issues in Accounting Education International Journal of Forecasting and The CPA Journal. When not at work Dr. Jones enjoys playing golf and watching college football. Dr. Carl S. Warren is professor emeritus of accounting at the University of Georgia Athens. For more than 25 years Dr. Warren has taught all levels of accounting courses with a primary focus on introductory of accounting and auditing. Dr. Warren has taught classes at the University of Iowa Michigan State University and the University of Chicago. He received his Ph.D. from Michigan State University and his B.A.A. and M.A. from the University of Iowa. During his career Dr. Warren published numerous articles in professional journals including The Accounting Review Journal of Accounting Research Journal of Accountancy The CPA Journal and Auditing: A Journal of Practice and Theory. Dr. Warrens outside interests include handball backpacking skiing hiking fly-fishing and golf. He also spends as much time as possible visiting with his five grandchildren (two sets of twins). Dr. Warren splits his time between Georgia and Montana.