Joe B. Hoyle, University of Richmond

Joe B. Hoyle is Associate Professor of Accounting at the Robins School of Business at the University of Richmond, where he teaches Intermediate Accounting and Advanced Accounting.

He was named the 2007 Virginia Professor of the Year by The Carnegie Foundation for the advancement of Teaching and the Center for Advancement and Support of Education. He has been named a Distinguished Educator five times at the University of Richmond and Professor of the Year on two occasions. Joe recently authored a book of essays titled Tips andThoughts on Improving the Teaching Process in College which is available without charge at

http://oncampus.richmond.edu/~jhoyle/

Thomas F. Schaefer, University of Notre Dame

Thomas F. Schaefer is the KPMG Professor of Accounting at the University of Notre Dame. He has written a number of articles in scholarly journals such as The Accounting Review, Journalof Accounting Research, Journal of Accounting & Economics, Accounting Horizons, and others. His primary teaching and research interests are in financial accounting and reporting. Tom is active with the Association for the Advancement of Collegiate Schools of Business International and is a past president of the American Accounting Association’s Accounting Program Leadership Group. Tom received the 2008 Joseph A. Silvogo Faculty Merit Award from the Federation of Schools of Accountancy.

Timothy S. Doupnik, University of South Carolina

Timothy S. Doupnik is Professor of Accounting at the University of South Carolina, where his primary teaching and research interests are financial and international accounting. Tim has published extensively in the area of international accounting in journals such as Accounting,

Organizations, and Society, Journal of International Accounting Research, Journal of International Business Studies, and The International Journal of Accounting. He is a co-author of two research monographs on foreign currency translation published by the FASB. Tim is active in the International Section of the American Accounting Association and is a past president of the section.