TERESA STEPHENSON, CMA, Ph.D.

TERESA STEPHENSON, CMA, Ph.D., is a Professor of Accounting at the University of Alaska Anchorage. She completed her doctorate at the University of Kentucky in 2006. In 2000, she earned a Master of Professional Accountancy at Indiana University. Prior to her doctoral work, she worked as an independent consultant and tax preparer for small business managers and owners. She has taught accounting and taxation at several schools, including the CBPP Senior Undergraduate Teacher of the Year award from the University of Alaska Anchorage, University of South Dakota, University of Wyoming, Indiana University, University of Kentucky, Sullivan University, and Ivy Tech. Over the years, she has won several awards related to teaching and service, including the “Top Prof” award given by the University of Wyoming’s Cap and Gown Chapter of the Mortar Board Society, the College of Business Advisory Board’s Faculty Award, and the Sparky Turner Raise the Bar service award.

She has over 30 publications appearing in journals such as The CPA Journal, Accounting Horizons, Advances in Taxation, Tax Notes, Practical Tax Strategies, Journal of Legal, Ethical, and Regulatory Issues, Journal of Business Ethics, and Journal of Accounting Education. She has co-authored 17 editions of the Multi-State Guide to Pass-through Entities and one edition of Essentials of Federal Income Taxation, published by CCH Publications. Research-related awards include the CBPP Research Award from the University of Alaska Anchorage, the Beacom Faculty Excellence Award in Research at the University of South Dakota, the University of Wyoming’s College of Business Outstanding Junior Research Award, the American Society of Business Publication Editors’ (ASBPE) Northeast Regional Gold Award for best feature series in Strategic Finance (with Jason Porter), and the Lybrand Certificate of Merit for a second series in Strategic Finance (again with Jason Porter). She is also a co-author of two Armond Dalton supplemental textbooks that introduce Excel to business students, the latest edition of which was published in 2022.