Zach Webb, Ph.D., CPA
July 2016
Education
Ph.D. University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Arkansas, Accounting; December 2009
M.B.A.The University of Mississippi, 2005
M.Accy.The University of Mississippi, 2001
B.B.A. College of William and Mary, Accounting,1998
Academic Experience
Clinical Assistant Professor, The University of Mississippi, University, Mississippi, August 2016 to present
Assistant Professor, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, Mississippi, 2009 to 2016
Professional Experience
Senior Multistate Tax Consultant, Deloitte and Touche LLP, St. Louis, Missouri, 2001 to 2004
Staff/Semi-Senior Auditor, Deloitte and Touche LLP, New York, New York, 1998 to 2000
Teaching Interest
Primary: Financial Accounting, Secondary: Open - Tax, Audit, Cost, and Systems
Teaching Experience
Mississippi State University (2009 – 2016)
Teacher Evaluations (out of 5.00-point scale)Course / Period / Average
Financial & Accounting Analysis (MBA) / 2009-2010 / 4.08
Financial Statement Analysis / 2009 / 3.78
Principles of Financial Accounting / 2010 / 3.69
Intermediate Accounting I / 2010 –2016 / 3.94
Financial Accounting Theory / 2010 – 2015 / 4.45
Entity taxation (Tax II) / 2016 / 4.80
Published Research - Academic
“Sitting Requirements for the CPA Examination,” with J. Soileau and S. Usrey. Forthcoming atIssues in Accounting Education(Accepted: October 29, 2015).
“Leases: A Review of Contemporary Academic Literature Relating to Lessees,” with A. Spencer. Accounting Horizons (December 2015).
“Taxation of Gambling in the United States: Comparing the Current System with Two Alternatives,” with C.R. Jones and S. Usrey.ATA Journal of Legal Tax Research(2014).
Published Research - Practitioner
“Disclosure of CPA Disciplinary Action,” with A. Spencer and S. Usrey. CPA Journal (2015).
“Changing Standards for Leases: What Lessees Need to Know,” with A. Spencer and M. Turek.
Corporate Finance Insider (April 4, 2013).
“Who Needs an Ethics Exam? You May If You Just Passed the CPA Exam!” with A. Spencer and S. Usrey. New Accountant. (2013).
Presentations
2014 Association of Research on Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Action Conference,
“The Benefits and Costs of a Single Audit: Evidence from the Nonprofit Sector” (with Tammy Waymire, Northern Illinois University).
2014 American Accounting Association Concurrent Session, “Large Sample Evidence of Nonprofit Audit Fees: A Resource Dependency Framework” (with Tammy Waymire, Northern Illinois University).
2014 American Accounting Association Government and Nonprofit, “Findings from a Decade of Circular A-133 Audits: The Implications of Auditee Type, Auditor Type, and Threshold Changes” (with Tammy Waymire, Northern Illinois University and Tim West, Northern Illinois University).
2013 Association of Research on Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Action Conference,
“Large Sample Evidence of Nonprofit Audit Fees: A Resource Dependency Framework” (with Tammy Waymire, Northern Illinois University).
2013 Association for Budgeting and Financial Management Annual Conference. “A Decade of Single Audits: Differential Results from the Public Sector”(with Tammy Waymire, Northern Illinois University and Timothy D. West, Northern Illinois University).
2013 American Accounting Association Government-Nonprofit Midyear Meeting Concurrent Session, “The Benefits and Costs of a Single Audit: Evidence from the Nonprofit Sector” (with Tammy Waymire, Northern Illinois University).
2013 American Accounting Association Auditing Midyear Meeting Roundtable Session,
“The Benefits and Costs of a Single Audit: Evidence from the Nonprofit Sector” (with Tammy Waymire, Northern Illinois University).
2012 American Accounting Association Government-Nonprofit Midyear Meeting Roundtable Session, “Avoiding the Scrutiny of Single Audits: Evidence from Nonprofit Entities” (with Tammy Waymire, Northern Illinois University).
2012 Association for Research on Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Action Concurrent Session, “Avoiding the Scrutiny of Single Audits: Evidence from Nonprofit Entities” (with Tammy Waymire, Northern Illinois University).
2012 Mississippi State University Adkerson School of Accountancy Annual CPE Update.
Revenue Recognition Update.
2012 NIU Department of Accountancy. “A Tale of Two Projects: Avoiding the Scrutiny of Single Audits and an Analysis of Single Audit filings” (with Tammy Waymire, Northern Illinois University and Timothy D. West, Northern Illinois University).
2010 American Accounting Association Auditing Midyear Meeting Roundtable Session,
“Auditing and Corporate Divestitures” (with Carolyn Callahan, University of Memphis; and Gary Peters, University of Arkansas).
2006 American Accounting Association Teaching and Innovation Session, “Integrating Introductory Accounting into a Business Processes Core Curriculum Innovation in Accounting Education.” (with Marinus Bouwman, University of Arkansas; Carole Shook, University of Arkansas; and Deborah Thomas, University of Arkansas).
Conferences Attended
AAA Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL, August 2015
AAA Annual Meeting, Atlanta, GA, August 2014
AAA Auditing Midyear, San Antonio, TX, January 2014
AAA Auditing Midyear, New Orleans, LA, January 2013
AAA Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C., August 2012
AAA Annual Meeting, Denver, CO, August 2011
AAA New Faculty Consortium, Leesburg, VA, February 2011
AAA Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA, August 2010
FSA/Deloitte Faculty Consortium, Chicago, IL, May 2010
AAA Auditing Midyear, San Diego, CA, January 2010
AAA Annual Meeting, Anaheim, CA, August 2008
AAA/Deloitte/J. Michael Cook Doctoral Consortium Lake Tahoe, NV,July 2008
AAA-International Midyear Meeting and Doctoral Consortium, San Diego, CA, 2008
AAA-FARS Midyear Meeting and Doctoral Consortium, San Antonio, TX, 2007
Service, Committees and Affiliations
Strategic Planning Committee (2015-2016) - Adkerson School of Accountancy, Mississippi State University
Volunteer reviewer(2016) - AAA GNP midyearmeeting
Volunteer reviewer(2013) - AAA Southeast section meeting
Moderator (2011) - AAA Annual Meeting
Mississippi State University College of Business (2011) –AACSB Undergraduate AOL Committee
Dissertation Committee Member – Joseph Faello (2011)
Professional credentials and affiliations
Certified Public Accountant (Missouri) (License: 2003027359)
Certified Public Accountant (Mississippi) (Reciprocal License: R3625)
Member, American Accounting Association(AAA) – 2005 to present
Member, Government & Non-Profit Section of AAA
Member, Auditing Section of AAA
Member, AICPA – 2003to present
Honors
College of Business Most Energetic faculty member award, Mississippi State University, 2015
Doctoral Academic Fellowship, University of Arkansas, 2005-2009
Graduate Assistant, The University of Mississippi, 2004-2005
Beta Gamma Sigma, The University of Mississippi, 2004-2005
Tau Alpha Chi, The University of Mississippi, 2000-2001
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