Mark A. Edmonds, PhD, CPA, is an Associate Professor in the Department of Accounting and Finance at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB). He has taught principles and advanced accounting classes in face-to-face, flipped, and online formats.
Dr. Edmonds is currently spearheading the effort within the Collat School of Business to integrate data analytics into the accounting curriculum. He has developed business analytics teaching tools at both the graduate and undergraduate level. Several contributions have been made to this text, revolving around the data analytics concepts Dr. Edmonds incorporates into his classes. He is the recipient of the Loudell Ellis Robinson Excellence in Teaching award.
Dr. Edmonds began his career providing assurance services for the internationally recognized accounting firm Ernst & Young. He utilizes this professional experience to bring a practical approach to the concepts covered in this text. At the conclusion of his professional service, he obtained his PhD from Southern Illinois University Carbondale. He serves as the education adviser on the board of the Institute of Internal Auditors Birmingham Chapter. Dr. Edmonds’s research focuses on alternative learning strategies in accounting. He frequently publishes in prominent journals such as Issues in Accounting Education and Journal of Accounting Education.
Christopher T. Edmonds, PhD, is a Professor in the Department of Accounting and Finance at the UAB Collat School of Business, where he is the course coordinator for the face-to-face and online principles of accounting courses. Dr. Edmonds is renowned for his innovative approach to teaching and developing engaging introductory accounting courses, both online and in person. He has been invited to speak at conferences and universities on best teaching practices and has delivered over 50 professional teaching workshops. Dr. Edmonds has received numerous awards for his dedication to teaching, including the UAB President's Outstanding Teaching Award, UAB Faculty Student Success Award, UAB Transformative Online Course Award, Collat School of Business Graduate Student Teaching Award, UAB Loudell Ellis Robinson Classroom Teaching Award, UAB Disability Support Recognition Award, and the Virginia Tech Favorite Faculty Award. He has also been nominated for the AAA/J Michael and Mary Anne Cook Award.
Dr. Edmonds has published four textbooks and has written numerous articles that have appeared in top-tier academic journals. His research interests include accounting education and municipal debt pricing. He has written numerous articles that have appeared in publications, including The Accounting Review, Auditing: A Journal of Practice and Theory; Journal of Accounting and Public Policy; Advances in Accounting; Review of Quantitative Finance and Accounting; Issues in Accounting Education; and Advances in Accounting Education. Before entering academia, Dr. Edmonds worked as a software developer, creating solutions to put newspapers online. He obtained an MBA from UAB and a PhD in accounting from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. Dr. Edmonds' passion for helping students learn inspired him to create hundreds of short videos teaching the fundamental concepts of accounting, which led to the publication of the first interactive video textbook for introductory accounting.
Jennifer Echols Edmonds, PhD, is an Associate Professor at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) Collat School of Business. Her primary teaching areas are financial and managerial accounting. She has experience teaching in the Undergraduate, MAC, and MBA programs.
Dr. Edmonds is passionate about increasing engagement and creating a community for all students. She has spoken at numerous conferences such as the AAA Annual Meeting; AAA Conference on Teaching and Learning in Accounting; AAA Teaching, Learning & Curriculum section; Teachers of Accounting at Two-Year Colleges; and Annual Accounting Educators’ Symposium. She has received the UAB Loudell Ellis Robinson Classroom Teaching Award and Provost's Transformative Online Course Award as well as teaching grants from Deloitte, UAB, and Virginia Tech. She created teaching resources for incorporating International Financial Reporting Standards into Intermediate Accounting. The teaching resources were published online at the American Accounting Association.
Also active in the research community, Dr. Edmonds serves as an Associate Editor for Advances in Accounting. She has published articles in prominent journals such as Journal of Accounting and Public Policy; Advances in Accounting; Research in Accounting Regulation; and The CPA Journal.
Dr. Edmonds received a bachelor’s degree in accounting from Birmingham-Southern College and completed her master’s and PhD degrees in accounting at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University.