Frank Hodge is the 14th dean in the 102-year history of the University of Washington’s Foster School of Business. Prior to becoming dean, Frank served as Accounting Department Chairperson and UW Faculty Athletics Representative to the Pac-12 Conference and the National Collegiate Athletic Association. He earned an undergraduate degree and played basketball at Carroll College. His MBA and Ph.D. are from Indiana University’s Kelley School of Business.
Known as “Coach” to his students, Frank’s teaching has been recognized with more than 30 awards across the undergraduate, graduate and executive levels since arriving at the University of Washington in 2000. His research focuses on how managers disclose and individuals use accounting information to make investment decisions. He has both published articles and served on the editorial boards of such leading journals as The Accounting Review, Accounting Organizations and Society, and Contemporary Accounting Research. Frank has presented his work at the Securities and Exchange Commission as well as more than 40 conferences and universities around the world. Among many notable distinctions, Frank was one of only six researchers nationwide invited to participate in the initial Financial Accounting Standards Research Initiative.
Frank is married, has two daughters, and lives in Seattle. A native of Idaho, Frank enjoys the outdoor lifestyle of the Pacific Northwest, spending his free time enjoying endurance trail running and cycling.
Robert Libby is the David A. Thomas Professor of Accounting and former Accounting Area Chair at Cornell University, where he teaches the introductory financial accounting course. He previously taught at the University of Illinois, Pennsylvania State University, the University of Texas at Austin, the University of Chicago, and the University of Michigan. He received his BS from Pennsylvania State University, where he was selected as the 2018 Outstanding Accounting Alumnus, and his MAS and PhD from the University of Illinois; he also completed the CPA exam (Illinois).
Bob was selected as the AAA Outstanding Educator in 2000 and received the AAA Outstanding Service Award in 2006 and the AAA Notable Contributions to the Literature Award in 1985 and 1996. He has received the Core Faculty Teaching Award multiple times at Cornell. Bob is a widely published author and researcher specializing in behavioral accounting. He has published numerous articles in The Accounting Review; Journal of Accounting Research; Accounting, Organizations, and Society; and other accounting journals. He has held a variety of offices, including vice president, in the American Accounting Association, and he is a member of the American Institute of CPAs.
Patricia Libby is Professor Emeritus of accounting at Ithaca College, where she taught the undergraduate and graduate financial accounting courses. She previously taught graduate and undergraduate financial accounting at Eastern Michigan University and the University of Texas at Austin. Before entering academia, she was an auditor with Price Waterhouse (now PricewaterhouseCoopers) and a financial administrator at the University of Chicago. She was also faculty advisor to Beta Alpha Psi (Mu Alpha chapter), the National Association of Black Accountants (Ithaca College chapter), and Ithaca College Accounting Association.
Patricia received her BS from Pennsylvania State University, her MBA from DePaul University, and her PhD from the University of Michigan; she also successfully completed the CPA exam (Illinois). She has published articles in The Accounting Review, Issues in Accounting Education, and The Michigan CPA.