DONALD E. KIESO, PH.D., CPA, received his bachelor's degree from Aurora University and his doctorate in accounting from the University of Illinois. He has served as chair of the Department of Accountancy and is currently the KPMG Emeritus Professor of Accountancy at Northern Illinois University.

JERRY J. WEYGANDT, PH.D. , CPA , is Arthur Andersen Alumni Professor of Accounting at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He holds a Ph.D. in accounting from the University of Illinois. His articles have appeared in Accounting Review, Journal of Accounting Research, Accounting Horizons, Journal of Accountancy, and other academic and professional journals.

TERRY D. WARFIELD, PH.D., is the PwC Professor in Accounting at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He received a B.S. and M.B.A. from Indiana University and a Ph.D. in accounting from the University of Iowa. Professor Warfield's area of expertise is financial reporting, and prior to his academic career, he worked for five years in the banking industry.

LAURA D. WILEY, PH. D., CPA, is the Assistant Department Chair and distinguished instructor in the Department of Accounting at the E. J. Ourso College of Business, Louisiana State University (LSU). She also serves as the Director of International Experience for the E. J. Ourso College of Business in which she leads study abroad excursions to Central and South America and Europe.

IRENE M. WIECEK, FCPA, FCA, is a Professor Emerita of Accounting, at the University of Toronto, Institute for Management & Innovation with a cross-appointment to the Joseph L. Rotman School of Management. She has taught financial reporting in various programs, including the Commerce Program (Accounting Specialist) and the CPA-accredited Master of Management & Professional Accounting Program (MMPA), which she directed for numerous years.

BRUCE J. MCCONOMY, PH.D., CPA, CA, is a Professor Emeritus of Accounting at the Lazaridis School of Business and Economics of Wilfrid Laurier University in Waterloo, Ontario. He was a Senior Audit Manager with Deloitte before returning to Queen's University to obtain his Ph.D. in accounting. Bruce was Director of the Graduate Diploma in Accounting program at Laurier from 2017-2023 and KPMG Fellow in Accounting from 2018-2023.