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Michele D. Meckfessel, CPA (NC), Ph.D. is originally from O’Fallon, IL. She received a B.A. in mathematics from Illinois Wesleyan University, an M.S. in accounting from Appalachian State University, and a Ph.D. in business administration from Virginia Tech. Her research interests include the capital market effects of financial reporting and income taxes. Current projects include the impact of the textual content of tax footnotes, as well as the impact and cause of tax-related financial statement restatements. Prior to joining academia, Michele served as an SH-60B helicopter pilot in the U.S. Navy and attained the rank of Commander. Additionally, she worked in tax compliance and tax consulting with the public accounting firms, McGladrey & Pullen, LLP and Grant Thornton, LLP, both in Charlotte, NC. In her free time, she enjoys swimming, biking, running, and spending time with her three kids and husband.

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Education/Academic qualification

Philosophy, PhD, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

… → 2012

Accountancy (Tax Concentration), MA, App State University

… → 2003

Mathematics, BA, Illinois Wesleyan University

… → 1991

Research Interests

  • Accounting
  • Tax
  • Public Data Sets: Internal Revenue Code Past and Present Court Cases
  • Restricted Data Sets: Compustat CRSP Audit Analytics
  • Statistical Methods: Difference in Difference
  • Statistical Methods: Logistic Regression
  • Statistical Software Applications: Stata
  • Evaluation: Case Studes
  • Evaluation: Logic Models
  • Evaluation: Mixed Methods

Disciplines

  • Business
  • Tax-Related Restatements and Tax Avoidance Behavior

    Adams, M. T., Inger, K. K., Meckfessel, M. D. & Maher, J. J., Oct 2024, In: Journal of Accounting, Auditing & Finance. 39, 4, p. 951-979 29 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  • The ChatGPT Artificial Intelligence Chatbot: How Well Does It Answer Accounting Assessment Questions?

    Wood, D. A., Achhpilia, M. P., Adams, M. T., Aghazadeh, S., Akinyele, K., Akpan, M., Allee, K. D., Allen, A. M., Almer, E. D., Ames, D., Arity, V., Barr-Pulliam, D., Basoglu, K. A., Belnap, A., Bentley, J. W., Berg, T., Berglund, N. R., Berry, E., Bhandari, A. & Bhuyan, M. N. H. & 306 others, Black, P. W., Blondeel, E., Bond, D., Bonrath, A., Borthick, A. F., Boyle, E. S., Bradford, M., Brandon, D. M., Brazel, J. F., Brockbank, B. G., Burger, M., Byzalov, D., Cannon, J. N., Caro, C., Carr, A. H., Cathey, J., Cating, R., Charron, K., Chavez, S., Chen, J., Chen, J. C., Chen, J. W., Cheng, C., Cheng, X., Christensen, B. E., Church, K. S., Cicone, N. J., Constance, P., Cooper, L. A., Correia, C. L., Coyne, J., Cram, W. A., Curtis, A., Daigle, R. J., Dannemiller, S., Davenport, S. A., Dawson, G. S., De Meyst, K. J. L., Dell, S., Demirkan, S., Denison, C. A., Desai, H., Desimone, S., Diehl, L. M., Dimes, R., Dong, B., Donnelly, A., Du Pon, A., Duan, H. K., Duffey, A., Dunn, R. T., Durkin, M. P., Dzuranin, A. C., Eberle, R. M., Ege, M. S., El Mahdy, D., Esplin, A., Eulerich, M., Everaert, P., Farah, N., Farish, L., Favere-Marchesi, M., Fayard, D., Filosa, J. R., Ford, M., Franz, D. R., Fulmer, B. P., Fulmer, S., Furner, Z. Z., Gantman, S., Garner, S., Garrett, J., Geng, X., Golden, J., Goldman, W., Gomez, J., Gooley, M., Granitto, S. P., Green, K. Y., Greenman, C. L., Gupta, G., Guymon, R. N., Hale, K., Harper, C. J., Hartt, S. A., Hawk, H., Hawkins, S. R., Hawkins, E. M., Hay, D. C., Heinzelmann, R., Henderson, C. D., Hendricks, B. E., Heninger, W. G., Hill, M. S., Holden, N., Holderness, D. K., Holt, T. P., Hoopes, J. L., Hsieh, S. F., Huang, F., Huang, H. W., Huang, T. C., Huels, B. W., Hunter, K., Hurley, P. J., Inger, K., Islam, S., Ison, I., Issa, H., Jackson, A. B., Jackson, S. C., Janvrin, D. J., Jimenez, P. D., Johanson, D., Judd, J. S., Kawada, B. S., Kelton, A. S., Kern, S., Kerr, J. N., Keune, M. B., Kim, M. H. J., Knox, B. D., Kogan, G., Kotb, A., Krane, R., Kremin, J., Krieg, K. S., Kugel, J., Kulset, E. M., Kuruppu, C., Laduca, G., Lamberton, B. A., Lamboy-Ruiz, M. A., Lang, B., Larocque, S. A., Larson, M. P., Lawson, B. P., Lawson, J. G., Lee, L., Lenk, M. M., Li-Kuehne, M., Liljegren, J., Lin, Y. H., Liu, W. P., Liu, Z., Lock, B., Long, J. H., Loraas, T., Lowensohn, S., Loy, T. R., Lyngstadaas, H., Maas, W., Macgregor, J. E., Madsen, D. Ø., Malone, C. L., Margolin, M., Marshall, M. E., Martin, R. M., Mpofu, C. M., McCoy, C., McGuigan, N. C., McSwain, D. N., Meckfessel, M. D., Mellon, M. J., Melton, O. S., Mercado, J. M., Mitsuda, S., Modugu, K., Moehrle, S., Chaghervand, A. M., Moffitt, K., Moon, J. S., Muehlmann, B., Murray, J., Mwaungulu, E. S., Myers, N., Naegle, J. C., Ndicu, M. J., Nelson, A. S., Nguyen, A. L., Niederkofler, T., Nikbakht, E., O’Brien, A. D., Ogunade, K. M., O’Leary, D., Oler, M. J., Oler, D. K., Olsen, K. J., Otalor, J. I., Outlaw, K. W., Ozlanski, M. E., Parlier, J., Paterson, J. S., Pearson, C. A., Petersen, M. J., Petra, S. T., Pickard, M. D., Pickerd, J., Pinsker, R., Plante, C., Plecnik, J. M., Price, R. A., Quick, L. A., Raedy, J., Raschke, R., Ravenscraft, J., Richardson, V., Rixom, B. A., Robertson, J. F., Rock, I., Romney, M. A., Rozario, A., Ruff, M. F., Rupley, K., Saeedi, A., Saiewitz, A., Salzsieder, L. W., Sarkar, S., Saulls, M., Scanlan, T. A., Schaefer, T. J., Schaupp, D., Schneider, G. P., Seebeck, A., Sellers, R. D., Seto, S. C., Sevel, R. L., Shan, Y., Sherwood, M. G., Singorahardjo, M., Skaftadottir, H. K., Skomra, J., Smith, J. L., Smith, D. O., Smith, J., Snow, M. C., Sommerfeldt, R. D., Sorensen, K. B., Sorensen, T. L., Spieler, A. C., Stallings, M. A., Stallings, L., Stancill, A., Stanley, J. D., Stefaniak, C. M., Stephens, N. M., Stewart, B. W., Stratopoulos, T. C., Street, D. A., Subedi, M., Summers, S. L., Sundkvist, C. H., Synn, C., Tadesse, A., Tapis, G. P., Tassin, K., Taylor, S., Teal, M., Teeter, R., Tharapos, M., Theis, J. C., Thomas, J., Thompson, K. S., Thornock, T. A., Tietz, W., Travalent, A. M., Trinkle, B. S., Truelson, J. M., Turner, M. C., Vagner, B., Vakilzadeh, H., van der Geest, J., van Pelt, V., Vandervelde, S. D., Vega, J., Vera-Munoz, S., Villanueva, B., Vincent, N. E., Wagener, M., Walton, S., Warne, R. C., Watanabe, O. V., Watson, D., Watson, M. W., Weber, J., Weirich, T., West, A. N., Wilford, A. L., Wilson, A. B., Winrow, B., Winrow, T., Winrow, T. S., Wiseman, D., Witte, A. L., Wood, B. D., Wood, J., Woolley, D., Wright, N. S., Wu, J., Xiong, X. G., Yatsenko, D., Yazzie, C. E., Young, G. M., Zhang, C., Zimmerman, A. B. & Zoet, E., Nov 2023, In: Issues in Accounting Education. 38, 4, p. 81-108 28 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

    Open Access
  • EDUCATIONAL TAX CASES: AN ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY

    Adams, M. T., Inger, K. K. & Meckfessel, M. D., Dec 12 2022, Advances in Accounting Education: Teaching and Curriculum Innovations. Emerald Publishing, p. 191-206 16 p. (Advances in Accounting Education: Teaching and Curriculum Innovations; vol. 26).

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingChapter

  • Reasonable Compensation: Circuit Court Differences Create Confusion and Inconsistency

    Adams, M. T., Inger, K. K. & Meckfessel, M., 2022, In: The ATA Journal of Legal Tax Research. 20

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  • Are all non-GAAP disclosures created equal?

    Adams, M. T. & Meckfessel, M., 2021, In: Business Horizons. 64

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review