She received her Ph.D. in Accounting and Information Systems from Virginia Tech in 2008. Her main research interests include knowledge management, accounting information systems, information security and internal controls. Her research has been published or accepted for publication at leading academic journals in Accounting and Information Systems such as Journal of Information Systems, Journal of Computer Information Systems, Behavioral Research in Accounting, Information & Management, and Computers in Human Behavior. She has also published in topnotch professional journals such as Internal Auditor and the ISACA journal. Her teaching interests include financial accounting and accounting information systems.