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College of Business

Dr. Rachel Birkey

Associate Professor
Accounting
Office
SFHB State Farm Hall of Business
Email
rnbirke@ilstu.eduemail
  • About
  • Education
  • Awards & Honors
  • Research

Current Courses

ACC 398.001 Professional Practice: Internship In Accounting

ACC 498.001 Professional Practice: Internship In Accounting

ACC 298.001 Professional Practice: Internship/Coop Education In Accounting

ACC 334.001 Advanced Tax

ACC 444.001 Advanced Tax

ACC 434.001 Federal Taxes And Management Decisions

ACC 398.001 Professional Practice: Internship In Accounting

ACC 498.001 Professional Practice: Internship In Accounting

ACC 298.001 Professional Practice: Internship/Coop Education In Accounting

Teaching Interests & Areas

Taxation

Research Interests & Areas

Accounting Education, Taxation, Corporate Social Responsibility

PhD

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

MS Accounting

Illinois State University
Normal, IL

BS Accounting

Illinois Wesleyan University
Bloomington, IL

RSM Professor of the Year

RSM/Student Accounting Society
2022

RSM Professor of the Year

RSM/Student Accounting Society
2019

RSM Professor of the Year

RSM/Student Accounting Society
2015

Manahan Family Award for Teaching Excellence in Business

College of Business
2014

RSM Professor of the Year

RSM/Student Accounting Society
2012

Conference Proceeding

Davis, T.S., Walstrom, K.A. and Birkey, R. "Network Participation Changes of U.S. College Students: 2009 to 2015." Advanced Science Letters. 2017 (23), pp. 10073-10076.

Journal Article

Birkey, R., & Hausserman, C. Inducing Creativity in Accountants' Task Performance: the Effects of Background, Environment, and Feedback. Advances in Accounting Education (2019): 109-133.
Birkey, R. N., Guidry, R. P., & Patten, D. M. (2017). Does CSR reporting really impact FERCs?. Accounting and the Public Interest, 17(1), 144-162.
Birkey, R., Michelon, G., Patten, D., & Sankara, J. Does assurance on CSR reporting enhance environmental reputation? An examination in the US context. Accounting Forum (2016)
Guidry, R., Islam, A., Patten, D., & Birkey, R. Mandated Social Disclosure: An Analysis of the Response to the California Transparency in Supply Chains Act of 2010. Journal Of Business Ethics (2016)
Lee, W., Birkey, R., & Patten, D. Exposing Students to Environmental Sustainability in Accounting: An Analysis of Its Impacts in a US Setting. Social and Environmental Accountability Journal (2016)

Presentations

https://aaahq.org/Meetings/2025/Annual-Meeting/CTLA/Program
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College and University Reporting on Sustainability Efforts: U.S. Evidence. North American Centre for Social and Environmental Accounting Research Conference. (2018)
Spending and Saving Under Alternative Tax Regimes: The Effect of Materialism. Behavioral Tax Symposium. (2013)
The Effects of Tax Aggressiveness and Investor Type on Tax Preparation Preferences. Behavioral Tax Symposium. (2011)

Grants & Contracts

Illinois State University Department of Accounting Summer Research Grant. Illinois State University. Illinois State University. (2017)
Illinois State University Department of Accounting Summer Research Grant. Illinois State University. Illinois State University. (2016)
Illinois State University Department of Accounting Summer Research Grant. Illinois State University. (2015)
Illinois State University Department of Accounting Summer Research Grant. Department of Accounting. Illinois State University. (2014)