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Academic Vita
Mikel G. Tiller, Associate Professor
Faculty Liaison, Corporate & Alumni Relations
Indiana University Kelley School of Business
Department of Accounting
Home Address
8023 S. Rockport Road
Bloomington, IN 47403
(812) 824‑1030
Business Address
Department of Accounting
Kelley School of Business
1309 East 10th Street
Indiana University
Bloomington, IN 47405
(812) 855-2619 (office)
Education
Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy; May, 1976
Carson‑Newman College (Jefferson City, TN)
Bachelor of Science in Business Administration; May, 1976
Carson‑Newman College (Jefferson City, TN)
Master of Business Administration; August, 1978
Indiana University (Bloomington, IN)
Doctor of Business Administration; December, 1980
Indiana University (Bloomington, IN)
Academic Positions
Assistant Professor, University of Tennessee 1981 ‑ 1985
Associate Professor, University of Tennessee 1985 ‑ 1986
(Visiting at Indiana University)
Associate Professor, Indiana University 1986 ‑ present
Accounting Department Chairperson, Indiana University 1991 - 1995
Accounting & Information Systems Department
Chairperson, Indiana University 1995 – 1998
Visiting Associate Professor, Helsinki School of Economics
and Business Administration 1999 - 2000
Visiting Associate Professor, Sungkyunkwan University, Seoul Summer, 2009
Awards and Honors
American Accounting Association Doctoral Fellowship, 1978
AAA Doctoral Consortium Fellow, 1978
Peat, Marwick, Mitchell & Co. Doctoral Fellowship, 1978
Indiana University School of Business Teaching Excellence Award, 1978
Indiana University Lieber Distinguished Teaching Award, 1978
AAA/Coopers & Lybrand Education Research Grant, 1983‑88
University of Tennessee School of Business Graduate Teaching Award, 1985
Allen H. Keally Teaching Excellence Award, University of Tennessee, 1985
Indiana University IUPUI MBA/CIP Teaching Award, 1986
Mortar Board Faculty Recognition Award, 1988
Alpha Omicron Pi Certificate of Appreciation, 1990
Minorities in Business Certificate of Appreciation, 1990
Alumni Teaching Excellence Award in Accounting, 1990
Beta Alpha Psi Certificate of Appreciation, 1990
Beta Alpha Psi Outstanding Faculty Award, 1991
KPMG Peat Marwick Alumni Fellow, 1990-92
Indiana CPA Society Outstanding Educator, 1992
Annual Mikel G. Tiller Award created by Alpha Kappa Psi, 1993
(Awarded annually to most improved member)
Alumni Teaching Excellence Award in Accounting, 1994
Kelley School of Business Teaching Excellence Recognition Award, 1999
Indiana University Student Alumni Association Student's Choice Award for Outstanding Teaching, 2000
Indiana University Adam Herbert Mentoring Recognition, 2011
American Accounting Association Innovation in Accounting Education Award, 2014
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Published Articles
Tiller, Mikel G. and Jan R. Williams, "Revenue Recognition Under New FASB Statements", The CPA Journal (January, 1982), pp. 43‑47.
Tiller, Mikel G. and Russell H. Fazio, "On the Relation Between Attitudes and Later Behavior Following Dissonance Produced Attitude Change", Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin (June, 1982), pp. 280‑285.
Tiller, Mikel G. and Clinton White, "Are Accounting Majors Really Better? Evaluating Admission and Retention Standards for Undergraduate Programs", Journal of Accounting Education (Spring, 1983), pp. 19‑33.
Tiller, Mikel G., "The Dissonance Model of Participative Budgeting: An Empirical Exploration", Journal of Accounting Research (Autumn, 1983), pp. 581‑595.
Stanga, Keith G. and Mikel G. Tiller, "Needs of Loan Officers for Accounting Information from Large versus Small Companies", Accounting and Business Research (Winter, 1983), pp. 63‑70.
Tiller, Mikel G. and R. David Mautz, "The Impact of State‑mandated Accounting and Auditing Requirements on Municipal Bond Ratings", Journal of Accounting, Auditing, and Finance (Summer, 1985), pp. 293‑304.
Rebele, James E. and Mikel G. Tiller, "Empirical Research in Accounting Education: A Review and Evaluation", in Research in Accounting Education (Harrisonburg VA: Center for Accounting Education Research, 1986), pp. 3‑54.
Waters, John and Mikel G. Tiller, "Auditors’ Materiality Thresholds: Some Empirical Findings Based on Real Data”, American Business Review (June 1997).
Books
Williams, Jan R. (project director), Mikel G. Tiller, Hartwell C. Herring, and James H. Scheiner, A Framework for the Development of Accounting Education Research, American Accounting Association Education Research Monograph (No. 9), (Sarasota: American Accounting Association, 1988).
Scheiner, James H. (project director), Hartwell C. Herring, Mikel G. Tiller, and Jan R. Williams, A Framework for the Development of Accounting Education Research User's Guide, American Accounting Association research database and user's manual, (Sarasota: American Accounting Association, 1988).
Other Publications
Kohler's Dictionary for Accountants, contributor to sixth edition (Nonprofit, International, and Social Accounting), edited by Yuji Ijiri and William W. Cooper, 1982.
Lott, R. W., Jan R. Williams, and Mikel G. Tiller, SFAS No. 48: Revenue Recognition When Right of Return Exists, video script and technical workbook (New York: AICPA, 1981).
Lott, R. W., Jan R. Williams, and Mikel G. Tiller, SFAS No. 49: Accounting for Product Financing Arrangements, a videotape script and technical workbook (New York: AICPA, 1981).
Lott, Ronald W., Jan R. Williams, and Mikel G. Tiller, SFAS No. 52: Foreign Currency Translation, a videotape script and technical workbook (New York: AICPA, 1982).
Scheiner, James H. and Mikel G. Tiller, Associate Editor – “Education Abstracts", Issues in Accounting Education, 1988 ‑ 1995.
Academic Proceedings and Presentations
"The Dissonance Model of Participative Budgeting", The Southeast AAA Consortium (April 30, 1981).
"The Prediction of Municipal Bond Ratings: A Discriminant Analysis Approach" (with Harold Roth), The Southeast AAA Consortium (April 29, 1982).
"The Impact of Missing Variables and GAAFR Reporting on the 'Prediction' of Municipal Bond Ratings" (with Harold Roth), 1982 AAA Annual Meeting (August 18, 1982).
"The Impact of State‑mandated Accounting and Auditing Standards on Municipal Bond Ratings", University of Arkansas Accounting Research Colloquium (April 20, 1983).
"Empirical Findings Concerning the Big GAAP/Little GAAP Controversy" (with Keith G. Stanga), 1983 Southeast AAA Annual Meeting (April 28, 1983).
"Trends in Not‑for‑Profit Accounting Education", Trends in the Education of Accountants Seminar, Virginia Tech (November 4, 1983).
"State‑mandated Reporting Requirements and Municipal Bond Ratings" (with R. David Mautz), 1984 Southeast AAA Annual Meeting (April 13, 1984).
"AAA Accounting Education Research Project: An Update" (with Jan R. Williams and James H. Scheiner), 1984 AAA Annual Meeting (August 18, 1984).
"Accounting Education Research", The Southeast AAA Consortium (April 25, 1985).
"Accounting Education Research: An Update" (with Jan R. Williams), 1985 Southeast AAA Annual Meeting (April 28, 1985).
"AAA Accounting Education Research Project: An Update" (with Jan R. Williams and James H. Scheiner), 1985 AAA Annual Meeting (August 19, 1985).
"What We Know About Communications Skills: Deficiencies and Developments," (panelist, Meeting topic: Communication Skills of Accounting Majors: A Major Deficiency), 1987 AAA Annual Meeting (August 18, 1987).
"Faculty Performance Evaluation: Implications of Evidence from Higher Education Research", 1988 Administrators of Accounting Programs Group annual meeting (February 8, 1988).
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"The Future of Accounting Education and Education Research", 1988 Mid‑Atlantic AAA Annual Meeting (March 29, 1988).
"The Future of Accounting Education: Evidence from Research and Practice", (panel
co‑ordinator and session chair; panelists ‑ Norton Bedford, Daniel Jensen, Kent St. Pierre, John R. Thornton), 1988 Midwest AAA Annual Meeting (April 22, 1988).
"Accounting Education Research Framework" (panelist), 1988 AAA Annual Meeting (August 17, 1988).
"Education Research ‑ Potential and Possibilities", 1988 Canadian Academic Accounting Association Accounting Education Research Symposium (November 4, 1988).
"Research Methods in Education Research", One‑day workshop at the 1989 AAA Annual Meeting (August 11, 1989).
"Research Methods in Experimental and Quasi‑experimental Designs", University of Kentucky Research Workshop (October 19, 1989).
"Research Methods in Education Research", One‑day workshop at the 1989 AAA Annual Meeting (August 9, 1990).
"Bias in Student Evaluation of Teaching: When Does Student Major Matter?", Faculty research workshop at the University of Missouri (November 2, 1990).
"Educational Research Involving Delivery Systems and Changing Technology", Introductory Speaker for the 1991 Senior Faculty Consortium (June 7, 1991).
"A Mechanism for Formative Evaluation of Teaching: A Demonstration," University of Texas-Arlington Research Workshop (September 27, 1991).
"Teaching and Learning", Texas Society of CPAs Annual Education Symposium (November 13, 1992).
"Program Assessment: Opportunities and Pitfalls", Administrators of Accounting Programs Group annual meeting (February 8, 1993).
"Innovative Teaching Methods", Indiana CPA Society Educator's Conference (May 7, 1993).
"Models for Assessment", AACSB Continuous Improvement Workshop, St. Louis (September 13, 1994).
"How We Learn: Methods that Work", Texas Society of CPAs Annual Education Symposium (November 19, 1993).
"A Model for Assessment of Student Learning", Federation of Schools of Accountancy Annual Meeting (December 6, 1993).
"Models for Assessment", South Carolina Association of Accounting Instructors Annual Meeting (February 12, 1994).
"Active Learning: Experiments and Observations", Federation of Schools of Accountancy Symposium in St. Charles, Illinois (May 19, 1995).
“Becoming an Excellent Teacher”, American Accounting Association Southwest Region Doctoral Consortium – San Antonio (March 1, 1997).
“New Directions in Educational Assessment”, Assessment Conference – Notre Dame (May 31, 1997).
“Innovations in Accounting Education”, Federation of Schools of Accountancy Annual Meeting – Scottsdale (December 8, 1997).
“Technology and Accounting Education”, American Institute of Certified Public Accountants’ Faculty Summer Seminar – Tampa (May 30, 1998).
“Professionally Qualified Faculty”, American Accounting Association Annual Meeting – New Orleans (August 16, 1998).
“How Accounting Ought to Look from the Outside: A Visioning Experience”, American Accounting Association Annual Meeting, Anaheim, California (August 6 2013).
“Leveraging Interaction Between the Academy & the Profession: A Discussion of Successful Examples”, American Accounting Association Annual Meeting, Atlanta, Georgia (August 4 2014).
Professional Presentations
"GAAP: Recent FASB Pronouncements and their Potential Impact on Accounting for Small Business", East Tennessee Chapter of the Tennessee Society of Public Accountants (January 22, 1981).
"FASB Statement of Financial Accounting Concepts No. 4: An Overview", East Tennessee Chapter of the Association of Governmental Accountants (March 24, 1982).
"The Governmental Accounting Standards Board: Current Status", Knoxville Chapter of the National Association of Accountants (February 28, 1984).
"The Historical Development of the GASB", East Tennessee Chapter of the Association of Governmental Accountants (March 27, 1984).
"Classical Ethics and Modern Business", Knoxville Chapter of the Tennessee Society of CPAs (June 11, 1985).
"FASB Update", Indiana Society of CPAs ‑ Indianapolis (November 20, 1986).
"How to Read Financial Statements", Indiana University Media Executives Seminar -
Indianapolis (March 6, 1992).
"Understanding Financial Statements", Fort Wayne Courier Journal editors group (September 9, 1992).
"The 150-hour Education Requirement" (panelist), Indiana CPA Society Education Symposium (October 23, 1992).
"Careers in Education" (panelist), Indiana CPA Society Careers Conference (November 10, 1992).
"Managerial Accounting and Strategic Management", MBA Program Workshop in Gdansk, Poland (May 10-14, 1993).
"College Curriculum Choices" (panelist), Indiana CPA Society Careers Conference (November 10, 1993).
"Control Systems Frameworks for Commercial Banks in Russia", Management Education Program in Ryazan, Russia (May 15-18, 1995).
"Accounting and Finance for Non-financial Managers", Indiana University Executive Education Seminar - Indianapolis (1991 - 1996).
"Accounting for Non-financial Managers - Central Indiana Regional Blood Center", Indiana University Executive Education Custom Program - Indianapolis (October 5, 1995).
"New College Curricula", Indiana CPA Society Careers Conference (November 15, 1995).
"Financial and Managerial Accounting - ALCOA CSI", Indiana University Executive Education Custom Program - Indianapolis (1995 - 96).
"Managerial Accounting Update”, Katz Sapper & Miller workshop - Indianapolis (July 25, 1996).
"New College Curricula", Indiana CPA Society Careers Conference (November 15, 1996).
“Internal Benchmarking”, Otis Elevator Annual Meeting of North American Finance Organization, 1996.
“Managing Costs”, Sofamor Danek Senior Executive Seminar – Bloomington (June 20, 1997).
“What Should We Learn, and Where?”, Kelley School of Business Alumni Club, San Francisco Chapter – San Francisco (March 26, 1998).
“Financial and Managerial Accounting”, Kelley School of Business Global Management Development Program – Reutlingen University/Steinbeis Foundation, Bloomington (March 31-April 1, 1998).
“Financial and Managerial Accounting”, Kelley School of Business Global Management Development Program -- Reutlingen University/Steinbeis Foundation, Bloomington (May 24-25, 1999).
“Financial and Managerial Accounting”, Kelley School of Business Global Management Development Program -- Reutlingen University/Steinbeis Foundation, Bloomington (May 13-14, 23, 2003).
“Diversity: A Strategic Imperative”, Indiana CPA Society Executive Roundtable Diversity Summit, Indianapolis, Indiana (October 30, 2008).
“D & I: Insight to Impact”, Diversity & Inclusiveness Roundtable, Ernst & Young, New York (January 7, 2010).
"What Works & Why: Recruiting Under-represented Minority High School Students", Indiana CPA Society 2010 Diversity Summit, Indianapolis (August 6, 2010).
“Why You Should Study Accounting as a Liberal Arts Student”, Wabash College, Crawfordsville, Indiana (November 6 2012).
“The Accounting Major as the First Step”, Indiana State University, Terre Haute, Indiana (October 23 2013).
“Vision for Engagement with Pathways Initiatives”, California CPA Society, San Francisco, California (April 27 2014).
Service Activities ‑ External
Section Editor:
Issues in Accounting Education, 1988‑1995
Editorial Review Boards:
The Accounting Review, 1983‑1988
Journal of Accounting Education, 1983 ‑1998
Advances in Accounting, 1988 ‑ 1994
Issues in Accounting Education, 1988 ‑ 1996
Ad Hoc Reviewer:
The Accounting Review, 1985, 86, 87, 91
Advances in Taxation, 1990, 91
Accounting Horizons, 1992
Accounting Educators' Journal, 1994
Test Consultant:
AACSB ACT‑COMP ‑ Managerial and Financial, 1985
American Accounting Association (AAA):
1982-84 AAA Public Sector Section Regional Representative ‑ Southeast Region
1982 AAA Public Sector Section Education Committee
1983-84 AAA Public Sector Section Notable Contributions to the Literature Committee
1985 Annual Meeting Program Advisory Committee (Education Area Coordinator)
1985 Southeast Regional Meeting Program Reviewer
1988 Midwest Regional Meeting Concurrent Plenary Session Coordinator
1988‑89 Education Research Subcommittee of the Education Advisory Committee
1989 Annual Meeting Program Advisory Committee (Education Area Coordinator)
1990-92 New Faculty Consortium Program Committee
1992 Midwest Annual Meeting Program Reviewer
1992 Big 10/CIC Chairpersons Group (Chair)
1992 Managerial Accounting "Best Dissertation" Award Committee
1992 Annual Meeting Program Advisory Committee (Education)
1992 Long-range Planning Committee (Teaching and Curriculum Section)
1990, 91, 94 - Annual Meeting Program Reviewer
1993 New Faculty Consortium Program Committee (Chair)
1994 Teaching Dissemination Task Force (Teaching and Curriculum Section)
1994 Administrators of Accounting Programs Practice Involvement Committee
1995-97 Administrators of Accounting Programs Practice Involvement Committee Chair
Association of Governmental Accountants (East Tennessee Chapter)
Research Director (1983‑85)
Other
Various professional consulting engagements with governmental, nonprofit, volunteer, and other organizations, e.g.:
Knox County, TN Sheriff's department
East Tennessee Emergency Rescue Squad
Knox County, TN Daycare
Indiana University Bookstores
Bloomington Humane Society
Indiana University Auxiliary Enterprises
Subway restaurants (Indiana)
I.U. Financial Management Services Department
I.U. Financial Resources Department
I.U. Regenstrief Institute
Monroe County Chapter Red Cross
State of Indiana Attorney General's Office
Indiana University Credit Union Board - Chair - Supervisory Committee
FBI, FSLIC, USAID, Monsanto, Alcoa, Nokia, Finnair, Siemens, et al.
Service Activities ‑ Internal (University of Tennessee)
Departmental Committees:
Coordinator of Accounting Faculty/Doctoral Student Workshop Series
Doctoral Program Admissions Committee
Doctoral Examinations Committee
Travel Policy Task Force
Research Objectives Task Force
Dissertation committees:
Fenwick Huss
R. David Mautz
John Waters (chair)
School Committees:
College of Business Research Strategy/Incentives Task Force
Committee on Human Subjects in Research
Departmental Representative:
Alabama Research Convocation, 1982
Georgia Auditing Symposium, 1983
Federation of Schools of Accountancy Consortium, 1984
Tennessee Society of Accounting Educators Founding Member, 1984
Southeast AAA Consortium (speaker and delegate), 1981, 1985
Courses Developed:
Accounting 5510 ‑ Not‑for‑Profit Accounting (MAcc. Program)
Accounting 5950 ‑ Research Methodology Seminar (PhD. Program)
Accounting 6130 ‑ Behavioral Accounting Seminar (PhD. Program)
Service Activities ‑ Internal (Indiana University)
Departmental Service:
Doctoral Program Committee, 1986‑91
Accounting Doctoral Advisor, 1987‑91
Accounting/MBA Program Revision Task Force (chair), 1985‑86