Jan Taylor, Ph.D., MBA, CPA, CGMA

Academic in Residence and Senior Director of Academic and Student Engagement, AICPA

Jan Taylor, Ph.D., MBA, CPA, CGMA, serves as the Academic in Residence and Senior Director of Academic and Student Engagement at AICPA & CIMA (Together as the Association of International Certified Professional Accountants). In this role, Jan oversees the Association’s relationships with academics and academic institutions and supports both the CPA licensure and the CGMA certification pathways for students. Jan speaks regularly at CPA state societies’ events, at academic and practitioner conferences, and appears often on various webinars and podcasts, including the AICPA & CIMA monthly Faculty Hour. Jan works to produce whitepapers and other resources for the Association, including the biannual Trends Report, the Accounting is STEM whitepaper submitted to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, and the AICPA Foundational Competencies Framework for Aspiring CPAs.

She retired in 2021 from her position as an Associate Professor of Accounting at Sam Houston State University (Texas). Jan has also previously taught and served in leadership roles at University of San Diego and University of Houston-Clear Lake and spent several years in public practice and served as Controller/CFO of a wealth management firm. Jan taught financial (from Principles to Graduate Research) and managerial courses as well as auditing, accounting information systems, ethics, and leadership courses. Her primary research interests relate to accounting pedagogy, auditing, and accounting ethics and leadership. She has published in journals such as Issues in Accounting Education, Journal of Accountancy, Journal of Business Ethics Education, Business Studies Journal, Journal of Forensic & Investigative Accounting, Journal of Behavioral Studies in Business, Strategic Finance, Management Accounting Quarterly, Journal of Accounting and Free Enterprise, Journal of Health Management, and Journal of Healthcare Finance.

Jan has been active in service to academia and the profession as well as her community. In addition to several other service roles, she is a past-President of the International Board of Directors of Beta Alpha Psi and, prior to employment with AICPA, served on the AICPA Board of Examiners, AICPA Academic Executive Committee, the joint AICPA/NASBA CPA Evolution Education Advisory Group, the AICPA Women’s Executive Initiative Task Force, and the AICPA ENGAGE Academic / Practitioner Program (chair 2019-2020). Additionally, Jan has provided service to several committees with the Texas Society of CPAs (TXCPA) and the Houston Chapter of TXCPA and has served as a trustee with the TXCPA Accounting Education Foundation. Jan served as an external professor with KPMG from 2005-2019, training new auditors and senior associates. She is also a Court Appointed Special Advocate for children in protective services.

Jan has received numerous awards for teaching and research as well as service to the profession of accountancy and accountancy education including the Beta Alpha Psi Lifetime Service Award, the Beta Alpha Psi President’s Award, the Significant Contribution by a Member in Education award from TXCPA-Houston, the TXCPA Educator of the Year Award, and the ASWCPA Educator of the Year award.

Jan is a licensed CPA in the state of Texas and is a Chartered Global Management Accountant (CGMA).