Dr. Jane Dillard-Eggers
Dr. Jane Dillard-Eggers
Associate Professor of Accounting
Email: Dr. Jane Dillard-Eggers
EDUCATION & CERTIFICATIONS
Ph.D. - University of Alabama, Accounting
M.B.A. - Austin Peay State University, Business
B.B.A. - Austin Peay State University, Accounting and Economics
Certified Public Accountant
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Associate Professor of Accounting, Belmont University
Assistant Professor, Austin Peay State University
Senior Manager, Deloitte & Touche
RECENT PUBLICATIONS
Dillard-Eggers, J. & Roberts, M.L. (2010). An Efficient Method for Acquiring Auditing Procedural Knowledge. Advances in Accounting Behavioral Research, 13 (89-111).
Dillard-Eggers, J., Wooten, T., Coker, J., & Childs, B. (2008). Evidence on the Effectiveness of On-Line Homework. College Teaching Methods & Styles Journal, 4 (5), 9-15.
Dillard-Eggers, J. & Matherly, M. (2005). Gender Difference in Accounting Research. Journal of Accounting and Finance Research, 13 (2), 127-139.
SELECTED AWARDS & HONORS
Nominated for the Presidential Faculty Achievement Award (2008)
Nominated for the Chaney Distinguished Professor Award (2008)
Accounting Educator of the Year , Nashville Chapter of the Tennessee Society of CPAs (2004)
BIOGRAPHY
Dr. Jane Dillard-Eggers has taught at Belmont since 1998. She has a B. S. in Accounting and a Masters in Business Administration (MBA) from Austin Peay State University, and a Ph.D. in Accounting from the University of Alabama.
Dr. Dillard-Eggers has been a licensed CPA since 1981. Prior to entering the education field, she worked for 12 years in the Nashville office of Deloitte & Touche, attaining the rank of Senior Manager. While in public accounting, she specialized in working with closely held businesses and in the litigation support area.
She currently teaches Cost Accounting and Intermediate Accounting in Belmont's undergraduate program.
Her research interests include teaching and pedagogical research and knowledge acquisition and the development of expertise in professional accountants. She has published in journals including Advances in Accounting Behavioral Research, Advances in Accounting Education, the Journal of Accounting and Finance Research and the Journal of College of Teaching and Learning. She also actively presents her research findings at national and international conferences.
She holds memberships in the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, American Accounting Association, and the Tennessee Society of Certified Public Accountants. She has served on various committees for the Tennessee Society of CPAs. In addition, she serves as a Board member for the G. H. Weems Educational Fund and is active in many service ministries for her church.
Dr. Dillard-Eggers is a member of the business honor society, Sigma Beta Delta. She was nominated for the Nashville Chapter of the Tennessee Society of CPA's Accounting Educator of the Year in 2003 and won the recognition in 2004.