Dara Marshall

Biography

Dr. Dara Marshall is an assistant professor of accounting In the College of Business Administration at Western Carolina University. She earned her Ph.D. from Michigan State University in 2012. Her research focuses on how governance and other organization characteristics affect decisions on measurement and control. Dr. Marshall’s work examines this focus within the realm of municipalities and public higher education institutions. Through her teaching she aims to help students become better citizens through governmental accounting literacy and understanding the structures of our governments. Dr. Marshall is the current chair of the Accounting and Auditing Standards Committee for the American Accounting Association’s Government and Nonprofit Section and has testified before the Government Accounting Standards Board in her position. She is also an ad hoc reviewer for the <i>Journal of Government and Nonprofit Accounting</i> and the <i>Journal of Public Budgeting, Accounting & Financial Management.</i> Before joining Western Carolina University, Dr. Marshall taught at Texas A&M University - Central Texas in Killeen, Texas and Miami University in Oxford, Ohio.<br>

Education

• Ph D, Michigan State University, Business Administration