Dr. Rachel Birkey
Associate Professor
- About
- Education
- Awards & Honors
- Selected 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
Grants and Contracts
Illinois State University Department of Accounting Summer Research Grant
Rachel N Birkey
Illinois State University. 2017 - 2017
Illinois State University Department of Accounting Summer Research Grant
Rachel N Birkey
Illinois State University. 2016 - 2016
Illinois State University Department of Accounting Summer Research Grant
Rachel N Birkey
2015 - 2015
Illinois State University Department of Accounting Summer Research Grant
Rachel N Birkey
Department of Accounting. 2014 - 2014
Conference Proceeding
Network Participation Changes of U.S. College Students: 2009 - 2015
Davis, T., Walstrom, K., & Birkey, R.
3rd Annual International Conference on Intelligent Information Technology (2INTECH2017), (2017)
Journal Article
Inducing Creativity in Accountants' Task Performance: the Effects of Background, Environment, and Feedback
Birkey, R., & Hausserman, C.
Advances in Accounting Education, 109-133, (2019)
Does CSR Reporting Really Impact FERCs?
Birkey, R., Guidry, R., & Patten, D.
Accounting and the Pubilc Interest, 17 (1), (2017)
Does assurance on CSR reporting enhance environmental reputation? An examination in the US context
Birkey, R., Michelon, G., Patten, D., & Sankara, J.
Accounting Forum, (2016)
Exposing Students to Environmental Sustainability in Accounting: An Analysis of Its Impacts in a US Setting
Lee, W., Birkey, R., & Patten, D.
Social and Environmental Accountability Journal, (2016)
Mandated Social Disclosure: An Analysis of the Response to the California Transparency in Supply Chains Act of 2010
Guidry, R., Islam, A., Patten, D., & Birkey, R.
Journal Of Business Ethics, (2016)
On the Determinants of Analysts' Cash Flow Forecast Accuracy
Ames, D., & Birkey, R.
Review of Business Research, (2010)
Presentations
Name, Image, and Likeness Taxation Case
Deborah L Seifert, Rachel N Birkey
Conference on Teaching and Learning in Accounting CTLA 2025, Chicago, Illinois, August 2, 2025
College and University Reporting on Sustainability Efforts: U.S. Evidence
Rachel N Birkey, Den Patten, Yi Ren
Toronto Canada-Ontario, , 2018
Spending and Saving Under Alternative Tax Regimes: The Effect of Materialism
Rachel N Birkey
Fairfax Virginia, , 2013
The Effects of Tax Aggressiveness and Investor Type on Tax Preparation Preferences
Rachel N Birkey
Fairfax Virginia, , 2011