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Rebecca Files

Department Chair of Accounting and Business Law - Accounting & Business Law
Professor - Accounting and Business Law

Contact Information

Email:	Rebecca_Files@baylor.edu
Mailing Address:	One Bear Place #98002 Waco, TX  76706
Office Location:	Paul L. Foster Campus for Business and Innovation

Educational Background

• PHD, Texas A&M University College Station
• MS, Texas A&M University College Station
• BS, Texas A&M University College Station

Work Experience

• Department Chair of Accounting and Business Law, Baylor University (August 1, 2024 - Present)
• Professor and William E. Crenshaw Chair, Baylor University (August 1, 2024 - Present)
• Accounting Area Coordinator, University of Texas at Dallas (January 1, 2023 - July 31, 2024)
• Associate Professor, University of Texas at Dallas (September 1, 2016 - July 31, 2024)
• Assistant Professor, University of Texas at Dallas (August 1, 2009 - August 31, 2016)

Awards and Honors

• Jindal School of Management Undergraduate Teaching Award Winner, Jindal School of Management, UT Dallas (August 1, 2021)
• Jindal School of Management Undergraduate Faculty of the Year Winner, Jindal School of Management, UT Dallas (April 15, 2021)
• FARS Outstanding Service Award, National Meeting Co-Coordinator, American Accounting Association (January 23, 2019)
• Three Minute Thesis (3MT) Faculty Competition Winner, UT Dallas (March 1, 2017)
• Sydney Smith Hicks Faculty Fellow, University of Texas at Dallas (September 1, 2016)
• FARS Excellence in Reviewing Award, American Accounting Association (January 23, 2016)
• Regent’s Outstanding Teaching Award Winner, The University of Texas System Board of Regents (April 1, 2014)
• President's Teaching Excellence Award, University of Texas at Dallas (March 1, 2013)
• Glen McLaughlin Prize for Research in Accounting Ethics, University of Oklahoma (March 1, 2011)

Professional Memberships

• Associate Director, Institute for Excellence in Corporate Governance (July 1, 2017 - July 31, 2024)
• North Texas Ethics and Compliance Council (March 1, 2016 - July 31, 2024)
• American Accounting Association (September 1, 2004 - Present)