Ph.D. in accounting, University of Pittsburgh. Profesora de contabilidad de gestión y gestión operativa en Michigan State University. Ha recibido numerosas distinciones por su trabajo, entre los cuales se destacan 2012 Greatest Impact on Managerial Accounting Practice Award, 2006 Notable Contribution to the Accounting Research Award, 2005 Notable Contribution to the Management Accounting Literature Award, y el McLaughlin Prize for Research in Accounting Ethics. Actualmente es editora de Management Science y de Accounting, Organizations, and Society.