Vicki Dickinson, PhD, CPA, is an assistant professor of accounting at the Patterson School of Accountancy at the University of Mississippi. Vicki received her PhD in accounting from the University of Wisconsin - Madison. Her B.S. and M.S. in accounting are from St. Cloud State University, Minnesota. Vicki's research examines the effect of industrial organization on firm performance and valuation through the lens of financial statement analysis. Her work has been published in The Accounting Review, Review of Accounting Studies, Management Science, Accounting Horizons, Journal of Business Finance and Accounting, Advances in Accounting and Issues in Accounting Education. Vicki was the recipient of the 2011-2012 and 2017-2018 Outstanding Teacher of the Year and the 2010-2011 and 2018-2019 Outstanding Researcher of the Year for the Patterson School of Accountancy, and received the 2007-2008 J. Michael Cook Excellence in Teaching Award, the 2008 Warrington College of Business Teacher of the Year, the 2009 Judy Fisher Teaching with Technology award, and was a 2008-2009 Anderson Scholar Faculty Honoree while on the faculty at the University of Florida. Vicki is a certified public accountant in the states of Minnesota and Mississippi. She was an auditor and part of the Management Advisory Services team for CBIZ/Mayer Hoffman McCann (Minneapolis, MN). She later worked as a Sr. Financial Analyst (International Banking) at Wells Fargo (Minneapolis, MN) and as a Risk Analyst at Lockheed Martin (Calabasas, CA). Victoria Dickinson, PhD, CPA, is an Associate Professor and holder of the Lucian Minor Chair of Accountancy at the Patterson School of Accountancy at the University of Mississippi. She received her PhD in accounting from the University of Wisconsin � Madison. Her B.S. and M.S. in accounting are from St. Cloud State University, Minnesota. Her research examines the effect of industrial organization on firm performance and valuation through the lens of financial statement analysis. Her work has been published in The Accounting Review, Review of Accounting Studies, Management Science, Accounting Horizons, Journal of Business Finance and Accounting, Advances in Accounting and Issues in Accounting Education. She is a two-time recipient of both the Outstanding Teacher of the Year and the Outstanding Researcher of the Year awards from the University of Mississippi. She also received the J. Michael Cook Excellence in Teaching, the Warrington College of Business Teacher of the Year, the Judy Fisher Teaching with Technology, and Anderson Scholar Faculty Honoree awards while on the faculty at the University of Florida. She is a certified public accountant in the states of Mississippi and Minnesota. She worked in assurance and advisory for CBIZ/Mayer Hoffman McCann (Minneapolis, MN), as a Sr. Financial Analyst (International Banking) at Wells Fargo (Minneapolis, MN) and as a Risk Analyst at Lockheed Martin (Calabasas, CA).