Professor Sarah McVay
University of Washington

Professor of Accounting
Deloitte and Touche Endowed Professor of Accounting
Michael G. Foster School of Business

Professor Craig Deegan
University of Tasmania

Craig is Professor of Accounting within the College of Business and Economics. His research interests are in the area of social and environmental accountability and accounting, financial accounting, and financial accounting theory, and he is one of the most highly cited accounting researchers internationally. He is also the author of three leading textbooks, namely Financial Accounting (Mc Graw Hill, 9th edition 2020), An Introduction to Accounting: Accountability in Organisations and Society (Cengage, 2nd edition, 2023), and Financial Accounting Theory (Cengage, 5th edition, 2023). He has also been the senior supervisor of over 25 PhD completions.BiographyCraig has been teaching at undergraduate and postgraduate levels for many years, prior to which he was as a chartered accountant in practice. Prior to his appointment at the University of Tasmania, he was Professor of Accounting at RMIT University, Melbourne for approximately 19 years, prior to which he was Professor of Accounting at the University of Southern Queensland. Craig has held many roles and responsibilities with all three major professional accounting bodies within Australia, and his research work is regularly published in peer-reviewed accounting journals including: Accounting, Organizations and Society; Accounting and Business Research; Accounting, Accountability and Auditing Journal; Accounting and Finance; British Accounting Review; Critical Perspectives on Accounting; Journal of Business Ethics; Australian Accounting Review; Australian Journal of Management; and The International Journal of Accounting. According to Google Scholar, his work has attracted over 35,000 citations, making him one of the most highly cited researchers within the accounting and/or finance literature internationally. Craig’s expertise is frequently sought by corporations, government and industry bodies on issues pertaining to financial accounting, corporate social and environmental accountability, and ethics. His textbooks also lead the market in their respective fields. Craig has been the recipient of several prestigious research and teaching awards.