Department of Accounting

Professor

• Ph.D., Louisiana State University
• M. Acc., University of Mississippi
• B.A., University of Mississippi

Lynn Stallworth is a Professor of Accounting at Appalachian State University, where she has taught financial accounting and reporting since 2006. An award-winning case writer, she has published in Managerial Auditing Journal,  Issues in Accounting Education, and The CPA Journal. One of her instructional cases earned the American Taxation Association/Deloitte Teaching Innovation Award in 2015. Her research interests include pedagogy, behavioral issues in accounting, earnings management, and sustainability reporting. Dr. Stallworth is co-author of the forthcoming textbook Sustainability Accounting for Business: Measurement, Reporting, and Decision-Making (Wiley). She has held visiting professorships at the University of Angers in France and the University of Duisburg in Germany, where she has lectured on corporate, international, and sustainability accounting. Outside of academia, she is active in community service, including chairing the Daniel Boone Native Garden’s Roots in the Garden Summer Concert Series. She enjoys live music, traveling, and spending time with her sons in the mountains and at the lake.

Teaching

Principles of Accounting, Intermediate 1, 2, and 3

Research Interests 

Case Writing, Pedagogical Issues, Sustainability Reporting

Research Publications

• Stallworth, L. & Hopkins, J., 2023, ‘BFM Medical: A Case Study in the Cost of Quality’, Journal of Business Cases and Applications, no. 37, February.
• Stallworth, L. & Brackney, K., 2021, ‘Reveal Technologies: A Case of Key Differences between U.S. GAAP & IFRS and the Impact on Financial Performance Evaluation’, Journal of Applied Case Research, Summer.
• Kowalczyk, T. & Stallworth, L., 2017, ‘Rex Frozen Fish Inc.: Instructional Case on Accounting for Inventory among Related Parties’, Issues in Accounting Education, vol. 32, no. 1, February, pp. 8–14.
• Anderson, S. & Stallworth, L., 2016, ‘Sweetness and Spice: Tax Issues for Foodies’, Issues in Accounting Education, vol. 31, no. 1, February, pp. 111–117.
• Stallworth, L. & Anderson, S., 2013, ‘Tax Implications for Bloggers’, CPA Journal, November, pp. 42–45.
• Braun, R. & Stallworth, L., 2010, ‘The Academic Honesty Expectations Gap: An Analysis of Student and Faculty Perceptions’, The Accounting Educator’s Journal, vol. 19, pp. 127–141.
• Braun, R. & Stallworth, L., 2009, ‘If You Need Love, Get a Puppy: A Case Study on Professional Skepticism and Auditor Independence’, Issues in Accounting Education, vol. 24, no. 2, May, pp. 237–252.
• Stallworth, L. & Braun, R., 2007, ‘Computone Corporation: An Instructional Case in Earnings Management and Revenue Recognition’, Issues in Accounting Education, vol. 22, no. 2, May, pp. 319–332.
• Stallworth, L. & Mayer, L., 2007, ‘Business Planning and Performance Evaluation Using Cost Volume Profit Analysis: J. Malloy Marine Services’, The Journal of Accounting Case Research, vol. 9, no. 2, pp. 88–93.
• Stallworth, L. & DiGregorio, D., 2005, ‘Earnings Management and Accounting for Acquisitions: A Review of the Issues for Internal Auditors’, Internal Auditing, November/December, pp. 9–16.
• Sheely, R. & Stallworth, L., 2005, ‘Crack the Glass Ceiling with the Help of a Mentor’, New Accountant, vol. 7, no. 10, pp. 6–10.
• DiGregorio, D., Stallworth, L. & Braun, R., 2004, ‘Virtually There Technologies: A Case Study of Earnings Manipulation and Fraud’, The Journal of the International Academy of Case Studies, vol. 10, pp. 15–25.
• Stallworth, L. & DiGregorio, D., 2004, ‘Developing Scorecards to Track Intangibles’, The Journal of Accounting and Finance Research, vol. 12, no. 5, pp. 10–18.
• Stallworth, L., 2004, ‘Antecedents and Consequences of Organizational Commitment to Public Accounting Organizations’, Managerial Auditing Journal, vol. 19, no. 7, pp. 945–955.
• Stallworth, L. & DiGregorio, D., 2004, ‘Improper Revenue Recognition’, Internal Auditor, June, pp. 53–56.
• Stallworth, L., 2003, ‘Mentoring, Organizational Commitment, and Intentions to Leave Public Accounting’, Managerial Auditing Journal, vol. 18, no. 5, pp. 405–418.