About our authors

Tracie L. Miller, PhD, CPA (formerly Miller-Nobles) is the program chair for the Accounting program at Franklin University. She has extensive teaching experience, including faculty appointments at Austin Community College, Texas State University, Aims Community College and The University of Texas-Austin. Dr. Miller received her doctoral degree from Texas A&M University. She has public accounting experience with Deloitte Tax LLP.

Dr. Miller is the president of Teachers of Accounting at Two Year Colleges (TACTYC). She has served in leadership roles for the American Accounting Association, including as a member of the board of directors, secretary of the Teaching, Learning, and Curriculum section, president of AAAs Two Year College section and a former member of the Pathways Commission on Accounting Higher Education. She is an active member of the Texas Society of Certified Public Accountants (TXCPA), serving as a member of both the board of directors and Accounting Education Foundation Board.

Tracie has received several teaching and professional awards, including the AAA / J. Michael and Mary Anne / Deloitte Foundation Cook Prize, TXCPA Outstanding Accounting Educator and AICPA Bea Sanders Award for innovative teaching. In her spare time, Tracie enjoys spending time with her husband, Kevin; his three kids, Caleb, Josh, and Meggie; her parents, Kipp and Sylvia; and her friends. She believes that camping and hiking are restorative and calming, and that life is meant for good friends and great adventures. Tracie has been mentored by many wonderful colleagues and inspired by her students.

Stephanie Poindexter (formerly Swaim) is a professor of accounting at Dallas College in Dallas, Texas. Stephanie began her education career in 2013. She was a paralegal prior to becoming a CPA and working in the EY Assurance Services area. She holds BS and MS degrees in accounting and information management from the University of Texas at Dallas and an Associate of Applied Science in Paralegal Studies from Dallas College. She is also a certified public accountant licensed in Texas.

Stephanie participates in many professional organizations, such as the Texas Society of Certified Public Accountants, the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, the American Accounting Association, the Institute of Management Accountants and the Texas Community College Teachers Association. Stephanie is a board member of the Teachers of Accounting at Two-Year Colleges. She also serves on the Conference on Teaching and Learning Accounting Steering Committee, the AICPA CGMA Teaching Symposium Committee and the TXCPA Accounting Educators Conference Planning Committee.

Outside of her professional pursuits, Stephanie is engaged in a number of activities, including traveling, cooking, gardening, hiking and spending time with friends and family.