Chih-Chen Lee

Director of Global Studies in Accountancy and William and Dian Taylor Professor of Accountancy

Department

Education

Ph.D., Southern Illinois University - Carbondale, Accounting
M.Acc., Southern Illinois University - Carbondale, Accounting

Bio

Chih-Chen Lee is the William and Dian Taylor Professor of Accountancy in the Department of Accountancy, Northern Illinois University. She obtained her Ph.D. in Accounting from Southern Illinois University at Carbondale. She is a CPA (Certified Public Accountant) and CFE (Certified Fraud Examiner). In addition, she is a member of American Accounting Association, Illinois CPA Society, Association of Certified Fraud Examiners, Institute of Internal Auditors, and Information Systems Audit and Control Association.

Chih-Chen's main teaching and research area is in Forensic Accounting, Accounting Information Systems, and IT Auidting. She started teaching Forensic Accounting in 2002 and has made numerous presentations in conferences and workshops. She has published articles in both academic and professional journals including: Accounting Horizons, Journal of Business Ethics, Behavioral Research in Accounting, Journal of Information Systems, International Journal of Auditing, Journal of Forensic Accounting Research, Journal of Forensic & Investigative Accounting, Advances in Behavioral Accounting Research, International Journal of Finance, and Strategic Finance.

Chih-Chen has been actively involved in the Forensic Accounting (FA) section of American Accounting Association since its inception in 2009. She is the President-Elect of the Forensic Accounting section and a member of several other AAA committees.

Chih-Chen serves as the Associate Editor of Journal of Forensic Accounting Research and a member on the editorial board of Journal of Forensic & Investigative Accounting.