Natalie Tatiana Churyk, PhD, CPA Caterpillar Professor of Accountancy Editor-in-Chief – Journal of Accounting Education Department of Accountancy - Northern Illinois University Natalie Tatiana Churyk, PhD, is the Caterpillar Professor of Accountancy at Northern Illinois University and Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Accounting Education. She teaches in the L.M.A.S. program. Dr. Churyk is a CPA and a member of the American Accounting Association, the AICPA, and the Illinois CPA Society. She serves on state and national committees relating to education and student initiatives, including the American Accounting Association's Teaching Learning and Curriculum Section (VicePresident) and Midwest Region (President). In addition to being Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Accounting Education, Dr. Churyk is a member of the editorial review board of Journal of Forensic & Investigative Accounting. She is a co-author on three textbooks,Accounting and Auditing Research: Tools and Strategies, Mastering the FASB's Codification and eIFRS: A Case Approach, and Accounting & Auditing Research and Databases: Practitioner's Desk Reference and a contributor toWiley CPA Exam Review: Financial Accounting and Reporting.