Jenice Prather-Kinsey is a native of Kansas City, Missouri. She received a BS from Lindenwood College, a Masters in Accounting from University of Illinois, Champaign Urbana and a PhD from the University of Alabama. Professor Prather-Kinsey has taught at the University of Tennessee-Chattanooga, Washington University in St. Louis, University of Cape Town in South Africa, University of the Western Cape and is currently at the University of Missouri, School of Accountancy. She teaches and publishes research in Cost and Managerial Accounting and International Accounting. Her refereed academic research is published in ABACUS, Accounting Horizons, Accounting Education: A Journal of Theory Practice and Research, Accounting Education: An International Journal, Accounting Historians Journal, Advances in Accounting, Advances in International Accounting, Contemporary Accounting Research, European Accounting Review, Issues in Accounting Education, The International Journal of Accounting, Journal of Education for Business, Journal of International Accounting Research, and Research in Accounting Regulation. She has presented her research across the world including Beijing, China; Coventry, England; Dunedin, New Zealand; Kyoto, Japan; Mexico City, Mexico; Paris, France; Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; Rome Italy; Sidney, Australia; Melbourne, Australia: Cape Town, South Africa and Vancouver, Canada. Professor Kinsey¿s honors include the Missouri Society of Certified Public Accountants¿ Outstanding Educator of the Year Award, Faculty Diversity Enhancement Award from the University of Missouri and National Achievement Award in Education from the National Association of Black Accountants.