Roxanne received a master's in taxation at the University of Denver in 1981 and her doctorate at Colorado University in 1991. As a CPA, she worked extensively with high net-worth individuals and partnerships. She has published articles on taxation in Accounting Horizons, Advances in Taxation, The CPA Journal, the Journal of Accountancy, the Journal of State Taxation, and Taxation for Accountants. In VCU's Master's of Taxation Program, she teaches courses in flow-through entities and state and local taxation. She is a member of both the American Tax Association and the National Tax Association.