Dr. Owens-Jackson received her Ph.D. from Oklahoma State University in Stillwater, Oklahoma in 2001. She has a bachelors degree from North Carolina A&T and masters degree from The Ohio State University. She teaches both financial and managerial accounting in the undergraduate and graduate program. She is a Certified Public Accountant in Virginia and North Carolina. Her research concentrates on accounting education and the use of financial and managerial accounting information in governance and decision making. She has presented at the European Accounting Association Congress, the American Accounting Association Annual Meeting, the Institute of Management Accountants National Conference, the Lean Accounting Conference and many other regional conferences.