Thomas G. Calderon is a past President of the Ohio Region of the American Accounting Association, is Emeritus Professor of Accounting, The University of Akron, USA. A past President of the Teaching and Curriculum Section of the American Accounting Association, he headed The University of Akron’s School of Accountancy from 2005 to 2018, and from 2014-2016 completed a two-year term as Chair of the University of Akron’s caucus of department chairs and school directors.Arianna S. Pinello is Professor of Accounting in the Accounting Department of the Lutgert College of Business at Florida Gulf Coast University in Fort Myers, Florida, USA. With a strong interest in the scholarship of teaching and learning, her primary teaching and research interests are in the areas of financial accounting and auditing. She is a Certified Public Accountant and a Certified Internal Auditor and a member of the American Accounting Association and the Institute of Internal Auditors.

• Theme 1. Faculty and Professional PipelineChapter 1. How Does the Wage Disparity Between Accounting and Finance Impact the CPA Pipeline?; Dennis Bline and Xiaochuan ZhengChapter 2. Student Employment and Intermediate Accounting Performance; Stephan A. Davenport, Chih-Chen Lee, Mark Riley, and Rebecca Toppe ShortridgeChapter 3. “Inbreeding” Accounting Faculty in the US: A Longitudinal Analysis; Timothy J. Fogarty and Mary B. SasmazTheme 2. ValuationChapter 4. Fairly Valuing Cryptocurrency Assets: A Case Study; Todd White, Ryan Leece, Thomas G. Calderon, and Chris SolanoChapter 5. Nominal Versus Effective Rates: Is It Relevant in WACC Calculations?; Anet Boshoff-Knoetze and Lize DuminyTheme 3. Pedagogy and Curriculum DesignChapter 6. Teaching and Evaluating an MBA Accounting Course Using Experiential Learning Pedagogy; Abdel K. HalabiChapter 7. Utilizing a Compact Case for Teaching Financial Statement Preparation to Non-Business Students; Carlos Omar Trejo-PechChapter 8. The Impact of an Integrated Assignment on the Engagement of Undergraduate Students with the Content; Hanneke du Preez and Karel FouchéTheme 4. Technology and InnovationChapter 9. Innovative Spreadsheet-Based Simulation for Modeling Uncertainty in Accounting for Contingencies; Sylwia Gornik-TomaszewskiChapter 10. A Pedagogical Note on Leveraging Spreadsheets to Achieve Sticky Learning in Accounting; William M. BakerChapter 11. Effectiveness of Online Learning in the HyFlex Educational Environment; Elena Precourt and Charles Cullinan