Dara Marshall

Dr. Dara M. Marshall is an accountant and researcher with over ten years of experience examining how governance and other organizational characteristics affect decisions and outcomes of accounting measurement, disclosure, investment decisions, and internal control. Dr. Marshall's career and research focus on municipalities, states, and public higher education institutions. She aims to serve as an accountant and trusted advisor to businesses and to help students become better citizens through governmental accounting literacy and understanding the structure of various levels of government.

Dr. Marshall is a former chair of the Accounting and Auditing Standards Committee for the American Accounting Association's Government and Nonprofit Section and, has testified as an expert before the Government Accounting Standards Board. She is also an ad hoc reviewer for the Journal of Government and Nonprofit Accounting and the Journal of Public Budgeting, Accounting & Financial Management.