Jack Badger is an Assistant Professor of Accounting at Middle Tennessee State University. He earned his Ph.D. in Business Administration (Accounting) from the University of Tennessee and his Bachelor of Accountancy with a minor in Finance from the University of Mississippi. He is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) in North Carolina. His research focuses on how tax intersects with a variety of topics including financial reporting, disclosure, sports, and gambling policy. His work has been published in the Journal of Accounting and Public Policy, Public Finance Review, and Empirical Economics Letters. Both his empirical work and teaching cases have been presented at a variety of accounting and taxation conferences and workshops.

He teaches courses in taxation including, intro to federal income tax and tax research as planning as well as managerial accounting. He has been nominated and recognized by students as a Teacher Who Makes a Difference multiple semesters during his time with MTSU.

Before academia, he worked as a valuation consultant at Dixon Hughes Goodman in Winston-Salem, North Carolina and an experienced tax associate at PwC in Charlotte, North Carolina.

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