JENNIFER LYNN BROWN. 300 E Lemon St. (480) McCombs School of Business Ph.D. in Accounting May 2008

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1 JENNIFER LYNN BROWN 300 E Lemon St. (480) Tempe, Arizona jenny.brown@asu.edu ACADEMIC APPOINTMENT W.P. Carey School of Business Assistant Professor of Accounting August present PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYMENT PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP August 1998 June 2001 San Jose, California Tax Associate/ Senior Tax Associate PriceWaterhouse LLP Spring 1997 Houston, Texas Tax Intern EDUCATION University of Texas at Austin McCombs School of Business Ph.D. in Accounting May 2008 University of Texas at Austin Masters of Professional Accounting, Concentration in Taxation May 1998 Bachelor of Business Administration, Magna Cum Laude May 1998 RESEARCH INTERESTS Corporate taxation and tax avoidance, inter-firm social networks, diffusion of corporate practices, corporate political strategy, interplay of financial and tax reporting choices ACADMIC PUBLICATIONS Refereed Journal Articles Brown, Jennifer L., Katharine D. Drake, and Laura Wellman The Benefits of a Relational Approach to Corporate Political Activity: Evidence from Political Contributions to Tax Policymakers, The Journal of the American Taxation Association (forthcoming). Brown, Jennifer L. and Katharine D. Drake Network Ties Among Low-Tax Firms, The Accounting Review, 89(2): Jennifer L. Brown, August

2 Brown, Jennifer L The Spread of Aggressive Corporate Tax Reporting: A Detailed Examination of the Corporate-Owned Life Insurance Shelter, The Accounting Review, 86(1): Winner of the 2014 American Taxation Association Outstanding Manuscript Award Brown, Jennifer L. and Linda K. Krull Stock Options, R&D, and the R&D Tax Credit, The Accounting Review, 83(3): Invited Papers Brown, Jennifer L Discussion of Relative Valuation of Alternative Methods of Tax Avoidance by Kerry Inger, The Journal of the American Taxation Association, 36(1): RESEARCH IN PROCESS Working Papers Brown, Jennifer L., K.C. Lin, Jared A. Moore, and Laura Wellman Tax Policy Uncertainty and the Perceived Riskiness of Tax Savings, Working Paper. Preparing for 2 nd round submission to Contemporary Accounting Research. Brown, Jennifer L., Katharine D. Drake, and Melissa Martin Compensation in the Post-FIN 48 Period: The Case of Contracting on Tax Performance and Uncertainty, Working Paper. Submitted to Contemporary Accounting Research, 2 nd round. Brown, Jennifer L., Claudia Custodio, Stephen Hillegeist, and Eugenia Yeh Competitive Pressure and Tax Avoidance, Working Paper. Preparing for submission to Review of Accounting Studies. Work in Progress Board Connections and Auditor Choice (with Katharine D. Drake, Steven E. Kaplan and Phil Lamoreaux) Data analyzed; preparing to write initial draft. Innovativeness and the Use of Special Purpose Vehicles and Tax Havens (with Jeff Gramlich and Tom Omer) Analyzing new data INVITED PRESENTATIONS Competitive Pressure and Tax Avoidance UNC Kennan-Flager Conference on Tax-Efficient Supply Chain Management, April 2014 Jennifer L. Brown, August

3 Tax Policy Uncertainty and the Perceived Riskiness of Tax Savings University of Oregon Workshop, November 2013 University of Waterloo Workshop, November 2013 AAA Western Region Meeting, April 2013 (presented by doctoral student coauthor) Investing in Tax Breaks: Assessing the Outcomes of Political Strategy Choices University of Kentucky Workshop, September 2013 Oregon State University Workshop, April 2013 Sixteenth Annual UNC Tax Symposium, January 2013 (presented by doctoral student coauthor) Network Ties Among Low-Tax Firms University of Houston Workshop, February 2012 University of Arizona Workshop, September 2011 Journal of the American Taxation Association Conference, March 2011 (presented by doctoral student coauthor) The Spread of Aggressive Corporate Tax Reporting: A Detailed Examination of the Corporate-Owned Life Insurance Shelter University of Washington Workshop, January 2008 American Accounting Association Annual Conference, August 2008 Texas Christian University, University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign, Arizona State University, Florida State University, George Mason University, Rice University, Spring 2007 Stock Options, R&D, and the R&D Tax Credit American Accounting Association Annual Meeting, August 2006 TEACHING EXPERIENCE ACC Taxes and Business Decisions, Spring 2008: average rating = 6.2 out of 7 Spring 2009: average rating = 6.7 out of 7 Spring 2010: average rating = 6.7 out of 7 ACC Taxes and Business Strategy (MACC and MTAX Programs) Fall 2010: average rating = 6.4 out of 7 Fall 2011: average rating = 6.5 out of 7 Fall 2012: average rating = 6.4 out of 7 Spring 2013: average rating = 6.4 out of 7 Spring 2014: average rating = 6.3 out of 7 Jennifer L. Brown, August

4 University of Texas at Austin ACC Introduction to Taxation Fall 2002: rating = 3.5 out of 5 ACC Fundamental of Financial Accounting Fall 2003 : rating = 4.2 out of 5 Awards Nominated, ASU Faculty Women s Association Outstanding Faculty Mentor Award, 2012 Scott and Mary Donaldson/Ernst & Young Excellence in Teaching, 2011 Nominated, Fred Moore Assistant Instructor Award for Teaching Excellence, 2005 SERVICE Profession Editorial Board Member o Journal of the American Taxation Association, present Ad Hoc Reviewer o The Accounting Review o Contemporary Accounting Review o Journal of the American Taxation Association o Journal of Risk and Insurance o AAA Annual and Midyear Meetings (ATA and ATA sections) Invited Discussant o Journal of the American Taxation Association Conference, 2013, 2012 o AAA Western Region Doctoral Interchange, 2013 o American Accounting Association Annual Meeting, 2013, 2011 AAA American Taxation Association Committee Service o New Faculty Concerns Committee, o Journal of the American Taxation Association Conference Committee, , o ATA Dissertation Award Committee, Advisory Council Member for the Tax Literacy Project, Director s Advisory Committee, School of Accountancy Recruiting Committee, Faculty Lead for the ASU Tax Readings Group, present Jennifer L. Brown, August

5 Ph.D. Dissertation Committee Member o Eugenia Yeh, School of Accountancy, expected graduation 2015 o Laura Wellman, expected graduation 2015, initial placement at University of Illinois Chicago o Katharine Drake, 2012, initial placement at University of Arizona Barrett Honors Undergraduate Thesis Advisor Coordinator of the School of Accountancy Research (SOAR) Program (Objective: Introduce a select group of undergraduates to academic research in accounting), Mentor for PwC xtax Team, Mentor for EY Beam Abroad Team, 2012 Jennifer L. Brown, August