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Xuesong Hu2009–10 was avery challenging andproductive year forme. On the researchfront, I worked on severalprojects, one of which isin the second round ofthe review process, andthe other is a paper thatinvestigates whetherconditional conservatismreflects discretionarywrite-offs, using evidencefrom book-tax differences.Several other projectsare in the early stages,which I hope to turn intohigh-quality researchpublications. Last year wasmy second year teachingFinancial AccountingTheory II (recently renamedIntermediate Accounting III),and I was very impressedLinda KrullIn the 2009–10academic year, Icontinued to teachIntroduction toFederal Taxationto undergraduateaccounting majors,master of accountingstudents, and MBAstudents. It’s a fun classto teach, and I enjoyhelping students thinkabout how taxes can beintegrated into businessby the dedication andmotivation demonstrated byaccounting major students.I take great pride inknowing that my teachingnot only helps studentsunderstand the material ina meaningful way, but alsopositively affects students’lives. On a personal note,our family added a newmember during this year:our daughter Isabelle Huwas born on January 25,2010. Her arrival addstremendous happiness toour family.decisions and the manydiscussions stimulated bythe topic. I look forward toteaching this class againin the 2010–11 academicyear, as well as developinga new PhD seminar intaxation.I continued my researchrelated to taxes andaccounting for taxes inan international setting.My coauthors and Ipresented our paperon how accounting forincome taxes affects firms’decisions to repatriateforeign subsidiary earningsat the University of Arizona,Arizona State University,and UC Davis. I alsobegan a new study thatexamines the locationand composition ofunremitted foreign earningsdesignated as “permanentlyreinvested” abroad.DaleMorseIf retirementmeans riding offinto the sunset,I have done thatliterally twiceover the last year.During fall term Iflew to Australia,rented a car, anddrove 6,000 miles,visiting everynational park I couldfind. In the spring I flewback across the Pacificto trek in Nepal and enjoythe beaches of southernThailand. I managedto avoid the politicalturmoil in each of thoseAngela DavisI continue to teachthe first course ofthe intermediateaccounting sequenceto our undergraduates.I am looking forward tothe addition of a thirdcourse to our intermediatesequence this year, asit will allow for morediscussion of IFRS(International FinancialReporting Standards)and other topics in thiscourse. Last year, Ialso taught a doctoralseminar on accountingresearch related tovoluntary disclosures.My research focuseson improving ourunderstanding ofmanagers’ voluntarydisclosures. I havecurrent projectsrelated to attributes ofnarrative disclosurescountries. In betweenthose trips, I taughtmanagerial accountingto undergraduate andgraduate students atOregon and executivesin the Oregon ExecutiveMBA program.in earnings press releases,management discussionand analysis in SEC filings,and earnings conferencecalls. I attended severalconferences last yearand had the opportunityto present my researchat the Twenty-fourthContemporary AccountingResearch Conferencein Montreal, Quebec,Canada, and at ColoradoState University.5