Dr. Jennifer Cainas is an associate dean and a professor of instruction in accounting and has been teaching at the University of South Florida for over 18 years. During her teaching career, she has taught and mentored over 20,000 business students who have gone on to have successful careers in accounting, advertising, marketing, management, real estate, finance and information systems. Dr. Cainas primarily teaches introductory financial and managerial accounting to incoming business students, although she has also taught intermediate financial accounting, cost accounting, accounting information systems, and issues in college teaching. Her current research focuses on the behavioral decision-making of entrepreneurs, management control systems, and active learning/teaching pedagogy. Dr. Cainas has received numerous teaching awards, including the Muma College of Business Outstanding Teaching Award, the Lynn Pippenger School of Accountancy Outstanding Teaching Award in 2023, and the Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching Award for USF, most recently in 2022. She also received the Jim Bulloch Award for Innovations in Management Accounting Education in 2021 and 2020 and received the Bea Sanders/AICPA Innovation in Teaching Award in 2022, 2021 and an honorable mention in 2021 and 2019. She is the faculty advisor for Beta Alpha Psi and also received the national outstanding faculty advisor award in 2013 and 2023, sponsored by RSM. She has been asked to speak several times regarding effective teaching practices and student success at both the university and national level. Prior to teaching at USF, Dr. Cainas was a practicing accountant, working for several Fortune 500 companies throughout her professional career, specializing in financial reporting and analysis. Dr. Cainas earned her Doctorate of Business Administration from the University of Florida and received her Bachelor of Arts in Business and Master of Accountancy degrees from the University of South Florida. She is also a Certified Public Accountant in the State of Florida.