Deborah McBride is a doctoral student in Accountancy at Arizona State University. She graduated with a BS - Accounting and an MPrA - Taxation from the University of Utah. Before beginning her doctoral studies, Deborah worked for seven years at PricewaterhouseCoopers in their Dispute Analysis & Investigations division of Advisory Services. During her career in public accounting, she specialized in bankruptcy accounting and taxation. She is a licensed CPA in the state of Utah.