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Christina Lewellen

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Christina Lewellen

Associate Professor of Accounting

Department of Accounting

Graduate Faculty

Nelson Hall 3142

919.515.4440

Bio

Christina Lewellen was in private practice for five years after completing her master’s of accounting degree at East Carolina University and passing the CPA exam. She focused on tax planning, helping companies structure their transactions in a tax-efficient way. She then enrolled in a doctoral program at Florida State University, where she researched international tax issues and was honored with the American Taxation Association/PwC Outstanding Tax Dissertation Award and the International Accounting Section’s Outstanding International Accounting Dissertation Award. Immediately upon receiving her PhD in accounting in 2016, she joined the Poole College faculty, where she is now an Associate Professor of Accounting and a Dean’s Scholar.

Lewellen is an award-winning teacher and researcher. She received NC State’s university-level Outstanding Teacher Award in 2023 and the Department of Accounting’s Teaching Excellence Award in 2020, and has been recognized three times with the department’s Research Leadership Award as well as Poole College’s Research Impact Award in 2026. Her research on corporate tax planning, multinational tax avoidance, and financial reporting transparency has been published in leading journals including Contemporary Accounting Research, the Journal of Accounting and Economics, the Review of Accounting Studies, the Journal of Accounting, Auditing, and Finance, and the Journal of Management Accounting Research, and has been featured in the Harvard Business Review. Her work has also been covered by outlets such as Bloomberg, the Washington Post, the Tax Foundation, and NC State University News.

Education

Ph.D. Accounting Florida State University 2016

Area(s) of Expertise

Corporate and Individual Tax, Corporate Governance, International Tax

Publications

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Groups

  • NC State Alumni Distinguished Undergraduate Professor Award Nominee (2023)
  • NC State University Outstanding Teacher Award (2023)
  • NC State Department of Accounting Teaching Excellence Award (2020)
  • NC State Department of Accounting Research Leadership Award (2017, 2022, 2024)
  • American Taxation Association/PricewaterhouseCoopers Outstanding Tax Dissertation Award (2017)
  • International Accounting Section Outstanding International Accounting Dissertation Award (2017)