Illinois State University’s Dr. Madeline Trimble has been honored with an Outstanding Educator Award from the Illinois CPA Society (ICPAS).
“It’s such a privilege for us to be able to honor those who have gone above and beyond in their service to our organization and the accounting profession,” says Geoffrey Brown, CAE, ICPAS president and CEO.
ICPAS is one of the largest state CPA societies in the nation. The Outstanding Educator Award honors those who have made considerable contributions to the education of accounting students through their leadership, teaching excellence, and active involvement in the accounting profession.
Trimble is the director of graduate accounting programs at Illinois State and an associate professor of accounting. “Teaching accounting in this rapidly evolving environment is challenging yet rewarding,” said Trimble. “You have to keep current on the latest trends in both the business and education worlds. I am grateful to have had the opportunity to work with so many talented students at Illinois State University.”
Her current research focuses on the progress of global International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) and its associated financial reporting effects. She has published research in top journals, including The International Journal of Accounting and the Journal of International Accounting, Auditing and Taxation, where she currently serves on the editorial board.
Trimble teaches intermediate accounting, international accounting, international business, and ethics and leadership courses at Illinois State and in the associated program at QLU Panama. She serves on the Accounting & Financial Women’s Alliance (AFWA) Executive Board as current national treasurer and incoming vice president.
“Representation is important. Giving our leaders the opportunity to engage with projects that they feel passionate about has led to amazing outcomes,” said Trimble, who has served as faculty advisor for AFWA-ISU since it was chartered nationally in the spring of 2018. “I am extremely proud of how our AFWA chapter has grown, the quality of leaders it has produced, and its impact on and off ISU’s campus.”
Trimble has been honored as a two-time Wisdom’s Torch Award recipient and voted Professor of the Year by Illinois State’s Student Accounting Society. She has won the Manahan Award for Teaching Excellence in Business, ISU Impact Award, and a university-level Outstanding Teaching Initiative Award. In 2020, she was honored with a national AFWA Women Who Count – Academic award. In 2023, she was named Student Leadership Advisory Board (SLAB) Advisor of the Year for her work with AFWA-ISU, and has been named as an Archer Daniels Midland Scholar.
Trimble received a doctorate from the University of Mannheim in Mannheim, Germany, and a bachelor’s degree in accounting from Eastern Illinois University.
