Dr. Jeannie J. Harrington

Associate Professor | HCA Outstanding Professor

Dr. Jeannie J. Harrington
615-898-2038
(615) 898-5839
Room 425, Business & Aerospace Building (BAS)
MTSU Box 50, Murfreesboro, TN 37132

Degree Information

  • PHD, University of Kentucky (1995)
  • MBA, Middle Tennessee State University (1988)
  • BSB, Murray State University (1983)

Areas of Expertise

Cost/Managerial and International Accounting

Certifications
CMA, 1991
CPA, 1985
IFRS Certified, 2012

Biography

Jeannie Johnson Harrington, IFRS-Certified, CMA, Inactive CPA is Interim Chair of the Department of Accounting and the HCA Professor  of Accounting at Middle Tennessee State University. 

Dr. Harrington has been on the faculty of MTSU since 1988 and has taught several different courses during her tenure.  Currently, she is teaching Cost Accounting at all levels and International Accounting.  She uses active learning and is always ready to try the latest educational ...

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Jeannie Johnson Harrington, IFRS-Certified, CMA, Inactive CPA is Interim Chair of the Department of Accounting and the HCA Professor  of Accounting at Middle Tennessee State University. 

Dr. Harrington has been on the faculty of MTSU since 1988 and has taught several different courses during her tenure.  Currently, she is teaching Cost Accounting at all levels and International Accounting.  She uses active learning and is always ready to try the latest educational pedagogue.  She is the faculty advisor for the Student Institute of Management Accountants (IMA), the Past-President for the Tennessee Society of Accounting Educators, and is an active member of numerous committees.    She also serves on the Nashville IMA and Millview Swim Club Boards of Directors.

Dr. Harrington’s research interests include foreign financial reporting, outsourcing, corporate social reporting and IFRS applications.  She received the 1999 and 2006 awards from the Tennessee Society of CPAs for her articles on the Eurodollar and outsourcing of tax returns.  Jeannie has been active in the International Accounting Section (IAS) of the American Accounting Association for many years, having served as the Southeast Region Liaison, Secretary, and newsletter editor and photographer for eight years.  She received the Outstanding Service Award for IAS in 2012.

Jeannie is CEO of the Harrington household consisting of her husband, Paul, children Natalie and Hank, and dogs Jack and Jill.  She is an avid masters swimmer, and loves boating and hiking.

 

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