Penelope L. Bagley is the Department Chairperson and Kenneth E. Peacock Distinguished Professor of Accounting at Appalachian State University.
Professor Bagley received her undergraduate and master's degrees from North Carolina State University and her PhD from the University of Georgia. Prior to obtaining her PhD, Professor Bagley worked for a short time in the audit field. She is a certified public accountant in North Carolina. Professor Bagley teaches both undergraduate and graduate auditing courses. She has authored and coauthored publications on accounting and auditing topics in journals such as Auditing: A Journal of Practice & Theory, Accounting Horizons, and Behavioral Research in Accounting. She has also coauthored auditing cases, published in Issues in Accounting Education. Professor Bagley is active in the American Accounting Association and has served on various committees for the Auditing Section. Professor Bagley likes to spend time with her husband Matt and children, Garrett and Julianne. She enjoys exercising in her spare time, she regularly competes in running and triathlon races. Her crowning athletic achievement was qualifying for and running the 2019 Boston Marathon.
