• DBA, Accounting, Mississippi State University, 2002
• Master of Professional Accountancy (MPA), Accounting, Mississippi State University, 1988
• BA, Accounting, Mississippi University for Women, 1987

• Digital Accessibility Training for the Center for Teaching and Learning, University of South Dakota
• Introduction to Online Teaching and Learning at the University of South Dakota Center for Teaching and Learning, University of South Dakota
• Writing-Intensive Faculty Development Institute, Auburn University Montgomery
• Online Teaching Certification Program, Auburn University Montgomery
• IRB Certified, CITI
• Certified Public Accountant, Mississippi Board of Public Accountants
• Certified Management Accountant, Institute of Management Accountants
• Mississippi Insurance License
• GRI, Graduate Realtor Institute
• Mississippi Real Estate License

Citations listed below are presented in a standardized, modified format for display purposes only. They do not necessarily reflect the preferred style and conventions of the faculty member or discipline.

• Huber, Marsha M., Leach-López, Maria M., Lee, Eunsuh, and Mafi, Shirine S.. Improving accounting student writing skills using writing circles., Editors Dr. Natalie Churyk. Vol. 53 Journal of Accounting Educatin, 2020. (DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaccedu.2020.100694)
• Lee, Eunsuh, Kim, Chaehyun, and Leach-López, Maria M.. Banking Competition and Cost Stickiness. Elsevier: Finance Research Letters, 2020. (DOI: 10.1016/j.frl.2020.101859)
• Kim, Chaehyun, Lee, Eunsuh, and Leach-López, Maria M.. CEO Pay Slice and Cost Stickiness, 99-121. Vol. 91, Iss. 6 Korea International Accounting Review, 2020.
• Marudas, Nicholas N., Petherbridge, Julie, and Leach-López, Maria M.. Is a Nonprofit Organization's Self-preparing its Tax Return Associated with Lower Donations?. Vol. 43, Iss. 1 Montgomery, AL: Southern Business and Economic Journal, 2020.
• Choi, Wooseok, Lee, Eunsuh, and Leach-López, Maria M.. Excess Compensation and Corporate Governance, 165-188. Vol. 86, Iss. 8 Korea International Accounting Review, 2019.
• Leach-López, Maria M., Leach, Megan M., and Lee, Eunsuh. Culture convergence of manufacturing managers in Mexico, Korea, Hong Kong, and USA, 16-32. Vol. 1, Iss. 2 Dubai: Journal of Research in Emerging Markets, 2019. (DOI: https://doi.org/10.30585/jrems.v1i2.334)
• Leach-López, Maria M., Lee, Eunsuh, and Leach, Megan M.. Is There a Relationship between VARK Learning Styles and the Perceived Usefulness of Online Learning Tools in Accounting Principles Courses?, 133-163. Vol. 44, Iss. 2 Korean Accounting Review, 2019.
• Leach-López, Maria M., Stammerjohan, Claire C., Stammerjohan, William W., and Leach, Megan M.. Ethical Decision Making of Future Mexican Managers, 85-94. Vol. 1, Iss. 1 International Review of Advances in Business, Management and Law, 2018. (DOI: https://doi.org/10.30585/irabml.v1i1.58)
• Stammerjohan, William W., Leach, Maria, and Stammerjohan, Claire C.. The Moderating Effects of Power Distance on the Budgetary Participation-Performance Relationship, 103-148. Vol. 25 Advances in Management Accounting, 2015. (DOI: https://doi.org/10.1108/S1474-787120150000025006)
• Leach-López, Maria M., and Jack, Eric E.. Hofstede's values-LOC: job satisfaction effect in the USA, Mexico, Korea, and Hong Kong, 1-19. Vol. 8 Journal of International Business and Cultural Studies, 2014.
• Leach-López, Maria M.. Moderating Effect of Hofstede's Cultural Values on the Locus of Control/Job Performance Relationship of Managers in USA, Mexico, South Korea and Hong Kong., 1-20. Vol. 30, Iss. 1 Journal of Business Strategies, 2013.
• Leach-López, Maria M., Stammerjohan, Claire C., and Stammerjohan, William W.. Exploratory study of ethical perspectives of future Mexican managers, 88-91. Society for Marketing Advances: LEaDinG THE Way, 2012.
• Heier, Jan J., and Leach-López, Maria M.. Development of modern auditing standards: The strange case of Raymond Marien and the fraud at Interstate Hosiery Mills, 1934-1937, 67-93. Vol. 37, Iss. 2 American Accounting Association: Accounting Historians Journal, 2010. (DOI: https://doi.org/10.2308/0148-4184.37.2.67)
• Leach-López, Maria M.. International Students As Peer Tutors: Is It Lawful?, 55-58. Vol. 3, Iss. 8 American Journal of Business Education, 2010. (DOI: https://doi.org/10.19030/ajbe.v3i8.470)
• Leach-López, Maria M., Stammerjohan, William W., and Lee, Kyoo K.. Budget participation and job performance of South Korean managers mediated by job satisfaction and job relevant information, 220-238. Vol. 32, Iss. 3 Management Research News, 2009. (DOI: https://doi.org/10.1108/01409170910943093)
• Leach-López, Maria M., Stammerjohan, William W., and Rigsby, John J.. An update on budgetary participation, locus of control, and the effects on Mexican managerial performance and job satisfaction, 121-134. Vol. 24, Iss. 3 Journal of Applied Business Research, 2008. (DOI: https://doi.org/10.19030/jabr.v24i3.1348)
• Leach-López, Maria M., Stammerjohan, William W., and McNair, Frances F.. Effects of budgetary participation conflict on job performance of Mexican and US managers, 49-64. Vol. 24, Iss. 1 Advances in Accounting, 2008. (DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.adiac.2008.05.008)
• Leach-López, Maria M.. Budget Participation, Job Performance, Job Satisfaction, and yadda, yadda, yadda ..., 169-182. Vol. 3, Iss. 1 Journal of Business & Leadership: Research, Practice, and Teaching , 2007.