• Ph.D., Accounting, Virginia Tech - 2015
• M.S., Accounting, James Madison University - 2007
• B.B.A., Accounting, James Madison University - 2006
• A.S., Business Administration, Piedmont Virginia Community College - 2004

• Director of the School of Accounting and Humanna Foundation/Mccallister Endowed Professor of Accounting, Louisiana Tech University, (2023-2026)
• Chase Bank Endowed Associate Professor of Accounting, Louisiana Tech University, (2021-2023)
• Chase Bank Endowed Assistant Professor of Accounting, Louisiana Tech University, (2015-2021)
• Senior Accountant, Hantzmon Wiebel LLP (2009-2011)
• Staff Accountant, Hantzmon Wiebel LLP (2007-2009)

Watson, K. J. and J. R. Lauck. 2026. Aligning Production Control and Overhead Allocation in Job Shops: Implications for Management Accounting. Advances in Management Accounting (Forthcoming)

Herda, D. N. and J. R. Lauck. 2025. Seeing the Trees: How a Concrete versus Abstract Mindset Improves Performance on Low-Level Assurance Tasks. Behavioral Research in Accounting 37 (2): 93-110.

Lauck, J. R. and S. Bhattacharjee. 2023. The Role of Board Financial Monitoring Strength and Donor Pressure on Nonprofit Auditors’ Assessment of Changes in Program Expense Allocations. Auditing: A Journal of Practice & Theory 42 (3): 71-86.

Kuselias, S., J. R. Lauck, and S. Williams. 2021. Social media content and social comparisons: An experimental examination of their effect on audit quality. Auditing: A Journal of Practice & Theory 40 (1): 55-72.

Lauck, J. R., J. R. Rakestraw, and S. E. Stein. 2020. Do audit fees reflect unique characteristics of individual executives? Accounting Horizons 34 (4): 105-124.

• Beta Gamma Sigma Professor of the Year, Louisiana Tech University – 2024
• Lawler Award, Journal of Accountancy Best Article – 2016