Dr. Wendy Tietz got her Ph.D. from Kent State University. She received both her B.S.A and M.B.A. from The University of Akron. Tietz worked in the industry for several years, both as a controller for a financial institution and as the operations manager and controller for a recycled plastics manufacturer.

Professor Wendy is currently a faculty member in the Department of Accounting in the College of Business Administration at Kent State University since 2000. She teaches in a variety of formats, including small sections, large sections, and web-based sections. She is a Certified Management Accountant, a Certified Public Accountant, and a Chartered Global Management Accountant. Tietz earned the Michael and Mary Ann Cook/Deloitte Foundation Prize for Innovation in Undergraduate Teaching, awarded by the American Accounting Association.

Dr. Tietz is also a co-author of an accounting textbook, Managerial Accounting, by Braun & Tietz and Financial Accounting, by Thomas, Tietz & Harrison.