Raquel Meyer Alexander is an assistant professor of accounting at the University of North Carolina-Wilmington.  Prior to receiving her PhD in accounting from the University of Texas-Austin, she worked as a tax consultant for an international public accounting firm.  Raquel has published articles in Journal of the American Taxation Association, The CPA Journal, Practical Tax Strategies, the Journal of State Taxation and Executive's Tax and Management Report.   She currently serves on the editorial board of the Journal of the American Taxation Association and Executive's Tax and Management Report.  Her research interests are federal tax policy and tax professionals' judgment. Her most recent work on §529 college savings plans has been cited by over 25 newspapers including the Wall Street Journal, the Miami Herald, and the Boston Globe.