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Education
PhD University of Tennessee, 1994
MAcc University of Tennessee, 1993
BS Carroll College, 1983
Professional Certifications
Certified Public Accountant (Montana)
Certified Management Accountant
Research Interests
- Accounting Education
- Student performance, recall and retention
- Group decision making
- Intrinsic motivation
Courses Taught
- Cost Accounting
- Advanced Cost Accounting
- Governmental and Not-for-Profit Accounting
- Individual Federal Income Tax
- Financial Accounting
- Managerial Accounting
- MBA Financial Statement Analysis
- MBA Accounting for Decision Making and Control
- MBA Principles of Finance
- Selected Publications and Presentations
- "Total Optimal Performance Scores: A Practical Guide for Integrating Financial and Non-financial Measures in Performance Evaluation" (With J. Briggs and E. Cole), forthcoming, Management Accounting Quarterly
- "Related-Party Like-Kind Property Exchanges: Recent IRS Guidance" (With N. Nichols and J. Mayclim), The CPA Journal, Vol. LXXIV, No.5, 2004
- "Managing Foreign Currency Exchange Risk: A Protocol for Student-Developed Cases" (With D. Fink and D. Riordan), Journal of Teaching in International Business Vol 15, No.1, 2003
- "An Emergent Perspective of Securities and Exchange Commission Budget Patterns" (With W. E. Bealing and D. A. Riordan), The Southern Business & Economic Journal Vol 24, No.2, 2001
- "Writing Across the Accounting Curriculum: An Experiment" (With D. A. Riordan and M. P. Riordan Business Communication Quarterly Vol 63, No.3, 2000
- "Revenue Efficiency Variance: A Holistic Approach to Variance Analysis" (With E. Cole) IMA National Conference, Las Vegas, NV, June 2006
- "Two Masters: Assessment and Knowledge Retention" Southwestern Business Administration Teaching Conference, Houston, TX, October 2005
- "Dealing With the Student Response "Professor X Didn't Teach That"" (With K. Richardson) Colloquium on Change In Accounting Education, Sedona, AZ, October 2004
- "How to Use Group Exams to Improve Teaching Effectiveness," (With A. Gabbin and K. Richardson) Colloquium on Change In Accounting Education, Albuquerque, NM, October 2003
- "Teaching Accounting On-Line: Learning from the Experience of Others" Colloquium on Change In Accounting Education, Sedona, AZ, October 2002 (With S. Cheverton)
- "Adding Technology to Education: Better or Just Different?" (With S. Cheverton and R. Herring) Organizational Behavior Teaching Conference, Harrisonburg, VA June, 2001
Academic Experience
- Texas Southern University: Professor and Director of Accounting 2005-2007
- California State University Channel Islands: Associate Professor 2003-2005
- James Madison University: Director, School of Accounting 2001-2003
- James Madison University: Assistant/Associate Professor of Accounting 1984-2001
Professional Experience
- Anderson ZurMuehlen & Co., P.C. Helena, MT Audit/Tax manager 1983-1990
Activities
- American Accounting Association
- Accounting Program Leadership Group
- Accounting, Behavior and Organizations Section
- Managerial Accounting Section
- Teaching and Curriculum Section
- Diversity Section
- American Institute of CPAs
- Institute of Management Accountants
- Financial Executives International
Honors
- College of Business Teaching Innovation Award (James Madison University, 2001)
- College of Business Graduate Teacher of the Year Award (James Madison University, 2000)
- College of Business Community Service Award (James Madison University, 1999)
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