Biography
A McGill/Smith Teacher of the Year award-winning professor and first-generation college student who trains professors on how to teach in the classroom and online. I offer professional development pedagogy workshops designed to enhance the teaching skills of hundreds of professors in the United States and internationally. I coach select faculty as well. In 2020 alone, I trained some 500 professors.
I earn outstanding teaching evaluations, with a 4.9 out of 5.0 teaching rating on average. I worked for five years as an auditor/CPA for the largest accounting firm in the world—Deloitte.
Education Background
I teach Accounting and Corporate Ethics and Social Responsibility at Clarkson.
Accounting Education
- Post-Doctoral Scholar in Accounting and Finance, University of Florida (AACSB Bridge)
- MBA—Master of Business Administration, Marist College
- CPA—Registered Certified Public Accountant—Active and Current, State of New York
- CFE–Certified Fraud Examiner
- BBA in Public Accounting, Pace University
- CPE in Accounting and Ethics to maintain Registered CPA license, 24-40 credits annually
Ethics and Social Responsibility Education
- MS in Bioethics--Clinical Ethics, Clarkson University
- Advanced Certificate in Bioethics, Clarkson University
- MA in Theology, Saint Joseph’s College of Maine
- PhD in Adult Education, University of Idaho
- MS in Educational Administration, University of Idaho
Courses Taught
- AC604 - Financial and Managerial Accounting for Decision Making
- AC205 - An Introduction to Accounting for Decision Analysis
- SB610 - Corporate Ethical Decision Making
- MBA690 - Auditing Special Topics
- MBA613 - Advanced Auditing and Research
- MBA610 - Fraud and Forensic Accounting
- MBA512 - Managerial Accounting and Finance
- MBA510 - Financial Accounting
Research Interests
I teach professors how to teach. By invitation of the American Accounting Association, the Canadian Academic Accounting Association, the Northern Alberta Institute of Technology, and the Chartered Accountants Education Fund (Canada) I offer professional development pedagogy workshops that are designed to enhance the teaching skills of hundreds of accounting professors in the US and Canada. I coach select faculty as well. I led workshops in Toronto, New York City, Boston, Chicago, Edmonton, and St. John's Newfoundland.
Awards
- Awarded the McGill/Smith Teacher of the Year award in the David D. Reh School of Business at Clarkson University.
- Earned the Gold Award for Excellence in Teaching, Becker CPA Exam Review.
- Earned the Silver Award for Excellence in Teaching, Becker CPA Exam Review.
- Earned the Best Paper Award, Academy of Business Research Conference.
- Earned the Star Award for Teaching Excellence, College of Westchester.
- Invited speaker to present at the Education Summit sponsored by Course Hero twice.
- Interviewed for a Going Concern article.
- Approved by the faculty senate of UC Berkeley to teach accounting and ethics courses.
Publications
Representative Publications:
- “Corporate Social and Financial Performance: The Role of Size, Industry, Risk, R&D and Advertising Expenses as Control Variables." Business and Society Review, no.116.2. (with M. Anderson)
- “Improving Audit Quality by Strengthening the PCAOB: Why the Dodd-Frank Act Won’t Prevent the Next Madoff-style Fraud.” CPA Journal, The. (with D. Furman)