EDUCATION

Ph.D. in Accounting; Indiana University; Bloomington, IN; 1992.
M.B.A.; Ball State University; Muncie, IN; 1984.
B.S. in Accounting; Manchester College; North Manchester, IN; 1982.

Passed Certified Public Accountant (CPA) Examination; State of Indiana, 1982.

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Indiana University - Purdue University Fort Wayne (IPFW); Fort Wayne, IN; Visiting Professor, 1995 to 1997; Assistant Professor, 1997 to 2003; Associate Professor, 2003 to present. Undergraduate courses taught: introductory financial accounting; introductory managerial accounting; cost accounting; intermediate financial accounting; advanced financial accounting; fund accounting. Graduate courses taught: survey of accounting; managerial accounting.

Ashland University; Ashland, OH; Assistant Professor, 1994 to 1995. Undergraduate course taught: cost accounting; intermediate financial accounting. Graduate courses taught: survey of accounting; managerial accounting.

University of Tennessee; Knoxville, TN; Assistant Professor, 1990 to 1994. Undergraduate courses taught: introductory managerial accounting; cost accounting; intermediate financial accounting; advanced financial accounting; fund accounting.

Indiana University; Bloomington, IN; Associate Instructor, 1986 to 1990. Undergraduate sourses taught: introductory financial accounting; introductory managerial accounting; coordinated and prepared comprehensive study guide for a fund accounting course offered through the independent studies program.

Ball State University, Muncie, IN; Graduate Teaching Assistant, 1983 to 1984; Instructor, 1984 to 1986. Undergraduate courses taught: introductory financial and managerial accounting.

AWARDS AND RECOGNITIONS

Student Organization Advisor of the Year Award, Indiana Purdue Student Government Association, 1999, 2002, 2003, and 2006.

Beta Gamma Sigma Honor Society, Inducted 2004.

Who's Who Among America's Teachers, 2004.

Nominee,Outstanding Educator Award, Indiana CPA Society, 2002 and 2003.

Faculty Colloquium on Excellence in Teaching (FACET) Award, Indiana University, 2002.

Teacher Recognition Award, IPFW Honors Program, 2001.

David Gotlob Excellence in Teaching Award, Accounting Society, IPFW, 2000.

Competitive Manuscript Award, Accounting Research Journal, 2000.

Service to Students Award, IPFW Chancellor's Community Advisory Council, 1999.

Best Professor Award, Delta Sigma Pi Professional Business Fraternity, Alpha Zeta Chapter, University of Tennessee, 1992.

Nominee, Allen H. Keally Outstanding Assistant Professor Award, University of Tennessee, College of Business Administration, 1992.

Finalist, Schuyler F. Otteson Undergraduate Teaching Excellence Award, Indiana University School of Business, 1989.

REFEREED PUBLICATIONS

"Accounting Journal Usefulness: Perceptions of Management Accounting Faculty", with George Schmelzle, IPFW, accepted for publication in Strategic Finance.

"Teaching Current and Quick Ratio Rules of Thumb" with Kathy Pollock and George Schmelzle, IPFW, Accounting Instructors' Report, Spring 2004.

"High School Guidance Counselors' Perceptions of the Accounting Profession" with Janet Papiernik and Kathy Pollock, IPFW, The CPA Journal, May 2002.

"The FASB Exposure Draft on Accounting for Business Combinations and Intangible Assets: An Instructional Assignment" with Michael Schoderbek, Rutgers University - New Brunswick, Journal of Accounting Education, Winter 2001.

"Differential Manager-Employee Perceptions of Organizational Citizenship Behavior", with David Turnipseed, IPFW, Business Research Yearbook, 2001.

"Accounting Information Precision and the Speed of Intraday Stock Price Adjustments", with Maneesh Sharma, IPFW, Accounting Research Journal, June 2000. Joint winner of the journal's 2000 Manuscript Award.

"Gain and Loss Reporting in the Statement of Cash Flows: Income Tax Complexities Under SFAS 95", with Richard A. Turpen, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Ohio CPA Journal, February 1994.

REFEREED PROCEEDINGS AND PRESENTATIONS

"Online Annual Report Project: The Effect on Motivation, Satisfaction, and Interest in Accounting" with Kathy Pollock and Sue Minke, IPFW, presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Accounting and Finance, New Orleans, LA, December 2003, and the Hawaii International Conference on Business, Honolulu, HI, June 2004.

"High School Guidance Counselors: Perceptions of the Accounting Profession" with Janet Papiernik and Kathy Pollock, IPFW, and "Teaching Current and Quick Ratio Rules of Thumb" with Kathy Pollock and George Schmelzle, IPFW, both papers presented at the American Accounting Association Ohio Regional Meeting, Dublin, OH, May 2002.

"Perceptual Differences of Citizenship Behavior Between Managers and Employees", with David Turnipseed, IPFW, presented at the International Academy of Business Disciplines Conference, Orlando, FL, April 2001.

"Problems with ISO 9000 Implementations", with George Schmelze and Kathy Pollock, IPFW, presented at and published in the proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Midwest Business Administration Association, Chicago, IL, March 2001.

"A Comparison of Backflush Costing and Job-Order Costing in a JIT Manufacturing Environment", with George Schmelzle, IPFW, presented at and published in the proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Midwest Business Administration Association, Chicago, IL, March 2000.

"Accounting Journal Quality and Usefulness: A New Methodology", with George Schmelzle, IPFW, presented at the Annual Meeting of the Academy of Business Disciplines, Fort Meyers, FL, November 1999.

"Allocating Overhead: A Longitudinal Manufacturing Survey", with Robert C. Zelin, Minnesota State University, presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Society of Business and Behavioral Sciences, Las Vegas, NV, February 1999.

"Accounting Information Precision and the Speed of Intraday Stock Price Adjustments" with Maneesh Sharma, IPFW, presented at both the Global Finance Conference, Montreal, Canada, May 1997 and the Annual Meeting of the Financial Management Association, Honolulu, HI, October, 1997.

"The Implementation of Participative Budgeting in Accounting Research", with Robert C. Zelin, Minnesota State University, presented at and published in the proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Decision Sciences Institute, Orlando, FL, November 1996.

PROFESSIONAL PRESENTATIONS

Speaker on various accounting topics at Steel Dynamics, Central Soya, Do It Best Corporation, United Way's Project Blueprint, and high school career events.

FACULTY ADVISOR

Accounting Society, IPFW, Fall 1996-Spring 2004, Spring 2005-present.

Delta Sigma Pi Professional Business Fraternity, Alpha Zeta Chapter, University of Tennessee, 1993-1995; Iota Lambda Chapter, IPFW, Fall 1995-Spring 2004.

Phi Beta Lamda Professional Business Fraternity, Ball State University, 1984-1986.

OTHER HONORS AND FELLOWSHIPS

Indiana University Graduate School Fellowship, 1986-1990.
Indiana CPA Society Doctoral Grant, 1986-1989.
Selected to the American Accounting Association Doctoral Consortium, 1988.
National Dean's List, 1982.
Ernst & Whinney Undergraduate Scholarship, 1981.
Manchester College Scholar, 1979 to 1982.

Athletics: Four Year Letterman, Cross Country and Track & Field, Manchester College, 1979-1982; Member, Athlete's Foot Racing Team, 1985-1988; Assistant Cross Country Coach, IPFW, 1996-1998; Contributing Writer, Midwest Running Magazine (formerly Indiana Runner), 1986-2001; Member, Three Rivers Racing Team, 2004 to present; Board Member.

Member: Faculty Colloquium on Excellence in Teaching (FACET), American Accounting Association; Indiana CPA Society; Beta Alpha Psi Accounting Fraternity, Delta Sigma Pi Professional Business Fraternity; Beta Gamma Sigma Honor Society.

Mad Magazine: Consultant for Totally MAD CD-ROM Project, 1999; Research Assistant, 2002 to present.

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