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

Purdue University Fort Wayne (formerly Indiana University - Purdue University Fort Wayne); Fort Wayne, IN; Visiting Professor, 1995 to 1997; Assistant Professor, 1997 to 2003; Associate Professor, 2003 to present; Interim Department Chair, Spring 2011. Undergraduate courses taught: introductory financial accounting; introductory managerial accounting; cost accounting; intermediate financial accounting; advanced financial accounting; fund accounting, and special studies in international business administration (including travel with students to India, 2010 and Ireland, 2015). Graduate courses taught: survey of accounting; strategic cost management (in both MBA+ and Professional MBA programs). Taught onsite undergraduate and graduate courses at both Lincoln Financial Group and Steel Dynamics and was a campus instructor for Becker CPA Review.

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 courses 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

Accounting Society Excellence in Teaching Award, IPFW: 2000, 2005, 2010, 2013, 2016, 2018, PFW: 2020, 2022.

Professional/Accelerated MBA Excellence in Teaching Award, IPFW: 2011, 2012, 2017, PFW: 2020.

Student Organization Advisor of the Year Award, IPFW Student Government Association, 1999, 2002, 2003, 2006, 2010, 2018.

Faculty of the Year Award, Iota Lambda Chapter of Delta Sigma Pi Professional Business Fraternity, 2008, 2010, 2017.

Fort Wayne Running Club Volunteer of the Year Award, 2016

Doermer School of Business and Management Sciences Teaching Excellence Award, 2008

Vice-Chancellor's Special Merit Award, IPFW, 2004, 2010.

Nominee,Outstanding Educator Award, Indiana CPA Society, 2002, 2003, 2009.

Beta Gamma Sigma Honor Society, Inducted 2004.

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

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

Teacher Recognition Award, IPFW Honors Program, 2001.

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

"Integrating Learning Interpersonal Skills Through Team-Based Learning (TBL) in a Management Course”, with Sheena Choi and Xiaguong Tian, PFW, Journal of Education for Business, January 2021, DOI: 10.1080/08832323.2020.1868962.

“Corporate Diversification and CEO Compensation: Evidence from the Moderating Effect of Firm Performance”, with Hwei Chang Hwang, University of Maryland Eastern Shore (UMES), Ya Ying Chou Yeh, Framingham State University, and Chih Chi Fang, UMES, Journal of Accounting, Business and Management, October 2020, pp. 49-59.

"Sustainable Business Practices in the United States: A Survey on Implementation", with Otto Chang, IPFW, Journal of Management and Sustainability, September 2017.

"Business Professionals' Attitudes Toward Sustainable Business Practices", with Otto Chang, IPFW, Journal of Management and Sustainability, September 2016.

"International Exchange as a Transformative Learning Experience: A Case Study", with Sheena Choi and Ae-Sook Kim, IPFW, International Journal of Educational Reform, Summer 2012.

"Cultural Effects on Accounting Practic/e and Investment Decisions", with Karen Moustafa Leonard, IPFW and Hwei Cheng Wang, Alabama A&M University, International Journal of Accounting and Finance, 2010.

"Accounting Implications of Minimum Wage Regulations", Journal of Collective Negotiations, Summer 2008.

"Accounting Journal Usefulness: Perceptions of Management Accounting Faculty", with George Schmelzle, IPFW, accepted for publication in Strategic Finance, 2006.

"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

“Corporate Diversification and CEO Compensation: Evidence from the Moderating Effect of Firm Performance”, with Hwei Chang Hwang, University of Maryland Eastern Shore (UMES), Young-I Lou, Providence University, Chiulien C. Venezia, Frostburg State Universtiy, Chih Chi Fang, University of Maryland College Park, and Ya Ying Chou Yeh, Framingham State University, Annual Meeting of the American Accounting Association, Atlanta, GA, August 2020.

"Sustainable Business Practices in the United States: A Survey on Implementation, with Otto Chang, IPFW. Annual Meeting of the Midwest Business Administration Association, Chicago, IL, March 2017.

"The Effect of Social Culture on Individual Investment Decisions", with Karen Leonard and John Leonard, University of Arkansas at Little Rock. Annual Meeting of the Institute for Behavorial and Applied Sciences, Pittsburgh, PA, October 2015.

"Individual Investment Decisions in the International Context", with Karen Moustafa-
Leonard, IPFW, Christine Onwujuba-Dike, and J. Leonard, IPFW, Annual Meeting of the Academy of International Business - Southeast Chapter, Orlando, FL, October 2011.

"Alpha Investing: Exploring Investment Portfolio Heuristics Using Real Data", with Glen Metts and Atiya Syed-Makander, IPFW, Annual Meeting of the Midwest Business Administration Association, Chicago, IL, March 2008.

"Cultural Effects on Accounting Practice and Investment Decisions", with Karen Moustafa Leonard, IPFW, and Hwei Cheng Wang, Alabama A&M University, Annual Meeting of the American Society of Business and Behavioral Sciences, Las Vegas, NV, February 2008.

"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 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 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 and published in the proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Decision Sciences Institute, Orlando, FL, November 1996.

PROFESSIONAL PRESENTATIONS

Panelist, "China: Growing Economic and Political Power", with John Wellington, IPFW, and Michael Messina, Gannon University, Annual Meeting of the Midwest Business Administration Association, Chicago, IL, March, 2007.

Speaker on various accounting topics at BKD, Steel Dynamics, Central Soya, Do It Best Corporation, United Way's Project Blueprint and numerous high school career events as well as presenting at a continuing professional education (CPE) workshop on international accounting standards for a group of northeast Indiana CPAs in October 2010 and 2011.

Club Seoul, IPFW, Fall 2010-present.

Vietnamese Student Assocation, Fall 2020-2021.

Golden Burma, IPFW, Fall 2015-2018.

Global Christian Fellowship, Fort Wayne, Fall 2010-2017.

Accounting Society, IPFW, Fall 1996-Spring 2004, Spring 2005-2010, Spring 2016 (Interim).

Delta Sigma Pi Professional Business Fraternity, Alpha Zeta Chapter, University of Tennessee, Fall 1992-Spring 1994; Iota Lambda Chapter, IPFW, Fall 1995-Spring 2004, Spring 2008-2012, Fall 2016 (Interim).

Beta Gamma Sigma Honor Society, IPFW, Fall 2006-2014.

Phi Beta Lambda Professional Business Fraternity, Ball State University, Fall 1984-Spring 1986.

OTHER HONORS AND FELLOWSHIPS

Selected as Faculty Co-Leader for an international business course that accompanied students who traveled to India (March 2011) and Ireland (March 2015).
Selected as Faculty Representative and attended the Bahrom International Program, Seoul Women's University, South Korea, Summer 2009 and Summer 2011.
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.

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.

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 and Racing Times), 1986-2001; Staff Member and Statistician, IndianaRunner.com (2005-2018); Member, Three Rivers Running Company Racing Team (2006 to present); Member, Fort Wayne Running Club (formerly Fort Wayne Track Club), 1995 to present (Board Member, 2010-2012); Board Member, Beat Beethoven Race Organizing Committee, 2016-2017; Board Member, Fort Wayne Korea Festival Organizing Committee, 2017.