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Associate Dean
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Education
- Ph.D., University of California, Davis, Ph.D. Fields: Accounting, Econometrics, Microeconomic Theory and Macroeconomic Theory
- M.A., Economics, University of California, Davis
- B.S., University of California, Berkeley
Teaching Experience
- 2000-2001 College of Business Teaching Award
- 1999-2000 Outstanding Faculty Member Award, College of Business (5 recipients out of 70)
- 1999 Ernst & Young Outstanding Accounting Educator Award
- 1997-1988 Outstanding Faculty Member Award, College of Business (five recipients)
- 1996-1997 College of Business Teaching Award
- 1995-1996 Outstanding Faculty Member Award, College of Business (five recipients)
- 1993-1994 Outstanding Faculty Member Award, Department of Accounting
- 1992-1993 Outstanding Faculty Member Award, Department of Accounting
- 1991-1992 Distinguished Teacher of the Year Award, College of Business
California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo
- Professor of Accounting
- Director of the Undergraduate Integrated Core Program 1998-2000
- Courses taught: Financial Accounting I and II, Managerial Accounting, Advanced Cost Accounting, Integrated Core Program, Environmental Accounting
Professional Experience
- Arthur Andersen & Company
- Staff Consultant, Management Information Consulting Division
Significant Projects
- Founder of Charity Window (www.charitywindow.org)
Charity Window is a student-run project that is developing a web based search engine and database that will help individual and corporate donors effectively identify charitable organizations that meet their needs. There are over 300,000 not for profit organizations in the database.
Published Research
The Effectiveness of Innovative Business Programs Journal of the Academy of Business Education, Spring 2003 with Cliff Barber, Norm Borin and Terri Swartz.
The Role of Marketing in an Integrative Business Curriculum, Journal of Marketing Education December 2001, with Cliff Barber, Norm Borin and Terri Swartz.
Accounting for Derivatives: The Case of a Currency Rate Swap Used to Hedge Foreign Exchange Rate Exposure, November 1998, Issues in Accounting Education, with Fred Elmy, Partner, PricewaterhouseCoopers, New York.
Accounting for Synthetics: A Case on Accounting and Reporting of Financial Derivatives used as Hedges, (1996, American Institute of Certified Public Accountants Professor Practitioner Case Program, New York, N.Y. with Fred Elmy, Partner, Accounting & SEC Services, Coopers and Lybrand)
Management and Reporting of Environmental Liabilities, (August 1995; Management Accounting, Vol LXXVII, No. 2: 48-54 with Jim Lawrence, Coordinator of Accounting Research, Comptroller's Department, Chevron Corporation)
Purity Oil Sales - Superfund Site, A Case on Accounting for Environmental Matters, (1994, American Institute of Certified Public Accountants Professor Practitioner Case Program, New York, NY, with Dave Zechnich, Partner, Price Warehouse)
Conflicts of Interest and Measurement Issues and Their Effects on Reporting of Environmental Liabilities. (1993; Managerial Finance, Vol 19, No. 6: 53-64)
Academic Conference Presentations and Panels
Invited Guest Lecturer on Environmental Accounting for the Bainbridge Graduate Institute M.B.A. in Sustainable Management. I presented an environmental accounting case. January 2005
Invited Guest Lecturer on Environmental Accounting for the University of California M.B.A. Inter-campus Environmental Management Concentration. Four occasions (March 2000, February 2001, 2002 and 2003). I presented three environmental accounting cases including my Purity case in one four hour session.
Guest Lecturer at the Graduate School of Environmental Science and Management, University of California Santa Barbara, June 1998, "Environmental Accounting Cases"
Panelist at the Western Regional Meeting of the American Accounting Association, Seattle Washington, May 1998, "An Update on Environmental Management in Accounting Education," with Peter Kenyon, Naomi Solderstrom and Steve Sefcik
Discussant for paper at the Western Regional Meeting of the American Accounting Association, Jackson, Wyoming, 1996, "The Energy Tax Credit of 1977: The Economic Rationale Behind Enacted Policy and Empirical Analysis of Households Reporting the Energy Tax Credit"
Accounting for Synthetics: A Case on Accounting and Reporting of Financial Derivatives used as Hedges, (1995, AICPA Accounting Educators Mini Conference November 3-4, 1995, Tampa, Florida with Fred Elmy, Partner, Accounting & SEC Services, Coopers and Lybrand)
Purity Oil Sales - Superfund Site, A Case on Accounting for Environmental Matters, (1994, AICPA Accounting Educators Mini Conference November 4-5, 1994, Portland, Oregon, with Jim Lawrence, Coordinator of Accounting Research, Chevron Corporation)
