
Associate Professor of Accountancy
Accountancy, CBA 380P.O. Box 880488
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Lincoln, NE 68588-0488, USA
Phone: (402) 472-8812
Fax: (402) 472-4100
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Joined the college in July 1991.
Expertise:
- Accounting Information Systems
- Cost Management
Education:
Ph.D., Indiana University, 1991 M.C.R.P., Harvard University, 1978 B.S. Michigan State University, 1976Research Interests:
Managerial accounting and control systems, public interest accounting, critical accounting theory, public policy implications of accounting control and disclosureTeaching Interests:
managerial accounting, information systemsPublished in the following:
Accounting, Organizations and Society Behavioral Research in Accounting Issues in Accounting Education Journal of Accounting Education Journal of Business Research Advances in Management Accounting Management AccountingAwards:
Research Awards: Article of Outstanding Merit, International Federation of Accountants, 1996. Certificate of Merit Manuscript Award. Institute of Management Accountants (IMA), 1996. Lybrand Silver Medal Manuscript Award. Institute of Management Accountants (IMA), 1995. Teaching Awards: CBA Distinguished Teaching Award, 2002, 1994. Recognition Award for Contributions to Students, UNL Parents Association, 2002, 1992. Educator of the Year, Beta Alpha Psi, Delta Omicron Chapter, 1994.Additional information: Editorial Boards: Issues in Accounting Education, 1998-present. Journal of Accounting Education, 1993-present, associate editor 1998-2001. Advances in Accounting Education, 1998-present. Accounting Education: A Journal of Theory, Practice and Research, 1994-98. Contributing reviews: Accounting Review, Accounting and the Public Interest, Critical Perspectives in Accounting, The Accounting Educators’ Journal, various reviews and paper discussant at American Accounting Association sectional and national meetings. Professional memberships: Founding member, Association for Integrity in Accounting. American Accounting Association.
Research
Selected Articles:
- Towards a Meta-theory of Accounting Information Systems
- The Influence of Budget Goal Achievement on Risk Attitudes and Escalation
- A Model for Small Group Writing Labs in an Accounting Curriculum
- Managing and Controlling Specialized Assets
- Escalation and the Diffusion of Responsibility: A Commercial Lending Field Experiment
- New, Improved, or Reengineered? How to Find the Right Management Tool to Fit Your Company
- Integrating Communication Skills in the Classroom: A Closer Look at Oral Communication Skills
- A Transaction Cost Explanation of the Use of Subunit Budgeting by S&Ls
- Restraining Medicare Abuse: The Case of Upcoding

