While classes have ended and faculty are in the midst of grading, we want to take a moment and highlight some of the activities our faculty have been up to outside the classroom this spring 2025 term.
Our Accounting Roadrunner Community was well represented at this year’s Small Business Institute Annual Conference in New Orleans, Louisiana. A total of six accounting faculty, one recent MPAcc alum, and one current MPAcc student were selected to present. Below are the speakers and the title of their presentations:
Dr. Angela Busila, Assistant Professor and Becky Prater, Management Faculty
Financial Sustainability for Wellness Entrepreneurs: Transforming Passion into Profits
Dr. Andrew Holt, Full Professor and Laura Girdner, MPAcc alum
The Importance of Payment Credit Terms within the financing of U.S. Private SMEs: The Impact of Reliance, Relationships, and Accounting Information
Dr. Kristina Kesselring, Assistant Professor and Cole Teare, current MPAcc student
Small Business Taxpayer Compliance: Breaking Barriers to IRS Resolution
Dr. Bill Mesa, Associate Professor
Capturing and Evaluating a Non-Profit’s Intangible Efforts as Applied to its Social Mission
Dr. Minga Negash, Full Professor
Standardization of climate-related risk disclosures on financial statements: Exploring the implications for SMMEs
Dr. Richard Russell, Associate Professor
Using the Employer Provided Childcare Credit to Increase Skilled Employee Retention for Small Businesses
We also had three accounting faculty present at the Western Decision Sciences Institute Annual Conference this term in Hawaii! Speakers and title of their presentations below:
Sheri Betzer, Lecturer & Amy Cardillo, Senior Lecturer
Cooking the Books: Unveiling Fraudulent Accounting Practices and Navigating the Legal Investigation Process
Dr. Richard Russell, Associate Professor
The Effect of Key U.S. Credit Based Environmental Tax Incentives On Sustainable Corporate Decision Making
Congratulations to all presenters!
Check out our faculty's additional publications throughout the Spring '25 term:
- Holt, A. D., Giordano, J., White, N. (2025). The evolution of accounting practices for UK commercial service charges: evaluating the impact of the RICS professional standard. Journal of Corporate Real Estate, 27(2), pp. 130-150.
- Ryu, T. G., Clifton, G. T., Roh, C. (2025). A Multivariate Analysis on Bankruptcy Prediction – Accrual-based Earnings vs. Cash Flows. Journal of Finance and Accountancy, 34.
Here’s to continued opportunities for our faculty to collaborate and share their accounting research inside and outside the classroom!