Accountancy Faculty

Thomas P. Howard

director; professor; CPA; CFE; PhD, Arizona State University. Fraud examination, financial reporting, professional ethics and accounting education.

Jere R. Francis

director of doctoral studies; professor; CPA; PhD, University of New England (Australia). The economics of auditing, corporate governance, international accounting and auditing research.

Loren A. Nikolai

director of 150-hour and master’s programs; professor; CPA; PhD, University of Minnesota. Accounting policy-making and behavioral aspects of accounting.

Vairam Arunachalam

professor; CMA; PhD, University of Illinois. Behavioral research in accounting, negotiation and group decisions in management accounting settings, and information systems.

Inder Khurana

professor; ACA; PhD, Arizona State University. Financial accounting and auditing, market effects of financial statement disclosures, regulatory asset valuation in public utilities, the information content of audit qualifications and auditor changes.

Elaine G. Mauldin

associate professor; CPA; PhD, University of Nebraska at Lincoln. Impact of technology on organizational control mechanisms, employee stock ownership plans and the theoretical structure of information systems.

Raynolde Pereira

associate professor; PhD, University of Arizona. Understanding corporate finance and payout decisions, tax planning strategies in not-for-profit organizations, banks and property casualty insurers.

Jenice Prather-Kinsey

associate professor; CPA; PhD, University of Alabama. International capital markets issues, geographic segment disclosures of multinational corporations, pedagogic international accounting methods and international accounting history.

Kenneth W. Shaw

associate professor; CPA; PhD, University of Wisconsin. Financial accounting and disclosure quality, analysts’ forecasts, corporate governance, market microstructure.

David Farber

assistant professor; CPA; PhD, Cornell University. Auditing, financial reporting fraud, corporate governance, market anomalies, and the impact of lobbying on accounting standards.

William J. Moser

assistant professor; CPA; PhD, University of Arizona. Income taxation, particularly the effect of taxes on corporate payout choice.

Patrick Wheeler

assistant professor; CPA; PhD, Georgia State University. Human factors in the use of accounting information systems. Change management in ERP implementation.

May H. Zhang

assistant professor; PhD, University of Texas at Austin. Financial reporting and disclosures, executive compensation, international accounting.

Billie Cunningham

associate teaching professor; PhD, North Texas State University. Accounting education and accounting regulation.

Kristen M. Hockman

assistant teaching professor; CPA; Macc, University of Missouri. Governmental accounting, auditing, accounting information systems.

Penny Kleen

assistant teaching professor; CPA; PhD, University of Missouri. Financial accounting, accounting education.

C. Christopher Prestigiacomo

assistant teaching professor; CMA; CFA; PhD, University of Missouri. Intermediate accounting for finance majors and issues in managerial accounting.