RESEARCH

Even if you're on the right track, you'll get run over if you just sit there.
                            Will Rogers (1879-1935)

 

 

Publications

 

Surviving Three SOX Opinions:  Small businesses need to return to accounting fundamentals as they undergo scrutiny of their internal controls (with Wil Crawford and Marcia Weidenmier Watson).  Strategic Finance.  May 2007, V 88, Issue 11, pp. 46-52.

 

Analysis of FAS 158: Employers’ Accounting for Defined Benefit Pension and Other Postretirement Plans (with Roxanne M. Spindle). Accounting Policy & Practice: Special Report. BNA Tax & Accounting. December 1, 2006, V 2, No. 6.  

 

Pension expense and plan contributions:  Accounting standards and tax regulations (with Roxanne M. Spindle). Journal of Pension Planning and Compliance. Winter 2006, V 31, No. 4, pp. 75-95.

 

New pension disclosure rules:  SFAS No. 132(R) (with Roxanne M. Spindle).  CPA Journal.  October 2005, v. LXXV, no. 10, pp. 28-39.  (Reprinted in Journal of Pension Planning and Compliance, Winter 2006, V. 31, No. 4, pp. 31-51.)

 

ERP Lockup:  Planning successful data jailbreaks (with Marcia L. Weidenmier). Strategic Finance. July 2005, v. LXXXVII, no. 1, pp. 48-53.

 

A comparison of accounting majors’ and forensic experts’ classification of management fraud risk factors (with James D. Hansen). Journal of Forensic Accounting. December 2004, v. V, no. 2, pp 351-364.

 

Developing benchmarks for evaluating publication records at doctoral programs in accounting (with John O. Everett and Ronald Stoltzfus).  Journal of Accounting Education. Third Quarter 2004, v. 22, issue 3, pp. 229-252.

 

Linking business processes and transaction cycles (with Marcia L. Weidenmier).  Journal of Information Systems. Fall 2004, v. 18, no. 2, pp. 113-125.

 

Great Plains computerized practice set (with Marcia L. Weidenmier). Compendium of Classroom Cases and Tools for AIS Applications.  American Accounting Association. Information Systems Section. C3 2003 (CD).

 

Make your last step a smart step:  Post-investment audit -- The last step in the capital budgeting process (with Donna K. Dietz), MGMA Connexion, Sept. 2003, v. 3, pp. 32-35.

 

Don’t let software training gaps swallow your practice (with Donna K. Dietz), MGMA Connexion, Sept. 2002, v. 2, pp. 46-49.

 

The effect of a salient tax avoidance situation on propensity to evade income taxes (with Terry R. Varosi and Kevin F. McCrohan), Research on Accounting Ethics, Nov. 2000, v. 7, pp. 65-77.

 

 

Proceedings and Presentations

 

Examining the Impact of SOX-Reported, Information Technology Internal Control Deficiencies on Firm Performance (with Marcia Wedienmier Watson).  2006 AIS Educator Conference, June 29-July 2, 2007.

 

An empirical analysis of the misstatement generation process (with Marcia Weidenmier Watson). 2007 American Accounting Association – Information System Mid-Year Conference, January 3-6, 2007.

 

Computerized testing in course management systems:  Are you ready for the next level (with Joann Segovia).  Beyond Boundaries:  Integrating Technology into Teaching & Learning, September 28-29, 2006.

 

An analysis of Section 404 disclosures:  The COSO perspective (with M. Weidenmier Watson), AIS Educator Conference, June 2006. Conference program p. 21.

 

The manual-to-computerized accounting system link (with M. Weidenmier Watson), AIS Educator Conference, June 2006.  Conference program p. 28.

 

Piecing together the transaction cycle puzzle.  AIS Educator Conference Training Session. June 2006. Conference program p. 10.

 

Predicting cash flows related to defined benefit plan contributions (with Thomas D. Dowdell, Jr. and Roxanne M. Spindle). American Accounting Association, Midwest Regional Meeting, March 30-April 1, 2006. Conference proceedings p. 52.

 

Incorporating enterprise systems in your classes (with Joann Segovia).  American Accounting Association, Midwest Regional Meeting, March 30-April 1, 2006. Conference proceedings p. 71.

 

Assessing the value chain-enterprise system link (with Sandy B. Richtermeyer and Marcia L. Weidenmier).

·        2006 American Accounting Association Information System Mid-Year Conference, January 4-7, 2006. Forum Paper. Conference program: Research Forum Session, Paper 11.

·        2005 Accounting Information Systems Educator Conference.  June 2005. Conference program p. 23.

         

The value of using an enterprise system in an AIS course (with Mike Slette). 2005 Accounting Information Systems Educator Conference.  June 2005. Conference program p. 18.

 

Pension accounting standard setting (with Roxanne M. Spindle).  American Accounting Association, Midwest Regional Meeting, April 7-9, 2005. Conference proceedings p. 34.

 

An overview of REA:  Issues and Resources. American Accounting Association, Midwest Regional Meeting, March 25-27, 2004.

 

Pension expense and plan contributions: Accounting standards and tax regulations (with Roxanne L. Spindle).  American Accounting Association Annual Meeting.  Forum Paper.  August 2004.

 

An introduction to REA Modeling. AIS Educator’s Conference Training Session.  June 2003.

 

Linking business processes and transaction cycles (with Marcia L. Weidenmier). 

$       American Accounting Association – Information System Mid-Year Conference, January 8-11, 2003 (Awarded best educational paper).

$       AIS Educator Conference, June 28 - July 2, 2002.

 

MYOB software: Trial version project (with Suman Suresh Ayyagari).  AIS Educator Conference. June 28 - July 2, 2002.

 

The impact of technology on the integration of clinical and accounting information process efficiencies: A case study (with Donna Dietz). AIS Educator Conference. August 4-8, 2001, Conference Proceedings p. 82-102.

 

Implementing new practice management software: Was It Worth It? (with Donna Dietz). Medical Group Management Association, 75th Annual Conference. October 21-24, 2001, Poster Presentation.

 

An examination of  changes in pension plans when tax laws restrict firm’s financing decisions, (with Roxanne M. Spindle). 2000 American Accounting Association Annual Meeting.  Forum Paper.  August 16, 2000.

 

Evaluating faculty publication records at doctoral programs in accounting with reference to the AACSB five-year window (with John O. Everett and Ronald Stoltzfus). 2000 American Accounting Association Annual Meeting.  Forum Paper.  August 16, 2000.

 

Narrowing the expectation gap: has SAS No. 53 changed the public’s perception of auditors’ responsibility for detecting fraud? 1996 Southeast American Accounting Association Regional Meeting.

 
 

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