EDUCATION
Doctor of Philosophy, University of Southern California, 1992
Major Field: Accounting
Minor Fields: Finance and Econometrics
Dissertation Topic: “An Empirical Analysis of Off-Balance-
Sheet Financial Instrument Disclosures
in the Banking Industry”
Master of Business Administration, Baylor University, 1986
Major Field: Accounting
Bachelor of Business Administration, Baylor University, 1985
Major Field: Finance
Minor Field: Accounting
Honors:
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- Summa Cum Laude Graduate
- Outstanding Woman Student in Business
- Outstanding Finance Student
- Mortar Board
- Beta Gamma Sigma
FACULTY AWARDS
2018 Barbara and James Mangum Endowed Award for Teaching Excellence
2014 C. Jackson Grayson Faculty Innovation Award
2002 and 2005 Distinguished Teacher in the MBA Program
2000, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2009, and 2013 Recognition for Outstanding Teaching in the MBA Program
1996-1997 Arthur Andersen Junior Faculty Fellow
1995 and 1996 Recognition for Outstanding Teaching in BBA Program
1994 Distinguished Teacher in the BBA Program
1994 Ernst and Young Faculty Development Award
1991 Mary Pickford Foundation Teaching Award
1990 AWSCPA/ASWA National Laurels Fund Scholarship
1990 University of Southern California Doctoral Achievement Award
1989 & 1990 Deloitte and Touche Doctoral Fellowship
EXPERIENCE
Clinical Professor of Accounting, Southern Methodist University
Period: Fall 2002 to Present
Assistant Professor, Southern Methodist University
Period: Fall 1993 to Fall 2001
Lecturer, Southern Methodist University
Period: Fall 1992 to Summer 1993
Research Assistant, University of Southern California
Period: Fall 1987 to Summer 1990 and Spring 1991 to Summer 1991
Accounting Lecturer, University of Southern California
Period: Fall 1990
Accounting and Computer Systems Consultant, Bergheer Company
Period:Spring 1987 to Summer 1987
Corporate Finance Lecturer, Baylor University
Period:Fall 1986
RESEARCH INTERESTS
- Using Accounting Information to Value Stocks
- Effect of Accounting Events on the Valuation of Stock
- Accounting Issues for Financial Institutions
TEACHING INTERESTS
Undergraduate:
ACCT 3201 Introductory Financial Accounting
ACCT 3311 Intermediate Financial Accounting I
ACCT 3312 Intermediate Financial Accounting II
Graduate:
ACCT 6201 Financial Accounting I
ACCT 6202 Financial Accounting II
ACCT 6215 Advanced Topics in Accounting
ACCT 6212 Financial Reporting and Analysis II
BA 6322 Financial Accounting to EMBAs
ACCT 6374 Financial Accounting in Online MBA Program
PUBLICATIONS
“The Valuation of Off-Balance-Sheet Financial Instrument Disclosures in the Banking Industry.” Derivatives, Regulation and Banking ed. by Barry Schachter, North-Holland, 1997.
“How Firms Make Capital Expenditure Decisions: Financial Signals, Internal Cash Flows,
Income Taxes and the Tax Reform Act of 1986” Review of Quantitative Finance and Accounting with Randy Beatty and Ivo Welch, Vol. 9 No. 3, October 1997.
“The Relation between Stock Prices and Accounting Information” Review of Accounting Studies with Rex Thompson, Vol. 2, No. 4, 1997: 325-351.
“The Method of Comparables in Tax Court Valuations of Privately-Held Firms: An Empirical Investigation” with Randy Beatty and Rex Thompson. Accounting Horizons. Vol. 13, No. 3, 1999: 177-199.
“Reductions in Postretirement Healthcare Benefits in the SFAS 106 Environment” with Howard Bunsis, Journal of Applied Business Research. Vol. 16, No. 4, Fall 2000: 95-112.
OTHER RESEARCH
“Annual AAA Administrators of Accounting Programs Group Salary Data Base Report” with Doyle Z. Williams and Thomas W. Lin, 1987, 1988, 1989, and 1990.
PRESENTATIONS
Discussant for 1994 AAA Meetings.
“The Method of Comparables in Tax Court Valuations of Privately Held Firms: An Empirical Investigation”
Southern Methodist University, December 1995
University of North Texas, January 1996
University of Michigan Tax Conference, April 1996
AAA Western Regional Meetings at Jackson Hole, Wyoming, May 1996
University of Houston, April 1997
“The Relationship Between Write-offs and Future Stock Performance”
Southern Methodist University, June 1997
“Valuing IPOs”
Baylor University
CONFERENCES
Teaching with Cases Part I at Harvard Business School
Trueblood Seminar, 1996
AAA Corporate Accounting Policy Conference, 1994
Wharton Financial Institutions Conference, 1994
AAA New Faculty Consortium, February 1993
AAA Doctoral Consortium, 1991
Pac-10 Doctoral Consortium, 1989 and 1990
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
Advisor for SMU Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) Program
President and Faculty Advisor SMU Chapter of Beta Gamma Sigma, 1995-1997
Member University Honorary Degrees Committee, 1994-1996
Member BBA Policy Committee, 1994-1995
AAA Member
Licensed CPA in Texas
Ad Hoc Reviewer
Accounting Horizons
The Accounting Review
Issues in Accounting Education