Accounting Department News

Artificial intelligence (AI) is rapidly altering several industries. The efficient, practical and organizational benefits of AI are far too effective to ignore, particularly in occupations that require a lot of crunching numbers.  Cory Ng, assistant professor of instruction in the Department of Accounting at the Fox School, investigated just how much AI is impacting the […]

Temple University beat out fellow finalists, the University of Delaware and La Salle University, in the Eighth Annual KPMG Essent Intercollegiate Business Ethics Case Competition on Jan. 24. The event was hosted by the Arrupe Center of Ethics at Saint Joseph’s University. Students Nick Disciullo, Bryan Huang, Courtney Sabanas and Eliana Yi worked together to […]

Department of Accounting at the Fox School of Business is pleased to announce the honorees of the 2020 Accounting Achievement Awards. These distinguished alumni will be recognized at the fourth annual awards ceremony at Vie on Wednesday, April 29. Hosted by the Department of Accounting, the event will recognize the six alumni with awards reflective […]

Dear Friends of the Department of Accounting,   I am honored and humbled to become the chair of this great department. I have been a faculty member at the Fox School for 12 years. During that time, our department benefited tremendously from the leadership of the former chair, Eric Press. I will do my very best […]

This summer, the Accounting faculty at the Fox School of Business continued their tradition of offering thought leadership at the annual American Accounting Association (AAA) meeting.  Designing an Effective Data Visualization Course: A Workshop using Tableau  Cory Ng and Sheri Risler provided introductory training on Tableau, a data visualization software, and demonstrated how accounting instructors […]

The Fox School of Business prides itself on creating a community that helps students thrive long after graduation. The reformation of the Young Accounting Alumni Group (YAAG) shows that even after students graduate, they do not have to face the real world alone.  Co-presidents of YAAG, Melissa Cameron, MAcc ’18, and Eric Hamilton, BBA ’16, […]

During her visit to the Fox School of Business, Cynthia Cooper put an auditorium holding 300 seats in her shoes as the whistleblower of one of the largest corporate scandals that catapulted her into the public consciousness. Cooper, an accountant who served as the director of Internal Audit at WorldCom, a telecommunications giant, worked with […]

José E. Muñoz Jr. and Hyun Jong Park are making their Temple debut The Department of Accounting of the Fox School of Business welcomes two new professors—Hyun Jong Park and José E. Muñoz Jr. Both professionals bring a unique mix of high-quality research, innovative teaching and professional experiences to the department.   Hyun Jong Park […]

For someone so early in their career, Mary Tang, BBA ‘18, MAcc ‘19, understands leadership. Most recently, Mary was named the Atlantic Regional Alumni Representative for Beta Alpha Psi (BAP), an international honor society for accounting, finance and information systems students and professionals. She also served as the president for the Temple chapter of BAP […]

2019 has been an extraordinary year for Sudipta Basu. In July, Basu was appointed the Fox School’s new associate dean of research and doctoral programs. He was also honored to be named the American Accounting Association’s inaugural Yuji Ijiri Lecturer on Foundations of Accounting. The prestigious lectureship, sponsored by five global accounting associations, recognizes thought […]

Sometimes ideas for academic research can come from the unlikeliest of places. Like out of your earbuds. Hilal Atasoy, assistant professor in the Department of Accounting at the Fox School, was hardly expecting to discover a subject that would lead to years of study while listening to a podcast, but that is exactly what happened. […]

The spring semester was busy for the students for the Master of Accountancy (MAcc) program; the MAcc students used the past semester to learn about career management from Al Chiaradonna, visit Public Company Accounting Oversight Board and the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and finalized their post-graduation employment plans. Al Chiaradonna, a senior vice president […]

Greetings from Alter Hall! Here is the Spring 2019 Footnotes from Fox. What have students, faculty and our alumni been up to? We search out and dispense the news about department doings to loyal readers. Probably still abuzz are the minds of attendees with warm memories from the Third Annual Accounting Achievement Awards dinner, held […]

In recognition of its 100th anniversary, Temple University’s Fox School of Business selected honorees—entrepreneurs, visionaries and disruptors—who helped shape the school and the business world since 1918. These accomplished alumni and donors have been commemorated on the Fox 100 Wall of Honor in the lobby of 1810 Liacouras Walk. Nineteen of the honorees are alumni […]

Joshua Khavis, PhD ’19, Joins the University at Buffalo SUNY Joshua Khavis will join the faculty of University at Buffalo, the State University of New York, as assistant professor this fall. He joined the PhD Program in 2014. Khavis received his masters degree in Taxation from Baruch College’s Zicklin School of Business. He also holds […]