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Accounting Department

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Reflecting on one year as Senior Editor of Auditing Journal

Jayanthi Krishnan, accounting professor and Merves Senior Research Fellow, is ten months into her role as the senior editor of Auditing: A Journal of Practice & Theory (AJPT). AJPT is a highly ranked international journal and a publication of the Auditing Section of the American Accounting Association. As senior editor, Krishnan leads a national team […]

Fox School remembers Eric Press for unique leadership and breadth of knowledge

Eric Press, the longtime chair of the Department of Accounting at Temple University’s Fox School of Business, had a very special leadership style. He was hands off but in the best of ways. “He gave you the chance to both succeed and fail, and that was important,” says Steve Balsam, a professor of accounting who […]

Accounting concepts to help solve problems for entrepreneurs

Learning—and then learning by doing—ensures that students at the Fox School of Business have a solid theoretical foundation of knowledge as well as practical skills when they graduate. In recent semesters, the “hands-on” opportunities have changed, but in an ever-changing world, that can be a benefit for future members of the workforce.  For Wayne W. […]

Meet the newest members of the Department of Accounting

This fall, the Department of Accounting welcomed two new faculty, Enrique Gomez and Sherry Williams to the Fox School. “I am delighted to welcome Enrique and Sherry to the accounting faculty,” says Elizabeth Gordon, chair of the department. “With their expertise, they significantly add to the depth and breadth of our faculty.” Sherry Williams, DBA […]

Fox Business and Temple Law launch new Master of Science in Taxation program

The program is an interdisciplinary educational experience for accounting and financial professionals; classes can be taken both in-person and online PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 9, 2020 — The tax law is constantly changing and ever more complex, and the stakes for businesses and individuals are significant. To succeed, accounting and tax professionals need a firm understanding of […]

Research IRL: Accounting for Diversity

Research IRL (In Real Life) is an ongoing series from the Fox School of Business. In a Q&A style format, researchers and members of the business community, including alumni and corporate partners, come together to discuss the intersection of research and its real-world implications. In the first article in the Research IRL series, Fox professor […]

Staying positive and keeping an eye on the future

For many students, balancing school, work and family obligations is an ongoing challenge. Add in an internship and time tightens further. Stir in a pandemic? Things could get chaotic.  But Joel Castillo, an accounting major at the Fox School of Business, just keeps smiling.  Castillo is one of the many students adapting to a new […]

Accounting degree helps alumnus craft brewing career

Mike Beresky joins grade school pals to open Second Sin Brewing Co. in Bristol, Pa. PHILADELPHIA, July 31, 2020 — When Mike Beresky, BBA ’10, was an accounting student at Temple University’s Fox School of Business, he remembers a message his professors would continually drive home. “They’d always say, ‘With accounting, you touch marketing, you […]

Curriculum meeting the new expectations of the accounting profession

The Department of Accounting continues its curriculum innovation to meet the changing needs of the accounting industry. As firms begin to incorporate data analytics, artificial intelligence and emerging technologies, students must have the foundational knowledge and technical skills to meet the new expectations in the profession.  “Today’s accounting students need to be able to use […]

Chair Elizabeth Gordon reflects on an unexpected year

Professor Elizabeth Gordon is an internationally recognized researcher and educator, and now chair of the Department of Accounting at the Fox School of Business. In her first year as chair, Gordon has reinvigorated the curriculum and faced the unprecedented challenge of moving the entire department online.  A first-generation college graduate, Gordon attended Indiana University, where […]

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