School of Accountancy

Faculty  (Each name links to the bio in the college faculty directory)

A. Faye Borthick, D.B.A.
Professor

 Email: borthick@gsu.edu
 Phone: 404-413-2542
 Education: D.B.A., University of Tennessee-Knoxville
 M.B.A., University of Tennessee-Knoxville
 B.S., University of Tennessee-Knoxville

Specializations: Audit and control of information
 systems; Strategies for solving organizational
 problems with information systems; Design and
 assessment of technology-enabled learning
 experiences

Personal Web Page:
 http://www.gsu.edu/~accafb/borthick.htm

 

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Lawrence D. Brown, Ph.D.
J. Mack Robinson Distinguished Professor of Accountancy

 Email: ldb@gsu.edu
 Phone: 404-413-7205
 Education: Ph.D., University of Rochester
 M.B.A., University of Chicago
 B.S., SUNY - Buffalo

Specializations: Financial accounting; Financial
 statement analysis; Capital markets research;
 Earnings forecasting; Stock Market Analysis;
 Corporate Governance

Personal Web Page:
 http://www.gsu.edu/~wwwacc/Faculty
/lbrown/lbrown.htm

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Lei (Tony) Chen, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor

 Email: acclcc@langate.gsu.edu
 Phone: 404-413-7206
 Education: Ph.D., University of Texas at Dallas

Specializations: Cost Behavior; Corporate Governance;
 Performance Evaluation

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Kris J. Clark, M.Ac.
Instructor

 Email: kjclark@gsu.edu
 Phone: 404-413-7208
 Education: M.Ac., University of Arizona
 B.A., University of Northern Iowa

Specializations:
Introductory Accounting;
Managerial Accounting;
Financial Accounting

 

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Christopher J. Fenn, M.Tx.
Instructor

 Email: fenncpas@bellsouth.net
 Phone: 404-413-7209
 Education: M.Tx., Georgia State University
 M.B.A., University of Michigan
 B.B.A., University of Notre Dame 

Specializations: Retirement planning;
IRS practice & proceedures;
Issues in individual taxation

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R. Lynn Hannan, Ph.D.
Associate Professor

 Email: rhannan@gsu.edu
 Phone: 404-413-7212
 Education: Ph.D. University of Pittsburgh
 B.A. University of Pittsburgh
 B.S. Duquesne University 

Specializations: Managerial Accounting; Cost Accounting

 

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H. Fenwick Huss, D.B.A.
Professor & Dean of J. Mack Robinson College

 Email: hfhuss@gsu.edu
 Phone: 404-413-7007
 Education: D.B.A., University of Tennesse-Knoxville
 M.A., University of Connecticut-Storrs
 B.A., University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill

Specializations: International Business; Auditing

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Jennifer R. Joe, Ph.D.
Associate Professor

 Email: accjrj@langate.gsu.edu
 Phone: 404-413-7218
 Education: Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh
 B.B.A., Baruch College, C.U.N.Y.

Specializations: Auditing and Assurance Services;
 Financial Accounting

Personal Web Page:
 http://www.gsu.edu/~wwwacc/Faculty/jjoe/jjoe.htm

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Timothy W. Mitchell, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor

 Email: tmitchell@gsu.edu
 Phone: 404-413-7216
 Education: Ph.D., University of Kentucky
 B.S., Auburn University 

Specializations: Managerial Accounting Cost

 

 

Jane F. Mutchler, Ph.D.
Ernst & Young-J.W. Holloway Memorial Alumni Professor & Associate Dean for Academic Planning & Programs

 Email: jmutchler@gsu.edu
 Phone: 404-413-7011
 Education: Ph.D., University of Illinois
 MACC, University of South Florida
 B.A., University of South Florida 

Specializations: Financial Accounting, Auditing and
 Assurance Services; Failing Companies and the Related Going Concern Audit Opinion Decision; Internal audit as a component of the corporate governance system; Auditor Independence; Bankruptcy prediction studies

 

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Siva Nathan, Ph.D.
Associate Professor

 Email: snathan@gsu.edu
 Phone: 404-413-7225
 Education: Ph.D., State University of New York at Buffalo
 M.B.A., University of Rochester
 B.Com., University of Bombay

Specializations: Accounting numbers and the stock
 market; Financial analysts' research reports;
Financial accounting 

Personal Web Page:
 http://www.gsu.edu/~wwwacc/Faculty/snathan/
 snathan.htm

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Arianna S. Pinello, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor

 Email: apinello@gsu.edu
 Phone: 404-413-7228
 Education: Ph.D., Florida State University
 M.A., University of North Florida 

Specializations: Financial accounting;
Analysts' earnings forecasts;
Accounting information systems

 

 

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Tad D. Ransopher, J.D.
Assistant Professor

 Email: acctdr@langate.gsu.edu
 Phone: 404-413-7229
 Education: J.D., Woodrow Wilson College of Law
 M.P.A., Georgia State University
 M.Tx., Georgia State University
 M.B.A., Stetson University
 B.A., University of Indianapolis

Specializations: Tax Litigation; Estates & Trusts;
International Accounting; IRS Practice and Procedure

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Robert W. Richards, M.Tx.
Instructor

 Email: accrwr@langate.gsu.edu
 Phone: 404-413-7230
 Education: M.Tx., Georgia State University
 B.B.A., University of Georgia 

Specializations: Taxation; Tax research and taxation of property transactions

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Galen R. Sevcik, Ph.D.
Director and Professor

 Email: gsevcik@gsu.edu
 Phone: 404-413-7231
 Education: Ph.D., University of Minnesota
 M.B.A., University of Minnesota
 B.A., Carleton College 

Specializations: Managerial accounting and control
 Financial statement analysis

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Carol W. Springer, M.S.
Instructor

 Email: cspringer@gsu.edu
 Phone: 404-413-7232
 Education: M.S., Accounting, University of Virginia
 B.S., University of Virginia

Specializations:

Personal Web Page:
 http://www.gsu.edu/~acccws

 

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Ram S. Sriram, Ph.D.
Controllers Roundtable Distinguished Professor

 Email: accrss@langate.gsu.edu
 Phone: 404-413-7233
 Education: Ph.D., University of North Texas
 M.B.A., Sam Houston State University
 B.S., University of Madras 

Specializations: Information systems theories and
 methodologies as they relate to accounting issues;
Accounting information systems;
Financial distress models and the use of artificial intelligence and expert systems as decision support in the accounting area

Personal Web Page:
 http://www.gsu.edu/~accrss


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Jennifer Winchel, Ph.D.
Visiting Instructor
 
E-Mail: jwinchel@gsu.edu
 Phone: 404-413-7235
 Education: Ph.D. Candidate, The University of Texas at Austin
 M.A.S., Northern Illinois University
 B.A., Illinois Wesleyan University

Specializations:
Financial and Managerial Accounting
 Judgment and Decision Making

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