• Drexel University, 1993, PhD (Accounting with a minor in Quantitative Methods)
• Drexel University, 1985, MBA (Accounting & Finance)
• Fort Hays State University, 1983, MS (Communications)
• Punjab University, 1974, MA (Economics)
  

Employment History:

• Academic
  
  
  • St. Joseph's University - Associate Professor - 1999 - Present
  • St. Joseph's University - Assistant Professor - 1990 - 1998
  • Drexel University - Teaching Fellow - 1987 - 1990
  • Drexel University - Research Assistant - 1983 - 1984



• Professional
  
  
  • The Sidney W. Fairchild Company - Management Consultant - 1985 - 1987

Awards:

• Awarded Obesity Research Grant, Center for Disease Control, Summer 2005
• Excellence in Teaching Award, EMBA, SJU, 2001
• Presidential Merit Award for Excellence in Research, SJU, 1998 - 1999
• Research Award - awarded by I/B/E/S the right to use financial analysts' database worth $2,000.00 in recognition of contribution to creatively using the database in research - 1996
• Doctoral Consortium Fellow, American Accounting Association - 1990
  

Instructional Innovations/New Course (Program) Development:

• "Creating & Measuring Shareholder Value" (ACC 4115), Course Developer - 2001
• "Mutual Fund Accounting" (ACC 1575), Course Developer and Coordinator - 2001
• "Financial Statement Analysis" (ACC 5025), Course Coordinator - 1996.
• "Accounting Concepts" (ACC 3015), Course Coordinator - 1996.

Activities in Academic/Professional Organizations/Publications:

• Reviewer - AAA 1995 Annual Meeting - 1995
• Journal Editorial Board Reviewer
• Reviewer of Articles

Other:

• "Corporate Response to the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT): the View from Management’s Public disclosures," presented to St. Joseph's University CB&A Research Forum, 1996, with John Haverty.
• "Bonds Downgrades," presented to St. Joseph's University College of Business Research Series - 1994