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Accounting and Law

Dr. Sia Nassiripour
Chair/Associate Professor

EDUCATION:
Ph.D. - Accounting, Washington State University
M.S. - Accounting, University of Missouri 
B.S. - Accounting, University of Missouri

Professional Certification:
C.P.A. - Certified Public Accountant (Missouri)

SPECIAL INTERESTS:
Cash flow and earnings related issues; Reporting of environmental costs in financial statements.

COURSES TAUGHT:
International Financial Statement Analysis (ACCT731); Financial Accounting and Reporting I (ACCT710);  Advanced Accounting I (ACCT420); Intermediate Accounting I, II (ACCT311/312); Financial/Managerial Accounting (ACCT211/212)
 

OFFICE PHONE:  973-720-2241
EMAIL: NassiripourS@wpunj.edu

Dr. Robert Bing
 Professor

EDUCATION:
J.D. - Georgetown University 
M.B.A. - Rutgers University 
B.A. - Rutgers College

SPECIAL INTERESTS:
Teaching issues of race, class, and gender through law and literature. 

COURSES TAUGHT:
Regulation: Business Law and Ethics (LAW 710); Legal Environment of Business (LAW700); Business Law II: Sales and Negotiable Instruments (LAW252); Business Law I: Contracts (LAW251); Legal Environment of Business (LAW201)

 
OFFICE PHONE: 973-720-2190
EMAIL: BingR@wpunj.edu


Dr. Muroki Mwaura
Professor 

EDUCATION:
Ph.D. - Vocational and Technical Education, University of Illinois (Urbana-Champaign)
M.Sc. - Accounting and Management Information Systems, University of British Columbia
M.B.A. - Accounting and Finance, Boston College
B.A. - Economics, Boston College

SPECIAL INTERESTS: 
Use of accounting information, especially by small businesses in service and manufacturing enterprises.

COURSES TAUGHT:
Financial & Managerial Accounting (ACCT606); Cost Accounting (ACCT340); Financial/Managerial Accounting (ACCT211/ACCT212)

 

OFFICE PHONE: 973-720-2953
E-MAIL: MwauraM@wpunj.edu

Dr. Lianzan Xu
Professor

EDUCATION:
Ph.D. - Accounting, University of Kentucky
M.B.A. - Indiana University of Pennsylvania
M.A. - English, Xiamen (Amoy) University
B.A. - English, Fujian Second Teachers' College

SPECIAL INTERESTS:
The relationship between financial statement information, earnings and stock prices.

COURSES TAUGHT: 

Financial Analysis & Financial Decisions (ACCT760); Financial Accounting and Reporting II (ACCT720); Advanced Accounting I, II (ACCT420/430); Financial/Managerial Accounting (ACCT211/212)
 

OFFICE PHONE:   973-720-2963
EMAIL: XuL@wpunj.edu

Dr. Elizabeth Ekmekjian
Associate Professor 

EDUCATION:
L.L.M. - New York University School of Law 
J.D. - Seton Hall Law School
B.A. - Upsala College 

SPECIAL INTERESTS:
Tax, law and accounting.  Currently, I have focused on the continuing saga of multiple state taxation of professional athletes.

COURSES TAUGHT: 
Regulation: Taxation (ACCT740); Taxation II (ACCT/FIN411); Taxation I (ACCT/FIN410); Legal Environment of Business (LAW201)


OFFICE PHONE:  973-720-3851
EMAIL: EkmekjianE@wpunj.edu

  Frank Grippo
Associate Professor 

EDUCATION:
M.B.A. - Fairleigh Dickinson University 
B.S. - Seton Hall University

Professional Certifications:
C.P.A. - Certified Public Accountant (New Jersey) 
C.F.E. - Certified Fraud Examiner 

SPECIAL INTERESTS:
Problems associated with auditing nonprofit organizations; developing cases which deal with complex accounting and problems faced by nonprofit organizations.

COURSES TAUGHT:
Auditing (ACCT370); Intermediate Accounting I, II(ACCT311/312); Financial Accounting (ACCT211)


OFFICE PHONE:  973-720-3118
EMAIL: GrippoF@wpunj.edu

Dr. Ann Medinets
Associate Professor 

EDUCATION:
Ph.D. - Management (Accounting), Rutgers University
M.B.A. - Accounting, Rutgers University

B.Arch. - Architecture, New Jersey Institute of Technology
B.A. – Teaching of Chemistry, Boston University

SPECIAL INTERESTS: 

Relationship between organizational choices, corporate governance, and disclosure issues.

COURSES TAUGHT:
Auditing and Attestation (ACCT730); Financial and Managerial Accounting (ACCT606); Auditing (ACCT370); Cost Accounting (ACCT340); Financial/Managerial Accounting (ACCT211/ACCT212

OFFICE PHONE: 973-720-3744
EMAIL: MedinetsA@wpunj.edu

Dr.  Andrew Nyaboga
Associate Professor 

EDUCATION:
Ph.D. - Information Management, Stevens Institute of Technology
M.B.A. - Fairleigh Dickinson University 
B.S. - Accounting, Rutgers State University

SPECIAL INTERESTS:
The impact of technology on decision making.

COURSES TAUGHT: 
Accounting Information Systems (ACCT320); Management Information Systems (MGT305); Financial/Managerial Accounting (ACCT211/212) 

 
OFFICE PHONE: 973-720-2403
EMAIL: NyabogaA@wpunj.edu

Martin Rudnick
Associate Professor

EDUCATION:
M.S. - Accounting, University of Alabama 
B.S. - Accounting, University of Alabama 
C.P.A. - State of New York 

SPECIAL INTERESTS:
The effect of the 150-credit requirement to take the CPA exam. 

COURSES TAUGHT: 
Advanced Accounting II (ACCT430); Intermediate Accounting I, II (ACCT311/312); Financial/Managerial Accounting (ACCT211/212) 

 
OFFICE PHONE: 973-720-2618
EMAIL: RudnickM@wpunj.edu


Dr. James Wilkerson
Associate Professor

EDUCATION:
J.D. - Rutgers University School of Law 
M.A. - General Professional Education, Seton Hall University
A.B. - Natural Science, Seton Hall University 

SPECIAL INTERESTS:
Law and religion

COURSES TAUGHT:
Business Law II: Sales and Negotiable Instruments (LAW252); Business Law I: Contracts (LAW251); Legal Environment of Business (LAW201)

 
OFFICE PHONE: 973-720-2986
EMAIL: WilkersonJ@wpunj.edu


 Dr. Hannah Wong
Assistant Professor

EDUCATION:
Ph.D. - Accounting, University of Los Angeles
M.B.A. – Accounting, State University of New York at Buffalo
Honors Diploma (Equivalent to B.S.) in Finance - Hong Kong Baptist College, Hong Kong

SPECIAL INTERESTS:
Capital market research in financial accounting; reporting and valuation issues of global financial markets; integration of international accounting standards; corporate finance; investment

COURSES TAUGHT: 

Financial & Managerial Accounting (ACCT606); Financial/Managerial Accounting (ACCT211/212)

 

OFFICE PHONE:

973-720-3618

EMAIL:

 WONGC1@wpunj.edu



 

 
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