• Ph.D., Accounting, University of Florida, 1990; 
• B.B.A. Loyola University, New Orleans, 1982.

Teaching/Research
Teaches undergraduate courses in  income taxation (Introductory and Advanced ) and graduate courses in Tax Policy and Corporate Taxation.    Research focuses on the issues of professional judgment and taxpayer compliance.

Positions Held

• University of Oklahoma, 1999-present;
• University of Illinois, 1995-1999;
• Louisiana State University, 1991-95;
• KPMG Peat Marwick, 1982-86;
• Dannemann & Schafer, CPAs, 1980-82.

Honors/Awards

• Grant Thornton Faculty Fellow, 1999-present;
• Beta Alpha Psi Favorite Professor, 1992;
• AICPA Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship, 1990. 

Academic Service

• Vice-President elect, American Taxation Association, 2006-07;
• Chair of Publications Committee. American Taxation Association, 2005-2006;
• Trustee, American Taxation Association 2004-2005; 
• Editorial board,  Accounting Horizons , 2001-2003; The Journal of the American Taxation Association , 1997-99.

Family

• Wife - Cindy
• Daughter - Annemarie

• "Multiple Framing Referents in the Tax Compliance Decision," with P. Copeland, Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, Vol 88:1 (2002).
  
• "A Closer Look at the Relation Between Tax Complexity and Tax Eqity Perceptions," with G. Carnes, Journal of Economic Psychology , Vol. 22 (2001).
• "The Role of Decision Strategies in Understanding Professionals' Susceptibility to Judgment Biases," with G. McGill, the Journal of Accounting Research , Vol 38:2 (2000). 
• " A Closer Examination of the Economic Incentives Created by Tax Return Preparer Penalties ," with S. Anderson, Journal of the American Taxation Association , Vol. 22 (2000). 
• " An Analysis of the Effect of Tax Complexity and its Perceived Justification on Equity Judgments ," with G. Carnes, Journal of the American Taxation Association , Vol. 18 (1996). 
• "The Ability of Professional Standards to Mitigate Aggressive Reporting," with K. Hackenbrack and M. Nelson, Accounting Review , Vol. 70 (1995). 
• "Diversity in the Professional Tax Preparation Industry and Potential Consequences for Regulation: Linking Attitudes and Behavior," Advances in Taxation, Vol. 7 (1995). 
• " The Effects of Increased Sanctions on Paid Tax Preparers: Integrating Economic and Psychological Factors ," Journal of the American Taxation Association , Vol. 16 (Spring 1994). 
• "The Economics of Tax Compliance: What Do We Know and Where Do We Go," Journal of Accounting Literature , Vol. 13 (1994).