ADDRESS:
The Kania School of Management
University of Scranton
Scranton, PA 18510

Phone: (570) 941-7576
Fax:     (570) 941-4342
email: ELLISL1@scranton.edu

Office: 335 Brennan Hall
  EDUCATION:
Ph.D. The University of Oregon, 1997

• Major field: Accounting
• Minor fields: Psychology, Statistics
• Dissertation Title: Industry Expertise in the Big Six Audit Market: Evidence from Debt Issues

Bachelor of Arts. Carroll College, 1968

• Major: English
• Minor: Biology

1985-1986. Staff Accountant with McGladrey Hendrickson & Pullen
1986-1989. Instructor, College of Great Falls
1989-1993. Graduate Teaching Fellow, University of Oregon
1993-1994. Visiting Asst. Prof., Gonzaga University
1994-2001  Assistant Professor, University of Scranton
2001-present  Associate Professor, University of Scranton

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS:

• Certified Public Accountant, license maintained in states of Montana and Pennsylvania
• American Accounting Association
• American Institute of Certified Public Accountants
• Pennsylvania Institute of Certified Public Accountants
  

• Senator, Faculty Senate (2000-2002)
• Curriculum subcommittee of Faculty Senate (2000-2001)
• MBA Mentor for students with concentrations in accounting (1998-2003)
• MBA Curriculum Review Board (1998-2002)
• Beta Gamma Sigma, charter member University of Scranton Chapter (1997-Present) - President (1997-2000)
• University Review Board (1998-2002)
• Affirmative Action Committee (1997-2000)

"Budgeting for the Future:  Why Firms Need to Forecast and Budget Their Cash Flows,"(2000)  with B. Carpenter, National Public Accountant, Vol 45. No. 6. pp. 14-17.

" Ethics Releases Address Independence," (2000) The CPA Journal,Vol. 70, No. 2.  pp.40-.

Book Review.

 "Haugen, The New Finance:  The Case Against Efficient Markets, Second Edition,"  Issues in Accounting Education, November 1999, pp. 726-727.

Proceedings.

"An Examination of Gender Differences in the Research Productivity of Accounting Faculty," with B. Carpenter and R. Johnson, Proceedings of the  National Meeting of the American Society of Business and Behavioral Sciences, February, 1998, Las Vegas, Nevada.

"Cost-Benefit Issues in the Auditor Choice Decision," Proceedings of the 1995 National Meeting of the American Society of Business and Behavioral Sciences, January, 1995, Las Vegas, Nevada, pages 127-131.