B.B.A. in Accounting - Sam Houston State University

M.B.A. in Accounting - Sam Houston State University

PhD in Business Administration (Accounting) - Oklahoma State University

Biography

Dr. Burnett is the Dean at the Earl G. Graves School of Business & Management at Morgan State University in Baltimore, Maryland. Dr. Burnett joined Morgan with more than 17 years of professional experience in public accounting and business, including work with "Big 4" accounting firms, and two decades of teaching, conducting research, and academic administration in higher education. Throughout his career, he has distinguished himself as an effective, thoughtful and innovative administrator with a commitment to leveraging community engagement, fundraising and process management to overcome the ever-growing challenges faced within higher education today.

Prior to his appointment at Morgan, Dr. Burnett served for seven years at Old Dominion University, where he held the positions of professor and chair for the School of Accountancy at the Strome College of Business. e has also held administrative and/or faculty positions at Southern Illinois University - Carbondale (director, associate dean, University Provost Fellow and associate professor), University of Miami (assistant professor), and Oklahoma State University (instructor).

Dr. Burnett's work has been published in several top accounting research journals. In addition to his research endeavors, he is an accomplished instructor, receiving various teaching awards at the higher education institutions he has served. His professional society memberships include the Hampton Roads Chapter of the Institute of Management Acountants, the American Institute of CPAs, the American Accounting Association, the Government Finance Officers' Association and the National Association of Black Accountants.

Dr. Burnett received his B.B.A. and M.B.A. in accounting from Sam Houston State University in Huntsville, Texas, and a Ph.D. in Business Administration - Accounting from Oklahoma State University. His professional designations include Certified Public Accountant (CPA), Certified Management Accountant (CMA), and Certified Global Management Accountant (CGMA).