Accounting PhD Students
The accounting Ph.D. program prepares graduates for careers in teaching and research in the various functional areas of accounting. Graduates of the program are expected to make significant contributions to the advancement of knowledge of accounting and business practices through research, and to disseminate such knowledge through their teaching. The curriculum is designed to provide graduates with in-depth exposure to business and accounting literature, methodologies employed in accounting research, and research on instructional methods. This last feature, which includes a teaching practicum, is unique to the Morgan program. The accounting program at Morgan is accredited by the AACSB. We offer undergraduate, Masters and PhD programs in accounting.
Started in 2001, the accounting Ph.D. program has become a strength for the department. We are providing a high quality accounting Ph.D. program that is becoming well known. We subscribe to the latest research databases used for accounting research, including Wharton Research Data Services (WRDS), CRSP (Center for Research in Security Prices) security price data, Standard and Poor's COMPUSTAT, Thomson Financial's I/B/E/S, Audit Analytics, Standard and Poor's ExecuComp, and 10K Wizard. Databases added over the last five years include Risk Metrics and SDC's Mergers and Acquisitions. We also subscribe to SAS as well as Eventus software which performs state-of-the-art event study estimation and testing and provides fast event-oriented data retrieval from the CRSP database. These databases have been very beneficial for Ph.D. students' dissertation work. This research infrastructure raises the stature of the department and allows us to attract motivated Ph.D. students and produce higher quality doctoral graduates. On average, the accounting PhD program takes five years to complete. We admit new students to the accounting Ph.D. program every other year. For more information about the accounting PhD program at Morgan State University, please contact Dr. Leyland Lucas, the PhD program coordinator, at Leyland.Lucas@morgan.edu.
Our current accounting PhD students are below:
Afua Ataa Boakyewaa Agyekum
afagy2@morgan.edu
Degree(s): Mphil Business Administration University Of Ghana, 2011
B.Sc. Business Administration (Accounting Option), University Of Ghana, 2008
Course Taught: ACCT 202: Principles Of Accounting
Research Interests: Earnings Management, Corporate Governance
Professional Certificates: Institute Of Chartered Accountants (Ghana)
Publications: Agyekum, A., F. Aboagye-Otchere, and I. Bedi. (2014). "Earnings Management and Corporate Governance: The Ghanaian Experience," International Journal of Management Practices 7 (4): 309-323.
Salwa Almasabi
Saalm4@morgan.edu
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Lucas Dille
ludil1@morgan.edu
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Ebenezer Lamptey
eblam3@morgan.edu
Degree(s): B. Arts (HON.) Economics, University of Ghana, 1997
M.SC. (Accounting) Cleveland State University, 2009
MBA, Morgan State University, 2015
Course Taught: Auditing
Research Interests: Corporate Governance, Audit and Fraud
Professional Certificates: Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE)
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Ayishat Omar
ayishat.omar@morgan.edu
Degree(s):M.B.A. 2012, Morgan State University
B.Sc., Economics 2005, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Nigeria.
Course Taught: Principles of Accounting I
Research Interests: Financial Accounting
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Publications: Omar, A. , Austin, N.K., and Keys, P. (2014). No longer business as usual: Employee fraud and ethical issues. Journal of Business Cases and Applications 12: 112-123.
Yetunde Hannah Orimoloye
yeori1@morgan.edu
Degree(s):M.B.A. 2012, Morgan State University
B. Sc. Finance 2010 , Morgan State University
Course Taught: Principles of Accounting I
Research Interests: Auditing
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Publications: Orimoloye, Y. (forthcoming). Employee fraud: A tale of greed and tempatations. Journal of Business Cases and Applications.
Kathleen (Kathy) Rankin
Karan3@morgan.edu
Degree(s): Executive MBA, 1999, Indiana University of Pennsylvania
B. of Sc., Accounting, 1991, Robert Morris University
Associate of Science, Accounting, 1988, Community College of Allegheny County
Course Taught: Financial and managerial accounting, decision tools for business analytic, and business information systems (IT courses) for undergraduates, accounting for managers, external financial reporting, strategic uses for accounting information, information systems for managers, and advanced accounting for graduate students.
Research Interests: Financial Accounting, Fraud, Systems and Control, Managerial Accounting.
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Publications: Rankin, K. (2008)."Back to the Basics: Hospital and Physician Strategies to Drive Market Share" Cath Lab Digest.
Genese Rogers
gerog1@morgan.edu
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Chelsea Leigh Schrader
chwas12@morgan.edu
Degree(s) : M.B.A. 2011, Frostburg State University
B.Sc., Accounting 2010, Frostburg State University.
Course Taught: Financial Accounting, Introduction to Management of Organizations, Business Information Systems, Organizational Behavior, Business Ethics.
Research Interests: Tax, Auditing, Forensic Accounting, Financial Accounting.
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Publications:Hsu, Venezia, Schrader (2015). Relationships between institutional ownership, capital structure, and research and development investment. Accounting and Taxation.
Schrader and Austin. (2015) A misclassification hazard. Journal of Business Cases and Applications.
Mohammad Tavakolifar
motav1@morgan.edu
Degree(s): M.Sc. in Financial Management, 2008, Shahid Beheshti University
B. Sc. in Business Administration, 2006, Shahed University
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Research Interests: Capital Markets, Valuation, Managerial Accounting, Accounting Information Systems, Taxation.
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Shiyaam Thiruvadi
shthi1@morgan.edu
Degree(s): M.B.A 2011
Course Taught: ACCT 201-Financial Accounting I
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Research Interests: Auditing; Accounting Information Systems.Professional Certificates:
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