Teaching Overview

My goal in the classroom is to teach with a level of energy and interest that encourages students to pursue lifelong learning. I believe developing enthusiasm for learning and critical thinking is of vital importance to the future of the accounting profession. To accomplish this I strive to establish a connection between the technical knowledge provided in the textbook and experiential learning that brings audit topics to life. As a result, I have worked to create teaching cases that help students learn using "real world" audit techniques. See descriptions of these cases and how to access them in the following section.

Teaching Philosophy

  • Undergraduate Audit (In-person, online synchronous, online asynchronous course delivery)

  • PhD Audit Seminar (In-person and online synchronous course delivery)

  • Experience in mentoring Ph.D. students

  • Former Faculty Advisor of VCU’s Chapter of Beta Alpha Psi (2021-2023)

Teaching Expertise

Experiential learning focuses on the idea that the best way to learn things is by actually having experiences. Those experiences then stick out in your mind and help you retain information and remember facts. For audit instructors, creating opportunities for students to implement knowledge, skills and techniques based on the technical knowledge they are learning is key. Thus, I have worked with a number of colleagues over the years to develop such resources. To learn more about these cases and how to access them click on the logos below.

Teaching Cases

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Online Video Lessons

Some audit topics can be particularly challenging for students to understand. With this in mind, I have created several teaching videos for my specific undergraduate audit course to cover key topics, including covering the audit risk model, management assertions, audit procedures, and internal controls and the COSO framework. While the videos were designed specifically with my audit course in mind, they are available as additional resources for instructors and students to help students learn these complex and often confusing topics.

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Audit Risk Model

Internal Controls & COSO Framework

Management Assertions

Audit Procedures