Faculty
Our faculty has extensive real-world experience and they are outstanding classroom teachers. They are easily accessible and will serve as your program advisors.
Over the past 15 years, members of the Institute's accounting faculty have been selected as SOBA Professor of the Year four times, Teacher of the Year twice, Service Provider of the Year eight times, and Researcher of the Year twice. One faculty member received the J.D./M.B.A. program's Golden Apple teaching award.
James R. Beasley
- Professor of Business Administration
- Ph.D., Tufts University
- Areas of expertise include business ethics
Michael E. Bitter
- Rinker Distinguished Professor of Accounting; Chair, M.E. Rinker, Sr. Institute of Tax and Accountancy
- Ph.D., University of Mississippi; CPA
- Areas of expertise include financial accounting/theory and auditing.
Vincent C. Brenner
- David M. Beights Professor of Accounting
- Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University; CPA
- Areas of expertise include financial accounting and reporting
Richard W. Copeland
- Associate Professor of Business Law and Tax
- LL.M., Tax, University of Miami; J.D., University of Florida
- Areas of expertise include business law, family business, estate planning and estate taxation
Bonnie Holloway
- Visiting Lecturer in Accounting
- M.B.A., Stetson University
- Areas of expertise include financial and managerial accounting
Monica M. Jeancola
- Assistant Professor of Accounting
- Ph.D., University of Florida; CPA
- Areas of expertise include cost/managerial accounting and accounting information systems
Maria F. Rickling
- Assistant Professor of Accounting
- Ph.D., Florida International University
- Areas of expertise include financial accounting and auditing
Judson P. Stryker
- Professor of Accounting and Eugene M. Lynn Chair of Business
- D.B.A., Mississippi State University; CPA
- Areas of expertise include financial accounting, individual and corporate taxation, and tax research
