VITA

ARAYA DEBESSAY

(April 2005)

I. ADDRESS: Office

Department of Accounting and Management Information System

Lerner College of Business and Economics, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware19716 Office phone: (302) 8316890; Fax 302-831-4676

E-mail - ;

Website:

Home 7 Spring Water Way, Newark, Delaware 19711

(302) 3683351

II. ACADEMIC BACKGROUND

Ph.D.SyracuseUniversity, 1979; Major: Accounting, Minor: Finance and Economics

M.B.ASyracuseUniversity, 1971 (GPA 3.84/4); Major: Finance

M.S. SyracuseUniversity, 1971 (GPA 4/4);Major: Accounting

B. Com. Haile Selassie I University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 1966 (with distinction)

III. PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATION:

¨Certified Management Accountant (CMA), 1980 (inactive)

¨Certified Internal Auditor (CIA), 1984 (inactive)

Certified Public Accountant (CPA), 1985, Delaware (inactive)

IV. ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE

1978 to present at University of Delaware. Promoted to Full Professor in 1990 2000 – present, Advanced Fellow, Institute to Transform Undergraduate Education, UD.

V. PROFESSIONAL and CONSULTING EXPERIENCE

  • CPA Review Program facilitator and instructor for The Siegfried Group, LLP, starting April 2005
  • W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc., Newark, DE - involved in assessing the internal control system, reconciliations, and conducting CPE workshops to accounting professionals. (September 2003- May 2004 during my sabbatical).
  • The Siegfried Group, LLP. Involved in a variety internal inspection of the firm’s internal control system including inspecting performance of the firm’s attestation engagements, and miscellaneous consulting activities in the financial reporting area, and conducting CPE programs, 1999 – present.
  • Coopers and Lybrand, General Audit Staff, while on sabbatical leave from the University of Delaware. 19841985.
  • E. I. duPont de Nemours & Co., Inc., 1981 to 1984, consulting Professional Development Program in Management Accounting, a program designed to develop managerial accounting skills leading to the Certificate in Management Accounting (CMA).
  • AICPA CPA Exam Developer and Reviewer, Fall 2002.

VI. TEACHING AWARDS AND RECOGNITIONS

  • 2003 Student Choice Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching Award ($5,000).
  • Chair, Pedagogy Committee, Teaching & Curriculum Section of the American Accounting Association. 2002-2003.
  • Fellow, Center for Advanced Studies, University of Delaware, 1995-96
  • 1991 Innovation in Business Education Award, ($3,000) from the Middle Atlantic Association of Colleges of Business Administration.
  • Selection of my Auditing syllabus by PriceWaterhouse as an innovative course design and distributed to Auditing professors in the US and to auditing professors in other English Speaking countries, 1991.
  • University of Delaware Excellence-in-Teaching Award, ($2,500) 1989.
  • Dean's nominee for a State Professor of the Year Competition, sponsored by the Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE), 1988, Certificate of Recognition.
  • Outstanding Teaching Award, Department of Accounting, College of Business and Economics, University of Delaware, 1988, and 1980. (plaques)

B. COURSES TAUGHT

Undergraduate Program

/

Graduate Program

  1. Advance Accounting
  2. Auditing
  3. Cost Accounting
  4. Intermediate Accounting I
  5. Intermediate Accounting II
  6. Introduction to Financial Accounting
  7. Introduction to Managerial Accounting.
8. International Accounting /
  1. Financial Reporting and Analysis.
  2. Management Accounting.
  3. Contemporary Issues in Accounting.
4. International Accounting

VII. SERVICE ACTIVITIES - Some of the major ones:

  • Member, Supervisory Committee, UD Federal Credit Union, July 2005 – 2008.
  • Member, UD Faculty Senate, Fall 2005-2007.
  • University Grand Marshall, 1994-present.
  • Member, Grade Inflation Committee, Faculty Senate, University of Delaware, 2004-2005
  • Member, General Education Committee, Faculty Senate, University of Delaware, 2004-2005.
  • Member, Faculty Welfare and Privileges Committee of the Faculty Senate, 1999 – 2003.
  • Member, External Auditor Selection Committee, New Castle County, Delaware, Spring 2003.
  • Chair, President's Commission to Promote Racial and Cultural Diversity at the University of Delaware, 1994-1998.
  • President, Mid-Atlantic Region of the American Accounting Association. 1988-1989.
  • Chairperson, Association of Eritrean Professionals and Academics for Development (AEPAD), 1997-98.
  • President, Eritrean Accounting Association, 1996-98.
  • Program Director, 1989 Mid-Atlantic Regional Meeting of the American Accounting Association.
  • Member, Editorial Board, ACCOUNTING HORIZONS, 1997-2000.

VIII. PUBLICATIONS : Two books, and over 40 journal and proceedings articles.

Recent Publications (Detailed list of publication available on request)

  1. “Application of Problem-Based Learning (PBL) in Accounting”, The Accounting Educator, The Newsletter of the Teaching and Curriculum Section of AAA, Vol. XII No. 2, Winter 2003.
  2. Book Chapter: “Wireless Laptop Computers in a Problem-Based Learning Classroom.” With Paul Hyde. Title of book, Faculty Development Strategies That Work, by David G. Brown, editor, Spring 2003.
  3. Book Review, ALVIN A. ARENS, RANDAL J. ELDER and MARK S. BEASLEY, Auditing and Assurance Services: An Integrated Approach., Ninth Edition (Upper Saddle River, NJ, NJ: Prentice Hall, 2003, pp. xx, 765), Issues in Accounting Education,
  4. “Focusing on Constructive Thoughts: The Pull-Push Strategy.” March 12, 2003. The article was published in several Eritrean websites.

Recent Presentations and CPE Classes:

  • “Analysis of the Current GAAP and the FASB Proposed Accounting for Equity Based Compensation,” A CPE Session on at the Siegfried Group, Wilmington, DE, August 26, 2004.
  • “Creating a Deeper Learning Environment using Group-Based Active Interactive Collaborative Learning,” presented at the 2004 International Conference on Problem-Based Learning, Cancun, Mexico, June 2004.
  • “A Historical Retrospective of the Sarbanes-Oxley 2002 Act, and a Discussion of Some of It’s Relevant Provisions,” presented at a Breakfast Forum, a program sponsored by Ajilon for Accounting and Financial professionals at the W Hotel, NY, NY, March 31, 2004.
  • “FASB Update,” a Continuing Professional Education (CPE) workshop to accounting professionals at W. L. Gore and Associates, Inc. April 2004, and at the Siegfried Group, December 20, 2004.
  • “Auditing/Review/Compilation Update,” a CPE workshop to accounting professionals at W. L.Gore and Associates, Inc. April 2004.
  • “Revenue Recognition,” a CPE workshop to accounting professionals at W. L. Gore and

Associates, Inc. April 2004.

  • “Accounting for Stock Compensation” a four-hour CPE program conducted at the Siegfried Group, August 26, 2004.
  • “Accounting for Business Combinations and the Recent FASB Project on Business Combinations” a four-hour CPE program conducted at The Siegfried Group, LLP, September 13, 2004.
  • “Fair Value Measurement: FASB’s Recent Proposed Statement” a 3-hour CPE program at The Siegfried Group, LLP, November 12, 2004.
  • “Auditors’ Responsibilities in Fraud Detection” a 4-hour CPE session at The Siegfried Group, LLP, September 16, 2004.
  • “Key Differences Between International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) and US GAAP, a 4-hour CPE Session at The Siegfried Group, LLP December 22, 2004
  • “The Enron Debacle and the Fall of Andersen.” presented at the Elkton Rotary Club, December 2002

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