Chair: Nancy Uddin, Department of Accounting
Mission Statement
The mission of the Department of Accounting is to prepare students for careers in public, private industry, and governmental and not-for-profit organizations. The department encourages and supports dynamic interaction between faculty and students. Faculty members contribute as leaders in the profession through research and community activities.
The Monmouth University Department of Accounting prepares students for today’s varied and challenging careers in the accounting field including:
- Public Accounting: Opportunities range from the “Big 4” to regional and local firms which provide audit, tax, management, and forensic services to clients.
- Private Accounting: These options involve working within an individual company or non-profit organization.
- Government Work: Jobs are available working for the Internal Revenue Service, the NJ Division of Taxation, or other government agencies.
- Education: Graduates can continue for advanced degrees and return to academia for research and teaching opportunities.
Monmouth University accounting graduates will have met the educational requirements to sit for the rigorous Certified Public Accounting Examination (Students will have the opportunity to plan for meeting the additional requirements of 150 college credit hours, and work experience to become a CPA.)
The opportunities for accounting graduates are unlimited with the demand continuing at a strong level despite the current economic downturn.
- CPAs are highly respected and in demand.
- All financial decisions, for businesses and successful individuals, are dependent on accounting information.
- Accounting is the “language of business.”
- Graduates with accounting skills are able to succeed in a career and life that offers wonderful opportunities.
Gilda M. Agacer, Associate Professor (Graduate Faculty). B.A., University of East Philippines; M.I.B.S., Ph.D., University of South Carolina. Specializes in governmental accounting, advanced accounting analysis, and managerial cost analysis.
gagacer@monmouth.edu
Jangho Gil, Assistant Professor (Graduate Faculty). B.S., Yonsei University; M.S., Columbia University; Ph.D., University of Texas.
jgil@monmouth.edu
Jangwook Lee, Assistant Professor (Graduate Faculty). B.B.A., Korea University; Ph.D., Temple University.; M.S., Baruch College, M.A., Columbia University. Research interests include managerial equity incentives, managerial risk-taking, and corporate risk. Additional interests include textual analysis of corporate disclosures.
jalee@monmouth.edu
Xudong Daniel Li, Associate Professor (Graduate Faculty). B.E., B.S., University of Science and Technology of China, M.B.A., University of California, Ph.D., University of North Texas. Research interests in auditing, firm choice, information transfer, financial reporting quality, managerial incentives/characteristics, and oil and gas. Broadly speaking, particular interests are (1) incorporated behavioral/psychological perspectives into theoretical explanations of various auditing and accounting contexts and (2) employing both economic and behavioral/psychology-based theories ot develop testable hypotheses in examining the interplay of auditing and accounting via archival research methods and using archival data.
xli@monmouth.edu
Nancy Uddin, Associate Professor and Chair (Graduate Faculty). B.A., William Patterson University; Ph.D., Rutgers University. Research and teaching interests include the areas of auditing and accounting information systems.
nuddin@monmouth.edu
Minna Yu, Professor (Graduate Faculty). B.A., M.S., Dongbei University, China; Ph.D., Kent State University. Teaching interests include managerial accounting, financial accounting, and international accounting. Current research interests include analyst forecasts, accrual anomaly, and corporate governance.
miyu@monmouth.edu
