Sam M. Walton College of Business - University of Arkansas

• BA, Centenary College, History, 1975
• JD, Vanderbilt University, Law, 1978
• MSA, University of Arkansas, Accounting, 1981

• Taxation
• Financial Resources

• Tax policy and compliance

• Certified Public Accounting (inactive), Arkansas
• Attorney's License, Arkansas.
• Five years of law practice focusing on tax issues.

• University of Arkansas Alumni Association Distinguished Achievement Award for Teaching and Service, 2006
• Arkansas Society of Certified Public Accountants Distinguished Achievement in Accounting Education, 2004
• Excellence in Student Advising Award, Sam M. Walton College of Business, 2004
• American Taxation Association/Arthur Andersen Teaching Innovation Award, 2000

• "Tax Incentives for Economic Growth Capital Expenditures or Research," with Tracy S. Manly and Craig T. Schulman. 17 Advances in Taxation (2006)
• "An Analysis of Differences Between Nonfilers Who Owe Tax and Those Who Do Not," with Tracy S. Manly and Christina M. Ritsema, American Accounting Association Annual Meeting, Washington, DC. (August, 2006).
• "Paid Preparers and Electronic Filing of Individual Tax Returns," with Tracy S. Manly and Christina M. Ritsema, American Accounting Association Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA (August, 2005).
• Attracting Nonfilers Through Amnesty Programs: Internal versus External Motivation," with Tracy S. Manly and Christina M. Ritsema, Journal of the American Taxation Association, presented at the Eleventh Annual JATA Tax Research Conference, Washington, D.C. (March, 2005)
• "Attitudes Toward E-filing in Middle America," with Christina Ritsema and Tracy Manly, American Accounting Association Annual Meeting Forum, Orlando, FL (August 2004).
• "An International Investigation of the Influence of Dividend Taxation on Research and Development Tax Credits," with Tracy S. Manly and Craig T. Schulman, 25 Journal of the American Taxation Association 35-54 (Fall, 2003).
• "Threats Followed by an Amnesty Period: Characteristics of Taxpayers who Respond to This Compliance Strategy," Christina M. Ritsema and Tracy S. Manly, American Accounting Association Eight Annual Professional and Ethics Conference, Honolulu, HI (August, 2003).
• "Characteristics of Noncompliant Taxpayers: Evidence from the 1997 Arkansas Tax Penalty Amnesty Program," with Christina M. Ritsema and Gary Ferrier, in IRS Research Bulletin: Recent Research on Tax Administration and Compliance, IRS Publication 1500, J. Dalton and B. Kliss, Eds., presented at the Internal Revenue Service Research Conference, Washington, DC (June, 2003).
• "Why Taxpayers are Noncompliant: Comments from 1997 Arkansas Tax Penalty Amnesty Participants," with Christina M. Ritsema and Tracy S. Manly, 27 State Tax Notes 305-311 (January 27, 2003)

• "Do Business Students Need an Introductory Accounting Course? Our Experience with An Integrated Core," with Marinus J. Bouwman, Carole L. Shook and Thomas Z. Webb, American Accounting Association Effective Learning Strategies Forum, Washington, DC (August, 2006).
• Financial Resources Acquisition and Management: An Integrated Course as Part of an Integrated Business Curriculum," with Larry Perry and Wayne Lee, College Teaching Methods & Styles Conference, Reno, NV (September, 2004)
• "Teaching the First Step in Problem Solving: Fact Finding Through Role Play," with Charles J.F. Leflar, American Accounting Association Effective Learning Strategies Forum, Orlando, FL (August 2004).
• "Concrete Steps to Increase Student Critical and Creative Thinking," with Charles J.F. Leflar, American Accounting Association Effective Learning Strategies Forum, Honolulu, HI (August, 2003).
• "Teaching the Tax Classes: Developing Communication and Analytical Skills," American Taxation Association Teaching Panel, Midwest Regional Meeting of the American Accounting Association, St. Louis, Missouri (April, 2003).
• "Borrowing Faculty Expertise for Tax Case Development and Delivery," Midwest Regional Meeting of the American Accounting Association, St. Louis, Missouri (April, 2001).
• "Checklist for Curriculum Revision," chapter 15 of Methods, Topics and Issues in Tax Education: A Year 2001 Perspective, J. Meade, Ed. (American Taxation Association, 2001).

• President, Teaching Academy
• Chair, U of A Faculty Senate
• Chair, U of A Campus Faculty
• Co-Director, U of A Wally Cordes Teaching and Faculty Support Center.

Recent Research Articles

• Attracting Nonfilers Through Amnesty Programs: Internal versus External Motivation
  
• Initiatives for Increasing E-filing: Taxpayer Attitudes Reveal What Works
  
• Why Taxpayers are Noncompliant: Comments from 1997 Arkansas Tax Penalty Amnesty Participants
  
• An International Investigation of the Influence of Dividend Taxation on Research and Development Tax Credits
  

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