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Education
Ph.D., Accountancy, University of Mississippi, 1993; MBA, Business Administration, Arizona State University, 1980; B.B.A., Business Administration, University of Memphis, 1978
Academic Positions
Arizona State University: 2000-present. Previous Appointments: University of Idaho, University of Mississippi
Professional Leadership
Member, Executive Committee for the Management Accounting Section of the American Accounting Association, 2001-Present; Member, Editorial Review Board, Journal of Business Disciplines, 2000-2001; Ad Hoc Reviewer, Accounting Educator's Journal, Accounting Horizons, and the American Accounting Association, 1995-Present.
Corporate and Public Sector Leadership
Director of Finance, Peck Industries, 1987-1989; Plant Controller, Dow Corning Wright, 1984-1987; Budget Administrator, Levi Strauss and Co, 1980-1984.
Representative Publications
Swenson, Dan, Shahid Ansari, Jan Bell, and Il-Woon Kim. "A Field Study of Best Practices in Target Costing." Management Accounting Quarterly (Winter 2003), pp. 12-17.
Kim, Il-Woon, Shahid Ansari, Jan Bell, and Dan Swenson, "Target Costing Practices in the United States." Controlling (November 2002), pp. 607-614.
Swenson, D, and D. Barney. "ABC/M: Which Companies Have Success?" Journal of Corporate Accounting and Finance (March/April 2001), pp. 35-44.
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ACC 231 - Uses of Accounting Info I
Introduces the uses of accounting information focusing on the evolution of the business cycle and how accounting information is used for internal and external purposes.
ACC 350 - Internal Reporting
Internal reporting systems for planning, control, and decision making.
ACC 503 - Managerial Accounting
Managerial accounting concepts and procedures for internal reporting applied to the decision making activities of the professional managers.
