McGraw Hill Author Spotlight: Dr. Vernon J. Richardson
Distinguished Professor of Accounting and the Glezen Chair in the Sam M. Walton College of Business at the University of Arkansas.
Congratulations to our esteemed McGraw Hill Author and educator, Dr. Vernon J. Richardson!
Vern was recently awarded:
AICPA Distinguished Achievement in Accounting Education Award
The AICPA Distinguished Achievement in Accounting Education Award is a highly esteemed honor that emphasizes exceptional college accounting educators who have displayed innovative leadership and a lifelong dedication to learning in accounting education. More information about this award is avilable onlline.
American Accounting Association 2024 Outstanding Accounting Educator Award (sponsored by the PWC Foundation)
The Outstanding Accounting Educator Award is presented to educators with sustained contributions that have significantly impacted accounting education or accounting educators, with sustained and substantive contributions from a wide variety of academic institutions, and whose career contributions include educational innovation, excellence in teaching, publications related to the awards’ intent, research guidance and mentorship to students (at any level) and impactful service to the profession and/or academic community. More information about this award is available online. For 2024, the American Accounting Association and the PricewaterhouseCoopers Foundation are very pleased to give this award to Dale L. Flesher and Vernon J. Richardson.
About Dr. Richardson
Vernon J. Richardson is Distinguished Professor of Accounting and the Glezen Chair in the Sam M. Walton College of Business at the University of Arkansas. He received his BA, MAcc, and MBA from Brigham Young University and a PhD from the University of Illinois at UrbanaChampaign. He has also taught at Baruch College, The University of Kansas, Xi’an Jiaotong Liverpool University and China Europe International Business School. He is an editor at Accounting Horizons and former editor at The Accounting Review. He has published articles in The Accounting Review, Journal of Accounting and Economics, Contemporary Accounting Research, MIS Quarterly, Journal of Information Systems, Journal of Operations Management, and Journal of Marketing.
Dr. Richardson enjoys teaching at all levels and is passionate about revolutionizing accounting curricula with data analytics, as evidenced by his six co-authored McGraw-Hill textbooks all emphasizing analytics. But he is proudest of all of his wife and 12 children.
