Faculty Profile

Dr. James McKinney
Tyser Teaching Fellow

4333G Van Munching Hall
Phone: 301-405-2217
E-mail: jmckinney@rhsmith.umd.edu

Ph.D., Major in Accounting, Minor in Econometrics
University of Maryland

Dr. McKinney has several years experience teaching auditing, financial accounting, business ethics, professional accounting research, accounting systems, and fraud accounting. He is a CPA and has worked in public accounting, including the national auditing office of his firm, as well as in the internal audit department of a Fortune 500 company.

Dr. McKinney is an award winning author of accounting research, teacher, and faculty advisor. He currently serves as the President-Elect of the Academy of Accounting Historians, Board member of the Maryland Association of CPAs, and Chairman of Global Accounting Digital Archive Network Project. Dr. McKinney has given numerous presentations of his research at the national meetings of the American Accounting Association, the Academy of Accounting Historians, and the World Congress of Accounting Historians. His research relates primarily to accounting professionalization and organizational issues both current and historic.

He is a member of the American Accounting Association, the Academy of Accounting Historians, the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, the Maryland Association of CPAs, and the National Association of Black Accountants and is affiliated with the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners.