Accounting Department

°Õ³ó±ðÌýKogod School of Business Accounting DepartmentÌýoversees the instruction of all courses pertaining to accounting, taxation, and business law.

In addition to their course work, accounting students have the opportunity to engage with the professionally experienced faculty in real-world financial research and analysis.

Department Chair


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Yinqi Zhang Associate Professor KSB | Accounting/Tax

Yinqi Zhang is an Associate Professor in Accounting at the Kogod School of Business of Â鶹¹û¶³´«Ã½. Her main research interest is in the determinants of audit quality and the impacts of regula…

Ìý zhangyq@american.edu

Ìý (202) 885-3305

Department Faculty


Ajay Adhikari Professor KSB | Accounting/Tax

Professor Adhikari teaches financial and sustainability reporting and conducts research focused on international accounting and ESG reporting practices. He also served as the Kogod Sr. Associate Dean …

Ìý aadhika@american.edu

Ìý (202) 885-1993

Sheila Bedford Senior Professorial Lecturer KSB | Accounting/Tax

Professor Bedford teaches financial accounting, managerial accounting, intermediate accounting, corporate financial reporting at the undergraduate and graduate level. She has extensive industry accoun…

Ìý bedford@american.edu

Ìý (202) 885-3910

Caroline Bruckner Senior Professorial Lecturer KSB | Accounting/Tax

Caroline Bruckner is a tax professor on the faculty of the Kogod School of Business (KSB) and is the Managing Director of the Kogod Tax Policy Center. Since joining KSB in 2015, she has released groun…

Ìý cbruck@american.edu

Ìý (202) 885-3258

Augustine Duru Professor KSB | Accounting/Tax

Professor Duru teaches management accounting to undergraduate and graduate students with emphasis on how organizations use accounting information to create value in a dynamic business environment. His…

Ìý aduru@american.edu

Ìý (202) 885-1937

Casey Evans Associate Dean for Undergraduate Programs and Student Services KSB | Accounting/Tax

Professor Evans is a Certified Public Accountant and a Certified Fraud Examiner and has extensive industry experience handling a range of forensic accounting issues, including fraud investigations, Se…

Ìý cdevans@american.edu

Ìý (202) 885-6675

Tara Fisher Professorial Lecturer KSB | Accounting/Tax

Professor Fisher started her career with PwC’s international tax practice in Washington, DC. She was later assigned to PwC's London office and worked abroad in the United Kingdom. After returning from…

Ìý tfisher@american.edu

Dave Harr Senior Professorial Lecturer KSB | Accounting/Tax

Dr. Harr has extensive experience working with business, government, and not-for-profit organizations. He has conducted seminars with businesses, government agencies, and not-for-profit organizations …

Ìý harr@american.edu

Ìý (202) 885-6672

Asad Kausar Professor KSB | Accounting/Tax

Professor Kausar teaches financial accounting to undergraduate students and financial statement analysis and valuation to graduate students emphasizing the important role of accounting in business dec…

Ìý akausar@american.edu

Michael Mass Associate Professor KSB | Accounting/Tax

Professor Michael Mass teaches courses on Business Law and International Investment and Trade in AU’s Kogod School of Business. He earned a B.S. from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvan…

Ìý mmass@american.edu

Ìý (202) 885-6195

Tharindra Ranasinghe Associate Professor KSB | Accounting/Tax

Dr. Ranasinghe joined Kogod faculty in 2020. He obtained his doctoral degree from University of Houston and previously worked as a faculty member at University of Maryland, College Park and Singapore …

Ìý tranasinghe@american.edu

Ìý (202) 885-6507

Paolo Petacchi Professorial Lecturer KSB | Accounting/Tax

James Potepa Associate Professor KSB | Accounting/Tax

Prof. Potepa teaches financial accounting at both the undergraduate and graduate level. His research interests include special items, non-GAAP earnings, earnings management, accounting regulations, an…

Ìý jpotepa@american.edu

Christina Synn Assistant Professor KSB | Accounting/Tax

Christina Synn is an Assistant Professor of Accounting and Taxation at the Kogod School of Business of Â鶹¹û¶³´«Ã½. Her research interests include corporate disclosure, financial reporting qua…

Ìý csynn@american.edu

Yijiang Zhao Associate Professor KSB | Accounting/Tax

Yijiang Zhao is currently associate professor of accounting at the Kogod School of Business, Â鶹¹û¶³´«Ã½. He has taught introductory financial and managerial accounting courses to both undergr…

Ìý yzhao@american.edu

Ìý (202) 885-1941

Professors Emeritus


Donald Williamson Professor Emeritus KSB | Finance & Personnel Administration

Professor Williamson is an emeritus member of the faculty. He taught a number of subjects related to taxation, was director of the Masters of Science in Taxation degree program, and served as executiv…

Ìý dwillia@american.edu

Ìý (202) 885-1942