Vita

Dr. Buttross joined Penn State Harrisburg in the summer of 2000 in the area of managerial and cost accounting. He has public accounting and prior teaching experience. He is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) and a Certified Management Accountant (CMA). He has published articles in various journals, especially the Journal of Accountancy and Management Accounting. He co-authored an article in the Winter, 2000, issue of Management Accounting and received a Lybrand Gold Medal, the highest annual award issued by the Institute of Management Accountants, for a publication in Management Accounting.

Education

• Ph.D., University of Mississippi
• M.S., Louisiana State University
• B.S., Mississippi State University

Research Areas

• Advanced managerial accounting tools and techniques, especially target costing and activity-based costing/management.

Continuing Education Interests

• The use of managerial accounting by non-accountants

Professional Affiliations

• Institute of Management Accountants
• American Institute of Certified Public Accountants
• American Accounting Association