Dr. Billy Brewster
A FINE FACULTY AND STAFF
Members of the Adkerson School of Accountancy faculty are( from left, front row) Dr. Mark Lehman, Dr. John Rigsby, Dr. Shawn Mauldin,( 2nd row) Dr. Nathan Berglund, Dr. Noel Addy, Dr. Clyde Herring,( 3rd row) Dr. Ryan Seay,( 4th row) Dr. Billy Brewster, Dr. Brad Lang, Dr. Alan Stancill,( 5th row) Steve Sanders, Angela Pannell, Dr. Frances McNair and( 6th row) Dr. Brad Trinkle.
The Adkerson School of Accountancy’ s faculty and staff are among the finest there are. Faculty members bring recognition to Mississippi State nationally and regionally through publication of their research and resultant high rankings, as well as through their leadership and service with a range of organizations. They are also known for the way they prepare skilled future accountants, not only in the classroom but also in the support and advice they share with students.
Joining our highly reputed team at the beginning of the fall semester were three faculty members and a new key staff member. They have already proven to be strong contributors!
Dr. Billy Brewster
Dr. Billy Brewster comes to ASAC as a Visiting Assistant Professor. Previously, he was an Assistant Professor at the University of Texas at Arlington, where he served on the faculty for six years. Brewster began his career as a practitioner with Grant Thornton LLP in Dallas in 1997, after earning bachelor’ s and master’ s degrees at UT Arlington. He soon moved to Ernst & Young LLP in Fort Worth, where he was an Audit Manager for several years. His academic career began in 2002, when he became a doctoral student and graduate research assistant at the University of Illinois. In 2008, his PhD was conferred, and he served at Illinois for a year as a Visiting Assistant Professor. Brewster has published in The Accounting Review and Auditing: A Journal of Practice & Theory. He has served as an ad hoc reviewer for The Accounting Review, Auditing: A Journal of Practice & Theory, the International Journal of Auditing and Accounting, Organizations and Society.
Dr. Clyde Herring
Dr. Clyde Herring returns to the Adkerson School of Accountancy as an Associate Clinical Professor. A member of the MSU faculty from 1987 to 2010, he has rejoined us after six years in various roles at Carson-Newman University, including Dean of the Business School, Professor of Accounting and MBA Director. During the fall semester he has been teaching Advanced Accounting, Survey of Accounting and MBA Accounting and in the spring will add Accounting Principles I & II. Previously recognized as the Mississippi Society of CPAs’ Outstanding Educator, Herring’ s research interests are student-oriented, focusing on accounting education. Currently he serves on the MSCPA’ s Long Range Planning Committee. Herring is an MSU accounting alumnus, having earned his BPA here in 1980, followed by his MPA in 1981. The
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