Assistant Professor
Office: 357 Business Administration
Phone: (419) 372-7812
Email: garcia@bgsu.edu

Education:   

• Doctor of Philosophy - Ph.D., May 2005, Texas Tech University
  
• Master of International Management – MIM, August 1993, The American Graduate School of International Management
  
• Bachelor of Science - B.S. (Accounting and Taxation),  December 1991,  Colorado State University

Professional Certification:   

• Colorado CPA, Certificate # 15462

Academic Experience: 

• Graduate Teaching Assistant & Lecture - Texas Tech University - Lubbock, Texas - August 1998 – May 2005

• Taught classes in introductory financial accounting and managerial accounting.

Professional Experience:

•  International Auditor, NCH Corporation, Irving, Texas, March 1994 – May 1998

• Performed financial, operational, and fraud audits of NCH's operations in Mexico, Uruguay, Argentina, Venezuela, Colombia, Costa Rica, Chile, Brazil, Thailand, Japan, the Philippines, Canada, and Australia.
• Helped to implement computer-assisted audit techniques in the audit department.
• Completed special training in international accounting and auditing procedures.

• Auditor, Price Waterhouse, Denver, Colorado, January 1992 - August 1992

• Audited clients in the insurance, banking, healthcare, construction, and high technology manufacturing industries, as well as not-for-profit organizations.
• Received special training in auditing procedures and documentation.

• Intern, Price Waterhouse, Denver, Colorado, 4 Summers and 3 Christmas breaks

• Highest overall performance rating of all Denver INROADS interns 1989 and 1990.
• Audited middle market group clients.
• Worked in accounts payable, accounts receivable, payroll, and billing operations.

•  Marine, United States Marine Corps, August 1983 - August 1987  
• Received various medals, awards and meritorious promotions for outstanding performance of duty.

Publications: 

"On the importance of teaching professionalism",  The Hispanic Outlook in Higher Education, October 18, 2004 (15:2), pp. 108

"Data mining: An in-depth look", co-authored with J.C. Lampe, Internal Auditing, March/Apri, 2004 (19:2), pp. 4-20                          

"The shifting focus of academic evaluation", The Hispanic Outlook in Higher Education, December 15, 2003 (14:6), pp. 84

"Professionalism in internal auditing", co-authored with J.C. Lampe, Internal Auditing, November/December, 2003 (18:6), pp. 11-27

" Realizing synergy between teaching and research", The Hispanic Outlook in Higher Education, February 10, 2003 (13:9), pp. 72

"Using data mining as an audit tool", co-authored with J.C. Lampe, Internal Auditing, May/June, 2002 (17:3), pp. 3-11

Conference Proceedings:

•  AAA, 10th Ethics Research Symposium, Paper Presentation – San Francisco, California, August 6-7, 2005
  • Lampe, J.C. and A. Garcia, 2005. “Teaching Ethics and Professionalism in Accountancy

• KPMG Accounting Doctoral Students Association, Paper Presentation – Honolulu, Hawaii, August 1-3, 2003

• Lampe, J.C. and A, Garcia. 2003. “Deprofessionalization of Accountancy in the U.K, U.S., and Australia”

• American Soc. of Business and Behavioral Sciences, 10th Annual Meeting, Paper Presentation – Las Vegas, Nevada, February 20-24, 2003
  • Lampe, J.C. and A, Garcia. 2003. “Accounting & Auditing: An Analysis of Professional Status in U.S. Culture”
    • Served as session chair for the “E-Commerce” session

Service:        

•  National Conference Planning Committee, KPMG Accounting Doctoral Students Association, August 2001–August 2003
• Recording secretary and responsible for planning sessions, contacting presenters and contacting moderators.

• University Ph.D. Program Representative, The PhD Project Conference – Chicago, Illinois, November 2002 and 2003
• Represented Texas Tech University in its efforts to recruit ethnic minority Ph.D. students for the entire College of Business.

Other:               

• Faculty Advisor, Omega Delta Phi Fraternity Inc, August 1999 - Present

• ODPhi is the only multi-cultural Greek organization at Texas Tech University and was selected as the “student organization of the year” for the 2000-2001 academic year (out of 350 student organizations at Texas Tech), the first time ever for a multi-cultural student organization at Texas Tech University.