Distance Education in a Cost Accounting Course: Instruction, Interaction, and Multiple Measures of Learning Outcomes*
 

Author Biographies

Clement C. Chen is an associate professor of accounting at the University of Michigan-Flint. He received his Ph.D. in Accounting from the University of Kentucky in 2001. He has taught financial accounting, managerial accounting and cost accounting at the University of Michigan- Flint, as well as University of Kentucky. His research primarily focuses on management control systems, distance education, and issues related to accounting education.

Keith T. Jones is an associate professor of accounting at the University of North Alabama. He received his PhD from the University of Kentucky in 2001. Prior to joining University of North Alabama, he taught at Illinois State University, Ball State University and Eastern Kentucky University. His primary research interests are in judgment and decision making, primarily in auditing, managerial accounting and in various accounting education-related issues. Keith may be reached at kjones5@una.edu.

Keith Moreland is professor of accounting at the University of Michigan-Flint. He received his Ph.D. in Accounting from the University of Cincinnati in 1990. Prior to joining University of Michigan-Flint, he taught at Xavier University and Canisius College. His primary research interests are in accounting education issues, the role of auditing in financial reporting and capital markets, and the effects of regulation on auditors and their roles in financial reporting.

*Author order is alphabetic; the authors contributed equally to this project.