Learn practical strategies for more student participation, accountability, and minimal class distractions!
Keeping students engaged in an introductory accounting course can be challenging when some arrive unprepared, are reluctant to speak, or are distracted by technology in the classroom. This webinar shares practical strategies to encourage participation, motivate accountability for readings and assignments, and minimize classroom distractions. Frank Hodge, Kristi Rennekamp, and Scott Asay discuss different approaches for creating a more interactive and productive learning environment that supports student success.
Frank Hodge is the 14th dean in the 102-year history of the University of Washington’s Foster School of Business. Prior to becoming dean, Frank served as Accounting Department Chairperson and UW Faculty Athletics Representative to the Pac-12 Conference and the National Collegiate Athletic Association. He earned an undergraduate degree and played basketball at Carroll College. His MBA and PhD are from Indiana University’s Kelley School of Business.
Known as “Coach” to his students, Frank’s teaching has been recognized with more than 30 awards across the undergraduate, graduate, and executive levels since arriving at the University of Washington in 2000. His research focuses on how managers disclose and individuals use accounting information to make investment decisions. He has both published articles and served on the editorial boards of such leading journals as The Accounting Review, Accounting Organizations and Society, and Contemporary Accounting Research. Frank has presented his work at the Securities and Exchange Commission as well as more than 40 conferences and universities around the world. Among many notable distinctions, Frank was one of only six researchers nationwide invited to participate in the initial Financial Accounting Standards Research Initiative.
Frank is married, has two daughters, and lives in Seattle. A native of Idaho, Frank enjoys the outdoor lifestyle of the Pacific Northwest, spending his free time enjoying endurance trail running and cycling.
Kristi Rennekamp is a professor of accounting at the Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management. Her research examines financial accounting from a behavioral perspective and, particularly, how biases affect managers' disclosure decisions and users' judgments with respect to those disclosures. She has taught financial accounting in the residential MBA programs in Ithaca, and in Cornell's Executive MBA Americas.
Rennekamp is the recipient of numerous awards. Her research has been published in leading journals, including the Journal of Accounting and Economics, The Accounting Review, Accounting, Organizations and Society, Contemporary Accounting Research, Foundations and Trends in Accounting Research, the Journal of Accounting Research, the Journal of Financial Reporting, and the Review of Accounting Studies.
Rennekamp received her MS and PhD from the Johnson School. Prior to joining Cornell, she was a faculty member at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Scott Asay is an Associate Professor of Accounting at the Tippie College of Business at the University of Iowa. His research focuses primarily on the judgments and decisions of managers and investors in the context of financial reporting. He has taught financial accounting and managerial accounting. His research has been published in leading journals, including the Journal of Accounting and Economics; The Accounting Review; Accounting, Organizations and Society; Contemporary Accounting Research; and Journal of Management Accounting. He received his MS and PhD from the Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management at Cornell University.