Accounting for Governmental & Nonprofit Entities by Jacqueline L. Reck, Suzanne Lowensohn and Daniel Neely

About the Author

Jacqueline L. Reck

Jacqueline L. Reck Serves as the associate dean of financial management and academic affairs for the College of Business and is the James E. and C. Ellis Rooks Distinguished Professor in Accounting at the University of South Florida. She received a BS degree from North Dakota State University, BS and MAcc degrees from the University of South Florida, and her PhD from the University of Missouri–Columbia. She is a certified public accountant (Florida). Dr. Reck worked for state government for several years before joining academia. Currently, she is active in several professional associations. In addition to teaching governmental and not-for-profit accounting, Dr. Reck serves on the Governmental Accounting Standards Advisory Council and frequently presents continuing professional education workshops and sessions. She has provided workshops on governmental and not-for-profit accounting for local accounting firms and the state auditor general’s staff. Dr. Reck has received several teaching and research awards and has chaired or served on several doctoral dissertation committees. Dr. Reck has published articles in Contemporary Accounting Research; Journal of Accounting and Public Policy; Research in Governmental and Nonprofit Accounting; Journal of Public Budgeting, Accounting and Financial Management; and the Journal of Information Systems , among others. She joined as an author on the 14th edition.

Suzanne Lowensohn

Suzanne L. Lowensohn is an associate professor of Accounting at Colorado State University. She received a BS and a MAcc degree from the University of South Florida, and her PhD from the University of Miami. She is a certified public accountant (Florida) and a chartered global management accountant. Dr. Lowensohn has served on the Governmental Accounting Standards Board Intangible Issues Task Force and Comprehensive Implementation Guide Advisory Committee, on the Government Finance Officers Association Special Review Executive Committee, on the Colorado Society of Certified Public Accountants Governmental Issues Committee, on the AICPA FARS Content Subcommittee, and as president of the Government and Nonprofit Section of the American Accounting Association. Prior to joining academia, she worked for KPMG and performed numerous governmental audits. Professor Lowensohn has published articles in Journal of Accounting and Public Policy; Research in Governmental and Nonprofit Accounting; Accounting and the Public Interest; Journal of Accounting Lite r ature ; Issues in Accounting Education; and Behavioral Research in Accounting, among others. She joined as an author on the 16th edition.

Daniel Neely

Daniel G. Neely is an associate professor of Accounting at the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee. He received BBA and MPA degrees from the University of Texas at Austin and his PhD from the University of Houston. He is a certified public accountant (Texas).

Dr. Neely worked in public accounting for several years before joining academia. Currently, he is active in professional associations and nonprofit organizations. In addition to teaching not-for-profit accounting, Dr. Neely serves on the Journal of Governmental and Nonprofit Accounting Editorial Board. He has served on the FASB NFP Financial Statements Project Resource Group and the FASB NFP Other Financial Communications Resource Group.

Professor Neely has published articles in Contemporary Accounting Research; Journal of Accounting and Public Policy; Journal of Governmental and Nonprofit Accounting; Accounting Horizons; Issues in Accounting Education; Journal of Accounting Education; Nonprofit Voluntary Sector Quarterly; and Journal of Public Budgeting, Accounting and Financial Management, among others. He joined as an author on the 18th edition.