About the Author

Jeanette Landin

Jeanette Landin is an assistant professor of business and accounting at Landmark College in Putney, Vermont, where she teaches undergraduate accounting and business courses to an at-risk student population. She is the faculty advisor for the college’s Phi Beta Lambda chapter. Professor Landin is also a certified advanced facilitator with the University of Phoenix, where she teaches online undergraduate courses and workshops, and adjunct faculty with John F. Kennedy University, where she teaches upper-division and graduate-level accounting courses. Dr. Landin earned her B.A. degree from the University of California at Irvine before receiving her M.B.A. and Ed.D. from the University of Phoenix, where she conducted research into college success strategies for at-risk students. She has earned master’s certificates in accounting and in autism spectrum disorders.<br>
Jeanette is an active member of the Institute for Management Accountants (IMA), Teachers of Accounting Curriculum at Two-Year Colleges (TACTYC), and Vermont Women in Higher Education (VWHE), and she previously served as an active member of the California Business Educators Association and the Western Business Educators Association. Dr. Landin currently serves on the IMA’s Committee for Academic Relations and as a peer reviewer for the American Accounting Association. She is a peer reviewer for the Transnational Journal of Business and a member of the Business Editorial Board with the Multimedia Educational Resource for Learning and Online Teaching (MERLOT).

Paulette Schirmer

Paulette Schirmer is an accountant with the Division of Finance for the State of Alaska and a certified advanced facilitator for the University of Phoenix, where she teaches accounting courses at the bachelor’s and master’s levels. Dr. Schirmer also works with the University of Alaska Southeast as an online instructor for its payroll accounting course. She received her BS in accounting from Metropolitan State College of Denver (now Metropolitan State University of Denver), her MBA from Regis University, and her DBA from University of Phoenix, where she conducted research on globalization strategies for small businesses.<br>
Dr. Schirmer is active in the preparation of Alaska’s Comprehensive Annual Financial Reports and that state’s annual Compensation and Travel Report, as well as training state employees on the state’s financial and reporting systems.