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Ahn New Management and Operations Chair
Professor Sung K. Ahn is the new chair of the Department
of Management and Operations.
Ahn replaces Richard Reed, the Huber Chair in Entrepreneurial
Studies, who will return to teaching full-time
after leading the department for three years.
A decision sciences instructor at both the undergraduate
and doctorate level, Ahn has been with WSU since
1989. He has served the College as a member of the
Undergraduate Program Policy Committee, the Graduate
Program Policy Committee, and the Research and Arts
Committee, among others. The College recognized him
with an Outstanding Faculty Research and Scholarship
Award in 1997.
He received his doctorate in statistics from the University
of Wisconsin-Madison in 1987. Before joining WSU,
he taught at the University of
Maryland-College Park and the
University of Tennessee. Since
joining WSU, Ahn has twice
been a visiting professor at
Pohang University of Science
and Technology in Korea.
His research has appeared
in numerous economic and
statistical journals, with a focus
on cointegration with mixed
frequency, unit root tests, and
seasonally cointegrated time
series model.
Sung Ahn
Sweeney Named Saldin Professor and Accounting Chair
Professor John T. Sweeney has been named the
first Ted Saldin Distinguished Professor of Accounting.
The professorship is the first in the Department of
Accounting, and was established to honor Ted Saldin,
a professor in the department from 1947 until his
retirement in 1987. The professorship was funded by
gifts from Saldin’s former students.
“It is fitting that a scholar and teacher of the caliber
of Dr. Sweeney is our first Saldin Professor,” says CB
Dean Eric Spangenberg. “Dr. Saldin had a great
impact on accounting education in our College and,
very importantly, on the lives of the thousands of
students he taught. We’re very pleased to honor both
professors through this appointment. We also thank
the many accounting alumni and friends that made
the professorship a reality through their generous
support.”
Saldin commented from his Pullman home that
he is honored to have a distinguished professorship
created and named in his honor. He is pleased with the
naming of Sweeney to that position.
“It’s a great honor to hold this professorship with
Ted’s name on it,” says Sweeney. “Ted’s definitely a
legend around here for how he cared for his students.”
Sweeney’s teaching is primarily in the area of financial
accounting. He has amassed a lengthy publication
record in top accounting journals, including The
Accounting Review and Accounting, Organizations, and
Society. His recent research has examined the psychology
of moral and ethical development specific to the
accounting profession as well as organizational issues
important in the domain of public accounting, such as
burnout and stress.
Sweeney joined the WSU
faculty in 1998 and became
a full professor in 2004. He
earned his bachelor’s degree
in accounting from Quincy
University, his MBA from
Southern Illinois University,
and a doctorate in accounting/social
psychology from
the University of Missouri.
He is the recipient of Beta
Alpha Psi’s Outstanding
Teacher Award and has
served on the College
John Sweeney
Promotion and Tenure
Committee and the doctorate Curriculum Task Force.
Sweeney has recently been named the new chair of
the Department of Accounting, replacing Robert
Greenberg, who will return to teaching after leading
the department for seven years.
New Faculty Hires
Siew Chan, Accounting, Ph.D. University of Utah
Paul Clay, Information Systems, Ph.D. Indiana
University
Kun (Carl) Liu, Management and Operations,
Ph.D. University of Utah
Jill Zuber, Accounting, Ph.D. University of Arkansas
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