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• Associate Professor of Accountancy
• Director, Business Studies Program

Academic Background        

• Providence College, Providence, RI.  B.S. in Business/Accounting
• Northeastern University, Boston, MA.  MBA/Concentration in Accounting & Finance
• Certified Public Accountant
• Bryant College, Smithfield, RI. C.A.G.S. in Taxation.

Sample Courses Taught at Providence College

• Taxes for Business Decisions
• Financial Accounting
• Advanced Accounting
• Introductory Accounting I and II
• Intermediate Accounting I and II

Teaching Philosophy

I am passionate about teaching.  I strive to improve my students' learning experience and development of their critical thinking skills to prepare them for success in this rapidly changing and increasingly complex world.  This is crucial to prepare our students for a successful career in business. 

Unlike its perception, Accounting is a very dynamic discipline, and I try to portray to students its application in their lives and in the economy and business world.  Many students, particularly at the introductory level, think Accounting will be just all about numbers.  They initially want to memorize and resist being required to truly understand the big conceptual picture.  Therefore, I always strive to clearly explain the theory and applications before the concepts in class and the goals and objectives of each concept.  Students must learn to truly understand and be able to see implications.  I love teaching in my field and interacting with students.  This excitement about the field carries over into the classroom.  I constantly ask questions in class not only to involve students but also to enable students to think critically about new information.  It is my goal that students develop the ability to step back and see the larger picture in perspective. 

Over the years I have developed a variety of teaching techniques in order to reach a broader range of students.  I use "real world" business examples as often as possible to motivate students and to illustrate the application of theoretical concepts.   Students frequently work in groups, and I have an interactive teaching style.  We strive for a comfortable yet challenging learning environment.  I believe in challenging students to excel and stretch their minds.  I also believe that students need a supportive learning environment for them to reach their goals.

Students read the Wall Street Journal for class, and every class starts with a brief student PowerPoint presentation of an article relevant to class.  Students also use it to research their companies and competitors in addition to Lexis/Nexis, Internet, EDGAR SEC data base and various other web sites.  Students in my Taxes for Business Decisions class not only read and present from the Wall Street Journal but also do tax case research using the CCH database.          

Since no one knows what career field students may eventually decide to pursue,   I stress the need to be flexible, learn how to learn and be prepared for whatever the future may bring.  My basic advice to students is: "Strive to be as well rounded an individual as possible and to never lose sight of your faith.  Place fulfillment and a sense of accomplishment before financial rewards in choosing your career and/or position-only then will you find happiness."

Research & Interests

• Taxation, investments, financial planning including retirement and pension research, and financial accounting research

• Director, Business Studies Program, 1986-present.
• Outstanding Research Award from the Institute for Business and Finance Research’s GLOBAL Conference on Business and Finance on May 25, 2007 in Costa Rica for paper, Accounting Transparency for Post-Retirement Benefits: Could the New FASB Standard = Negative Equity?
• Innovative Strategies using the Wall Street Journal in the Classroom. This Effective Learning Strategy was nominated for and a finalist in 2006 for a new AICPA award (with Margaret Ruggieri) which recognizes successful practices in first course sequence in accounting and builds awareness of those practices among other accounting academics. 
• Davis Grant: Faculty Instructional Technology Grant for Incorporating Technology into Financial Accounting.   Presented poster session for this grant at the Second annual Instructional Technology Showcase. 
• The Wall Street Journal Integration Contest Spring 2006.  Runner-up.
• Co-sponsored (with Margaret Ruggieri) "The High School Educators Symposium: Connect Your Classroom to the World of Business" for 140 high school educators and guidance counselors, October 2003.

Publication Highlights

• “Municipalities Get A Healthy Dose of Reality” by Kelley, Ann and Ruggieri, Margaret.   The CPA Journal (April 2007).
• Accounting Transparency for Post Retirement Benefits: Could the New FASB Standard Result in Negative Equity? by Ann Galligan Kelley and Margaret P. Ruggieri. Global Journal of Business Research. Volume 1, Number 2   2007.
• Initiatives to Attract and Retain Accounting Majors: Successful Programs Sponsored by Providence College, co-authored with PC colleague, Margaret Ruggieri.   Research Journal of Business Disciplines Volume 10, February 2004. 
• Initiatives to Attract and Retain Accounting Majors: Successful Programs Sponsored by Providence College, Co-authored with Margaret Ruggieri.   Conference proceedings for 2/6/2004 Annual Meeting of the Mid-South Association of Business Disciplines (MSABD). 
• Saving for College Can be Less Taxing by Kelley, Ann, The CPA Journal. November 2002.
• Tax Planning When Debt is Canceled by Kelley, Ann. Faulkner & Gray  (Practical Accountant) and published in Faulkner & Gray’s Tax CPE as August 1995 CPE primarily for attorneys.
• Campus Cards on the Information Highway, NACUBO  (National Association of College & University Business Officers) by Kelley, Ann and Kelley, Charles.  January 1995.

Selected Scholarly Presentations and Activities

• Co-presented paper, Accounting Transparency for Post-Retirement Benefits: Could the New FASB Standard = Negative Equity? on May 25, 2007 in Costa Rica at the GLOBAL Conference on Business and Finance.
• Innovative Strategies for Incorporating the Wall Street Journal into the Classroom.  Co-presented Effective Learning Strategies poster session at the American Accounting Association national conference August 5-9, 2006 in Washington, DC.
• FRP: Fun, Rewarding & Profitable Project.  Co-presented Effective Learning Strategies poster session at the American Accounting Association national conference August 2005 in San Francisco, CA.
• The Magic of IRC Section 1031: Capital Gain Taxes are Deferred & Perhaps Disappear!   Paper presentation at the American Academy of Accounting & Finance Annual Meeting in November, 2004 in New Orleans, LA.
• Initiatives to Attract and Retain Accounting Majors: Successful Programs Sponsored by Providence College by Ruggieri, Margaret and Kelley, Ann.  Paper presentation at Conference Annual Meeting of the Mid-South Association of Business Disciplines (MSABD) in February 2004 in Jackson, Mississippi.  Also published in MSABD conference proceedings.
• On Critical Thinking, Part I.   Co-panelist,  Center for Teaching Excellence presentation on critical thinking, February 2002.   Summary presentation for the faculty from the 21st International Conference on Critical Thinking in Sonoma, California July 21-24, 2000. 
• Accounting for Long-Term Contracts: An Analysis of Current Practice.  Discussant for paper at the 1998 Annual Meeting of the Northeast Decision Science Institute.  
• The Overt Influence of Three Nineteenth Century Accountants on Accounting Education in the United States.  Discussant for paper and section moderator for 1998 annual meeting of the Northeastern Decision Science Institute.

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