Fundamental Accounting Principles (22nd Edition) – eTextBook

About The Author

Barbara Chiappetta

Professor Barbara Chiappetta (1942-2018) received her BBA in Accountancy and MS in Education from Hofstra University and was an emeritus tenured full professor at Nassau Community College. For many decades, Barbara been an active executive board member of the Teachers of Accounting at Two-Year Colleges (TACTYC), serving 10 years as vice president and as president from 1993 through 1999.

Professor Chiappetta had been inducted into the American Accounting Association Hall of Fame for the Northeast Region. She has also received the Nassau Community College dean of instruction’s Faculty Distinguished Achievement Award. She was honored with the State University of New York Chancellor’s Award for Teaching Excellence. As a confirmed believer in the benefits of the active learning pedagogy, Barbara has authored Student Learning Tools, an active learning workbook for a 1st-year accounting course.

John J. Wild

Dr. John J. Wild is a distinguished professor of accounting at the University of Wisconsin at Madison. He previously held appointments at Michigan State University and the University of Manchester in England. He received his BBA, MS, and PhD from the University of Wisconsin.

Wild teaches accounting courses to students at both the undergraduate and graduate levels. He has received numerous teaching honors, including the Mabel W. Chipman Excellence-in-Teaching Award and the departmental Excellence-in-Teaching Award, and he is a two-time recipient of the Teaching Excellence Award from business graduates at the University of Wisconsin. He also received the Beta Alpha Psi and Roland F. Salmonson Excellence-in-Teaching Award from Michigan State University. John has received several research honors, is a past KPMG Peat Marwick National Fellow, and is a recipient of fellowships from the American Accounting Association and the Ernst and Young Foundation.

Dr. Wild is an active member of the American Accounting Association and its sections. He has served on several committees of these organizations, including the Wildman Award, Outstanding Accounting Educator Award, National Program Advisory, Publications, and Research Committees. John is author of Managerial Accounting, College Accounting, and Financial Accounting all published by McGraw-Hill Education.

Dr. Wild's research articles on accounting and analysis appear in Journal of Accounting and Economics; The Accounting Review; Journal of Accounting Research; Journal of Accounting, Auditing and Finance; Journal of Accounting and Public Policy; Contemporary Accounting Research; and other journals. Dr. Wild is past associate editor of Contemporary Accounting Research and has served on several editorial boards including The Accounting Review.

Ken Shaw

Professor Ken Shaw’s teaching and research interests are in financial accounting and corporate governance. Ken's research has been published in leading academic journals in finance, accounting, and management, including Journal of Accounting Research; The Accounting Review; Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis; Contemporary Accounting Research; Journal of the American Taxation Association; Strategic Management Journal; Journal of Accounting, Auditing and Finance; Journal of Financial Research; Review of Quantitative Finance and Accounting; Accounting Horizons; Research in Accounting Regulation; Journal of Business, Finance, and Accounting; Journal of Financial Statement Analysis; Journal of Business Research; and others.