Noah P. Barsky, Ph.D., CPA, CMA, is an assistant professor of accountancy in the College of Commerce and Finance at Villanova University. Professor Barsky received his B.S. and M.S. in accounting from Penn State University and his Ph.D. from the University of Connecticut. He joined the faculty at Villanova University in 1998. Professor Barsky has taught a variety of financial and managerial accounting courses at four different universities. While he was a doctoral candidate at the University of Connecticut, he was recognized as an American Accounting Association Doctoral Consortium Fellow and a recipient of the Accounting Teaching Excellence Award. Professor Barsky is an active member of the American Accounting Association and the Institute of Management Accountants. He has given research presentations at numerous national meetings of academic and professional associations. He has also authored two books and published articles in the Journal of Accounting, Auditing and Accountability, The Pennsylvania CPA Journal, and Managerial Finance.