Faculty/Staff Directory

First Name
Tyler

Last Name
Ricco

Email
[email protected]

Title
Assistant Professor

Office
SCB 3040

Phone
(616) 331-7451

Department
School of Accounting

Expertise
• Financial Reporting Quality • Data Analytics

Biography
After earning his bachelor’s degree in accounting from the University of Alabama - Birmingham in/2008, Tyler worked two busy seasons as a tax accountant and a decade as an analyst and manager in the healthcare sector. He recently completed his Ph.D. at Florida Atlantic University and has joined the School of Accounting as an Assistant Professor of Accounting. His teaching interests include managerial accounting and data analytics, and he has experience teaching financial accounting. Tyler draws on his professional background to connect accounting concepts to real-world applications and prepare students for a career in business. His current research focuses on neurodivergent individuals in the business workforce and he has a keen interest in how rapidly evolving technologies shape both the accounting profession and accounting education.

Education
PhD in Business Administration (focus on Accounting), Florida Atlantic University (2025) BS in Accounting, University of Alabama-Birmingham (2008)

Teaching Areas
Managerial Accounting Financial Accounting

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