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First Name
Anne

Last Name
Sergeant

Email
[email protected]

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Title
Professor

Office
SCB 3018

Phone
(616) 331-7266

Department
School of Accounting

Expertise
• Data Management • Managerial Accounting • Revenue Management

Biography
Dr. Sergeant is a Professor at Grand Valley State University, where she teaches in the managerial and cost accounting areas. After receiving her PhD from the University of Arizona, she taught full-time at Iowa State and then part-time for GVSU, before returning full-time in 2008. She has published in the Journal of Banking and Finance, the Journal of Corporate Accounting and Finance, and Wise Traditions. Her paper, Interacting Biases, Non-Normal Return Distributions and the Performance of Parametric and Bootstrap Tests for Long-Horizon Event Studies, with Arnold Cowan was one of SSRN Top-10 downloaded papers and received Best Paper Award at the Midwest Finance Association Meetings. Her recent research focuses on the costs of IT and Disaster Recovery.

Education
PH.D., Accounting, Finance and Econometrics, University of Arizona. "The relation between accounting earnings and stock returns: a study of firms receiving a modified audit report." (1994). MBA, Accounting, University of Washington. (1988). BS, Physical Therapy, SUNY Buffalo. (1983).

Teaching Areas
Managerial Accounting Health-care Cost Accounting IT Cost Accounting

Publications
Sergeant, A., Ratliff-Miller, P., Yilmaz, R. (2012). Fuzzy logic cost-volume-profit analysis to assess product life-cycle profitability under uncertainty. American Accounting Association- Midwest Region: Midwest Region Meeting. Sergeant, A., Ratliff-Miller, P. (2012). Alliance Healthcare Network: Using a Balanced Scorecard to Motivate Change. IMA Educational Case Journal, 5(3), TN 1-10; CS 1-6. Sergeant, A., Cannon, D. (2012). Auditing students learning by teaching: A cash control project. American Accounting Association, Sarasota Fl: American Accounting Association Annual Meeting

Service
Community, Derby Lake Association, Financial Advisor, Board Member, approximately 15 hours spent per year, Hours, elected, Regional. (January 1, 2013 - May 31, 2013). College, Laker Experience Day, Student Recruiter, approximately 5 hours spent per year, Hours. (March 29, 2013)

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