Dr. Obeua S. Persons
- Email Address: persons@rider.edu
- Phone: (609) 895-5475
- Office: Sweigart Hall 345
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- Mailing Address: 2083 Lawrence Road, Lawrenceville, NJ 08648
Dr. Persons has been a member of the Rider Community since 1991. She teaches introductory accounting courses and the graduate level International Accounting course.
Persons has been a recipient of the Rider University Davis Research Fellowship and Summer Research Fellowship awards, and she researches primarily in the areas of international accounting and corporate governance. Her work has appeared in Review of Accounting and Finance, Mid-Atlantic Journal of Business, Multinational Finance Journal, and Journal of Business Case Studies. She has presented her research at the annual meetings of the American Accounting Association and at international conferences.
She is a member of the American Accounting Association, Multinational Finance Society, Financial Management Association and American Institute of Certified Public Accountants.
Background Information
- Doctor of Philosophy, 1991, University of Texas – Austin, Accounting, Statistics & Finance
- Master of Professional Accountant, 1985, University of Texas – Austin, Financial Accounting
- Bachelor’s of Arts, 1983, Chulalongkorn University, Thailand, Accounting
- Persons, O. S. (2007). The Effects of Different Sections and Students' Pre-course Interest on an Instructor's Teaching Evaluations. Journal of College Teaching and Learning, 4 (3), 51-55.
- Persons, O. S. (2007). Does a Classroom Physical Facility Affect Student Learning? Journal of the Academy of Business Education, 8, 61-66.
- Persons, O. S. (2006). The Effect of Fraud and Lawsuit Revelation on U.S. Executive Turnover and Compensation. Journal of Business Ethics, 64 (4), 405-719.
- Persons, O. S. (2006). Corporate Governance in Thailand: What Has Been Done Since the 1997 Financial Crisis? International Journal of Disclosure and Governance, 288-305.
- Persons, O. S. (2006). Corporate Governance and Non-Financial Reporting Fraud. Journal of Business and Economic Studies, 12 (1), 27-39.
- Persons, O. S. (2005). Relation Between the New Corporate Governance Rules and the Likelihood of Financial Statement Fraud. Review of Accounting and Finance, 4 (2), 125-148.
- Persons, O. S. (2005). Accounting Harmonization Case and Debate. Journal of Business Case Studies, 1 (3), 37-41.
- Persons, O.S. (2003, June). Executive Compensation Following the Revolution of Fraud and Lawsuits. Presented at European Applied Business Research Conference, Venice, Italy.
- Persons, O.S. (2005, June). The Effect of Fraud and Lawsuit Revelation on Executive Turnover and Compensation. Presented at IMA Annual Conference, Boston, Massachusetts.
- Persons, O.S. (2004, August). The Effect of Fraud and Lawsuit Revelation on Executive Turnover and Compensation. Presented at American Accounting Association Annual Meeting, Orlando, Florida.
- Persons, O.S. (2007, February). Does a Classroom's Physical Facility Affect Student Learning? Presented at American Accounting Association Southwest Regional Meeting, San Antonio, Texas.
- Persons, O.S. (2006, April). Teaching International Accounting as a Course and Across the Curriculum. Presented at American Accounting Association Mid-Atlantic Regional Meeting, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
- Persons, O.S. (2006, April). Corporate Governance in Thailand: What Has Been Done Since the 1997 Financial Crisis? Presented at American Accounting Association Mid-Atlantic Regional Meeting, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
- Persons, O.S. (2006, April). Does a Classroom's Physical Facility Affect Student Learning? Presented at American Accounting Association Mid-Atlantic Regional Meeting, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
- 2007: Davis Fellowship, Rider University College of Business Administration
- 2007: Paid Research Leave, Rider University.
- 2004: Summer Research Fellowship, Rider University.
- 2003: Paid Research Leave, Rider University. 2003: Best Paper Award at European Applied Business Research Conference.
