Dr. Dorothy A. McMullen

Associate Professor

• Email Address: mcmullen@rider.edu
• Phone: (609) 895-5518
• Office: Sweigart Hall 314
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• Mailing Address: 2083 Lawrence Road, Lawrenceville, NJ 08648

Research Interests: Fraudulent Financial Reporting; corporate governance: audit committees, accounting education
Teaching Interests: Auditing; accounting information systems; forensic accounting

Dr. McMullen has been a member of the Rider Community since 1991.   She teaches introductory courses, Accounting Information Systems, and Auditing.   She is the founder and past Advisor of the Epsilon Chapter of Beta Alpha Psi and currently is a member of the Catholic Campus Ministry Board. 

McMullen was recognized in the 2005 Who’s Who of America’s Teachers.   Her research interests are in the areas of fraudulent financial reporting and forensics, audit committees and corporate governance, and accounting education.   Her work has appeared in Issues in Accounting Education, Auditing a Journal of Theory and Practice, Journal of Accountancy, Accounting Horizons and Review of Accounting Information Systems.  She has served on the Editorial Boards of Journal of Accountancy, the Pennsylvania CPA Journal and Issues in Accounting Education.

She is a member of the American Institute of CPAs, Pennsylvania Institute of CPAs, and the American Accounting Association as well as the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners.

Background Information

• Doctor of Philosophy, 1992, Drexel University, Accounting, Statistics
• Master of Business Administration, 1986, Drexel University, Finance
• Bachelor’s of Science, 1977, LaSalle University, Accounting

• Sanchez, M. H., Haywood-Sullivan, M. E. , & McMullen, D. A. (2006). Which Certification is Right for Me? New Accountant, 717, 8-11.
• Haywood-Sullivan, M. E. & McMullen, D. A. (2006).  Looking for Revenue in All the Wrong Places? A Review of Recent Revenue Recognition Problems. Tennessee CPA Journal, 20-23.
• Haywood-Sullivan, M. E., McMullen, D., & Wygal, D. (2004).  Using Games to Enhance Student Understanding of Professional and Ethical Responsibilities. Issues in Accounting Education, 85-100.
• McMullen, D. A. & O'Reilly-Allen, M. (2002).  Internal Control Reporting and Users' Perceptions of Financial Statement Reliability. American Business Review, 100-107.

• McMullen, D.A. (2005, August). Using Games in Accounting Class.   Presented at American Accounting Association Annual Meeting, San Francisco, California.
• McMullen, D.A. & Haywood-Sullivan, M. E. (2003, August). The Joy of Cooking the Books: An Analysis of Recent Revenue Recognition Problems.   Presented at American Accounting Association National Meeting Poster Session, Oahu, Hawaii.
• McMullen, D.A. (2003, March). Looking for Revenue in All the Wrong Places: An Analysis of Recent Revenue Recognition Problems.   Presented at International Applied Business Research Conference, Charleston, South Carolina.

• 2006:  New Jersey Attorney General's Advocacy Institute, Presentation: Using Financial Documents in Conducting Investigations, Trenton, New Jersey (Regional).
• 2002:  Associated Press Newswire Report, “Tips to Restoring Accountings Respectability” – March 27, 2002 (National).
• 2002:  Bloomberg TV Enron Crisis, Interview, Comments used for AP Newswire Story Accounting Recommendation: Ten Steps Toward Restoring Respectability to Accounting, March 26, 2002 (National).

• 2007:  Rider University Forensic Accounting and Technology Conference, Auditing and Accounting: The Expectation Gap, Lawrenceville, New Jersey (Regional).
• 2003:  American Accounting Association Mid-Atlantic Regional Conference, Academic Implications of Corporate Fraud Disclosures (Regional).

• 2006:  Davis Fellowship.
• 2006:  Research Grant, Center for Business Forensics.
• 2005:  Summer Developmental Fellowship.
• 2005:  Who's Who of America's Teachers.
• 2002:  Contribution to Student Life SGA Award, Michelle McCormack Award