Clinical Professor of Accounting

Sajay Samuel received his Masters in Accounting and Ph.D in Business Administration from Penn State University in 1990 and 1995 respectively. Since then he has taught management accounting and related subjects to undergraduates, graduates, MBA’s and Executives over assignments that included stints at Bucknell University and the University of Connecticut . He returned to Penn State in 2003 and now teaches a capstone course to all undergraduate business majors titled, ‘Business and Industry Analysis’ He was awarded the 2006 Lester J. Shonto Faculty Award for Excellence in Accounting Education. Dr. Samuel’s research has been published in such scholarly journals as Accounting, Organizations and Society, Administration Science Quarterly, and Symbolic Interaction. His most recent work on accounting, technology and on the history of ideas, has appeared in three articles in the Encyclopedia of Science, Technology and Ethics (2005). His current research aims at clarifying the political implications of accounting practice. His studies in this area concern the political significance of administrative agencies (e.g., SEC) and professional associations (e.g., Accounting Profession) in liberal democratic polities. He has presented the early fruits of this work in France, Italy, Germany and England.

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Education

Ph.D. , Business Administration, Penn State University,  1995

M.S., Accounting, Penn State University,  1990

M. Comm., Finance & Banking, Bombay University,  1987

Courses

ACCTG 440, Advanced Management Accounting

BA521, Management Accounting (MBA, Exec-MBA)