University of Arkansas at Little Rock

Dr. Dearman is an Associate Professor of Accounting.

Contact Information

Email	dtdearman@ualr.edu
Office Phone	(501) 569-8888
Office Fax	(501) 683-7021
Location	RBUS 232

Education

• Doctor of Philosophy in Accounting, The University of Memphis, August 1998

         o Major: Accounting

         o Minor: Psychology

         o Dissertation Title:  Cognitive Adaptation

           To Changes in Accounting Information

           Systems.

• Master of Business Administration, Arkansas State University, August 1978
• Bachelor of Science in Accounting, University of Arkansas at Little Rock, August 1976

Research

• “Ethical issues in Accounting Research: Inducing and Rewarding Strategic Misrepresentation” forthcoming, Ethics and Behavior, Volume 18, Number 2 (June, 2008), with James Beard, University of Arkansas-Fort Smith.
• “Reducing Accounting Fixation: Determinants of Cognitive Adaptation to Variation in Accounting Method” Contemporary Accounting Research, 22(2): 351-384 (2005), with Michael D. Shields, Michigan State University.
• “Managers’ Cost Experience, Cost Knowledge, and Cost-Based Judgment Performance,” Journal of Management Accounting Research, 13:1-18(2001), with Michael D. Shields, Michigan State University.
• “Introduction To Accounting Information Systems: The AIS Spreadsheet Project” in A Compendium of Classroom Cases and Tools, C. Frownfelter-Lohrke and C. Strand, eds. (2003) American Accounting Association.
• Test Bank to accompany Management Accounting: A Business Planning Approach, Noah P. Barsky and Anthony H. Catanach, Jr., Houghton Mifflin Company, 2004.

Courses

• ACCT 2330 Principles of Accounting II
• ACCT 3330 Intermediate Cost/Managerial Accounting
• ACCT 4351 Auditing Theory and Practice 1

Professional Memberships