Barbara L. Adams, Ph.D., CPA

1 Barbara L. Adams, , CPA 106 Belcher Hall Office: 803-536-8980 South Carolina State University Education Degree Year University Field of Study 1981 Texas A & M University Accounting 1971 Atlanta University Accounting 1969 Fort Valley State College Business Administration (Accounting) 1979 Certified Public Accountant State of Texas Certificates of Completion 2007 Certificate of Completion The Art & Craft of Discussion Leadership (Case Teaching)

2 Harvard University 2005 Certificate of Completion The Experiential Classroom VI (Entrepreneurship), Syracuse University Primary Teaching Area: Accounting Year Hired: 1990 Tenure Status: Tenured Intellectual Contributions 2009 - 2013 Refereed Journal Publications Adams, Barbara (2013), Increasing Diversity and Developing a Pipeline of Minority CPAs, (Forthcoming in The CPA Journal). Adams, Barbara (2013), The Communication Gap: User Perceptions Of Assurance Communicated in the Standard Audit Report, (Under review at Accounting, Auditing and Accountability Journal). Adams, Barbara (2013), The Internal Control Management Plan: Key Phases of the SOX Compliance Process, (Under review at The CPA Journal). Adams, Barbara (2010), Using Game-Based Learning (GBL) to Enhance the Ethical Awareness of Business Students, Business Education Innovation Journal, , No.

3 2, (December). Masino, Anthony and Barbara Adams (2010), The Revised CPA Exam: What Can Be Said After 5 Years? Accounting Today, (July 27, 2010). Isaac, Tana, Ruth Uthman and Barbara Adams (2011), Perceptions of Corruption and Financial Transparency in Nigerian Banks, Bulldog Business Student Journal, Fall 2011, Winstead, Ann, Barbara Adams and Marion Sillah (2009) , A Curriculum to Enhance the Employability Skills of Business Graduates: The Case of a Leadership and Professional Development Program at a Southeast University, American Journal of Business Education, September/October, Volume 2, Number 5. Other Intellectual Activities Research in Progress Organizational Governance and Assurance Model: An Examination of Approaches Used by Different Organizations. Funded Grants Adams, Barbara (PI), Writing Across the Business Curriculum, Title III grant. Duration: October 2009 2011, $94,000.

4 Adams, Barbara (PI) and S. R. Londhe (Co-PI). Recruitment and Training of Under- Represented Minorities into Agribusiness Careers. Funded by the Cooperative State Research, Education and Extension Service (CSREES) of the Department of Agriculture. Duration: 09/01/2008 to 08/31/2010. $200,000. Applied Grants Adams, Barbara (PI), (2013), Developing an Innovation and Entrepreneurship Program, NCIIA Course and Program Grants, $50,000 (currently under review) Adams, Barbara and Evelyn Anderson (PIs) (2011), Organizational Governance and Assurance Model: An Examination of Approaches Used by Different Organizations, Institute of Internal Auditors, $50,000 (not funded) Editorial Boards and Reviewer 2010 present Executive Editor The Bulldog Business Student Journal 2008 present Editorial Review Board Accounting Educators Journal 2010 present Reviewer - Journal of Business Ethics 2007 present Reviewer Journal of Education for Business Professional Memberships 2008 present Institute of internal Auditors 2006 present Association of Fraud Examiners 1977 present American Accounting Association 1988 present South Carolina Association of Accounting Educators 1988 present South Carolina Association of Certified Public Accountants 1979 present American Institute of Certified Public Accountants Participation with Professional Organizations 2012 -2013 Treasurer, South Carolina Association of Accounting Educators