A “Boomer Sooner” at heart,
Scott Whisenant, joins the accounting area as an associate professor at the
University of Kansas School of Business.
For the last 11 years,
Whisenant taught at the University of Houston.
He began his teaching career in 1997 at Georgetown (McDonough School)
and also was a visiting faculty at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Sloan
School). Whisenant attended Texas A&M
for his bachelor degree, and completed his master of accounting and doctorate
degrees at the University of Oklahoma.
Although he is warming up to
becoming a Jayhawk sports fan, he is excited to be surrounded by extremely
talented faculty members who are also dedicated to research similar to his
areas of expertise.
“From a research perspective,
this was one of the best places I could be.
KU has a great reputation around the world for its audit market focus in
accounting research,” Whisenant said.
He teaches Advanced Auditing
to graduate students, and tries to bring to the classroom skill sets learned
from his past experience as an auditor.
His class focuses on exposing students to the challenges in auditing and
financial reporting of accounting for complex business transactions and
events.
“My goal in my class is to
enhance each student’s critical thinking and problem-solving capabilities,”
Whisenant said.
