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Dr. A. Cruz has a vast experience in the areas of general business, management, accounting, and taxes. Her job experience has been in different segments of private industry, i.e., service, retailing, and manufacturing, as well as in the federal government sector, performing the function of a field examiner for the Internal Revenue Service. Throughout her yeas in academia, Dr. Cruz has made use of her real world experience to show the students the connection between the theory and its application in a business environment.
Specifically, her first involvement with service-learning was in her TAX 2000 class. By designing a new methodology of teaching and incorporating different procedures to the already existing course, she was able to create a service learning model that enhanced the students’ learning abilities and reinforced their civic and ethical responsibilities. She has been able to share the intricacies of this model with other colleges and universities. Other innovative projects developed by her have been in the areas of service learning in accounting, financial literacy, ethics, forensic accounting, learning communities, and cooperative learning
Education:
Associate of Arts Miami Dade College , 1974
Bachelor of Business Administration Florida International University , 1976
Master of Business Administration Saint Thomas Villanova University , 1985
Doctor of Business Administration Nova Southeastern University, 2003
Research:
Service Learning; moral development and ethical behavior.
Publications:
Co-author of a financial accounting practice case Nina decorating house (2 nd ed.) South-Western Publishing Co., 2005
The use of p.a.s.s. in financial accounting classes. Thomson-Learning Web eNewsletter, March 2004.
Civic responsibility, ethics, and integrity. Community College Journal, December/January 2002.
Co-author of a financial accounting case Nina decorating house. South-Western Publishing Co., 2002.
Using service-learning to motivate and engage accounting students. Business Education Forum, December 2001.
Dissertation:
The awareness of undergraduate and graduate accounting students to ethical issues in internal auditing. Unpublished doctoral dissertation, Nova Southeastern University , Fort Lauderdale. , 2003.
Contributor/Editor/Reviewer:
Financial and Managerial Accounting: The Basis for Business Decisions, 12/e, Williams, Haka, Bettner, and Meighs, reviewed in 2002; Financial Managerial Accounting, Warren, Reeve and Fess, 7 th edition, 2002; Hospitality Management Accounting 6 th edition, reviewed in 1996; Great ideas for Teaching Introductory Accounting, 1995; Hospitality Management Accounting, 5 th edition, reviewed in 1995; Financial and Accounting Managerial Accounting, Warren, Fess and Reeve, 4 th edition, 1994.
Presentations:
TESOL Conference, 2002; America Accounting Association (AAA), 2001; Florida Association of Accounting Educators, 2000; Citizens Advocacy Panel (CAP) Convention in Washington , D.C. , 1999.
Awards/Recognitions
IRS certificate for outstanding service, 2003; IRS certificate of recognition, 1994-2005; Nomination to the National Institute for Staff and Organizational Development (NISOD), 2003; The Wolfson Senior Foundation Endowed Teaching Chair, 2002; Learning Innovation Golden Apple Grant Award, 2002; Nomination to the Dorothy Shula Community Service Award, 2002; Plaque and recognition letters by Treasury and IRS officials for the services rendered to the Citizens Advocacy Panel (CAP), 2001; Nomination to the National Institute for Staff and Organizational Development (NISOD), 1999; MDC Ambassador of Goodwill, 1999; The Southeast Banking Corporation Foundation Endowed Teaching Chair, 1998; Recipient of two service-learning mini-grants, 1996-1997; Nomination to the MDC Student Organization Advisor of the Year, 1996; Student Leadership Award, 1995.
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