James Hansen is in his tenth year at Minnesota State University Moorhead
teaching principles of accounting
and auditing. He is a former
Associate Professor of Accounting at North Dakota State University.
He has been named Outstanding Accounting Educator by the NDSCPA's, Professor of
the Year in Accounting, a Bison Ambassadors Apple Polisher, and a Mortar Board
Preferred Professor.
Prior to his teaching career, he was
employed as an auditor for Arthur Andersen & Co., CPA's in Minneapolis, MN.
He is licensed as a CPA in North Dakota.
He received his Ph.D. in Accounting from the University of
Nebraska-Lincoln in 1993.
His research interests include auditor
decision making, auditor liability, and accounting education.
He has authored or co-authored several refereed articles published in the
Journal of Accountancy, The CPA
Journal, The Ohio CPA Journal, Journal of Forensic Accounting, Commentaries On
The Law of Accounting & Finance, Journal of Education for Business,
Accounting Instructors' Report, The Journal of Accounting Case Research, The
Journal of Legal Studies Education, NBDC Report, Journal of Business and Leadership:
Research, Practice, and Teaching, The Journal of 21st Century Accounting, New
Accountant, and Journal of Legal Studies in
Business. He also has several
applied publications–five of which have been published in the Dakota CPA,
refereed proceedings, and refereed paper presentations.
Hansen is Past-President of the Association of North Dakota Teachers of Collegiate Accounting. He has been a member of the North Dakota Society of CPA's CPE Committee, the Finance Chair for the Fargo Public Schools Senior Party, and the Treasurer and a Board member of the Red River Valley Volleyball Junior Olympic Program, Inc.
Hansen's book, An Interview With Roger Maris 30 Years Later - All Those Years Ago, published by SteroidFree Publishing in Fargo, ND, is available from the author.