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John Ahern
Associate Professor
School of Accountancy and Management Information Systems (MIS)
1 E. Jackson Blvd.
DePaul Center 6013
Chicago, IL 60604
(312) 362-6624
jahern@depaul.edu

Academic Degrees


D.B.A. University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, Accountancy and Monetary Economics, 1976
M.B.A. DePaul University, Chicago, IL, Accountancy, 1967
B.S. DePaul University, Chicago, IL, Accountancy, 1965

Academic Experience


Associate Professor (most recent), DePaul University (1972 - Now).

Selected Publications

Article

Whittington, O., Graham, L., Fischbach, G., Ahern, J. (2006). Private Company Auditing: Advancing the Audit Documentation Standard. Journal of Accountancy,64-69.
Ahern, J., McEnroe, J., Murphy, E. (1991). Biting the Bullet: A Comprehensive Case Study of Microcomputer Integration. Journal of Accounting and Computers.
Ahern, J., Romano, P. (1978). Managing Profits in Inventory through R.O.I.. Management Accounting.
Ahern, J. (1997). Academic Problems in Business Education in the United States. New Technologies in Business Education.

Selected Consulting

2007: In May 2006, I was elected to the Board of Directors of Hub Internatio, Hub International Limited
2004: To assist in the reconstruction of Bosnia-Herezgovina, USAID issued a , United States Agency For International Development: Bosnia-Herezgovina (BiH)
2004: Engaged as an accounting expert in the case of Mark Wiley and Freedom , Thomas A. Pyrdek, Attorney

Selected Professional and Community Service

Advisor to a Professional Organization

2004: AACSB-International, Served as a member (Accounting Advisor) of a Peer Review Visitation Team for Nanyang Technical University

Committee / Task Force Member

2004: AACSB-International, Served as a member of the Accounting Accreditation committee.

Editor: Conference Proceedings

2003: Teaching Business Ethics, Eighth Annual International Conference on Promoting Business Ethics, Vol. 7, No. 3 (with M. Fleckenstein, M. Maury & P. Primeaux).

Other Professional Service Activities

2004: Fulbright Senior Scholars Program, Was appointed to the status of Candidate for the Fulbright Senior Scholars Program

Presentation: Local/Regional Practitioner Meeting

2002: Kazan State Institute of Economics and Finance

Member of a Committee

2004: Institute for Business and Professional Ethics, Served as a member of the Board of Directors of the IBPE
2003: Institute for Business and Professional Ethics

Other Community Service Activities

2002: Financial Service Volunteer Corps and the U.S. Agency for International Developement (USAID), During December, 2002 I voluntered for a project organized by the Financial Service Volunteer Corps and the United States Agency for International Developement (USAID). This project involved conducting an investigation in Bosnia-Herzegovina on the feasab