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Kofi Appiah Okyere

Kofi Appiah Okyere

Director of Graduate Accounting Programs
Professor of Accounting Practice

315-443-3587
Room: 619
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Ph D, University of Wisconsin-Madison (Accounting)


Research Topics

  • Corporate governance
  • Financial reporting
  • Financial statement quality
  • Financial disclosure.

Financial Reporting and Financial Statement Analysis.

Awards and Honors

  • PwC Accounting Symposium Invitee - PriceWaterhouseCoopers LLP (2018)
  • EYARC 2017 Colloquium Award - Ernst & Young LLP (2018)
  • NACD Board Leadership Fellow - National Association of Corporate Directors (2018)
  • PwC Accounting Symposium Invitee - PriceWaterhouseCoopers LLP (2017)
  • EYARC 2017 Colloquium Award - Ernst & Young LLP (2017)
  • Board of Directors Excellence Award - The Summit FCU (2017)
  • Deloitte Foundation Trueblood Award - American Accounting Association (2017)
  • Accounting Roundtable - Member - McGraw-Hill Higher Education (2017)
  • Teaching Innovation Award - Whitman School of Management (2013)
  • Oberwager Award of Faculty Excellence - Whitman School of Management (2013)
  • Faculty of the Year Award - National Association of Black Accountants (2012)
  • Chancellor’s Award for Public Engagement and Scholarship - Syracuse University (2012)
  • Chancellor’s Award for Public Engagement and Scholarship - Syracuse University (2011)
  • The Ernst & Young Diversity and Inclusive Excellence Award for Faculty - Ernst & Young Foundation (2011)
  • Board of Directors Excellence Award - The Summit FCU (2010)
  • Chancellor’s Award for Public Engagement and Scholarship - Syracuse University (2010)
  • Chancellor’s Award for Public Engagement and Scholarship - Syracuse University (2009)
  • Teaching Innovation Award - Whitman School of Management (2009)
  • The Ernst & Young Diversity and Inclusive Excellence Award for Faculty (2009)
  • Trueblood Professor Award - Deloitte & Touche, LLP (2009)
  • Curriculum Development Award - Whitman School of Management (2007)
  • Microsoft Dynamics Academic Alliance Award - Microsoft Corporation (2007)
  • KPMG Foundation Faculty - KPMG Foundation & PhD Project (2006)
  • Outstanding Teaching Award - University of Wisconsin (2004)
  • George E. Frazer Project Assistantship Award - University of Wisconsin (2003)