Billie M. Cunningham
Associate Teaching Professor
Accountancy
College of Business
Office:
349 Cornell Hall
University of Missouri
Columbia, MO 65211
Office Hours:
T: 2:30 PM - 4:30 PM, and by appointment
Phone: (573) 882-5665
E-Mail: cunningham@missouri.edu
Associate Teaching Professor. B.B.A. (1968), M.B.A. (1975), and Ph.D. (1980) from the University of North Texas. Professor Cunningham has received several awards for outstanding teaching, including a 2007 Williams-Keepers LLC Teaching Excellence Award in Accountancy, the 2005-06 Raymond F. and Mara A. O'Brien Excellence in Teaching Award, the 2003 Student-Athlete Advisory Council Most Inspiring Professor, the 2003 University Bookstore V.I.P (Very Influential Professor) Award, the 2000 College of Business Faculty Member of the Year, an Outstanding Faculty Award, presented by the Greek Councils of the University of Missouri, April 1998, and the 1995 Exemplary Accounting Educator Award from the Missouri Association of Accounting Educators. In addition, she was honored by 1998 Senior Class of the College of Business & Public Administration for Outstanding Contributions to Students. Professor Cunningham is the co-author (with Professor Loren Nikolai) of Accounting: Information for Business Decisions (Updated 2nd Edition textbook: Southwestern Publishing Company). In addition to conducting numerous workshops around the country on the use of writing exercises in accounting classes and on incorporating creative and critical thinking strategies into the accounting classroom, Professor Cunningham has published articles in professional journals, including Issues in Accounting Education, Journal of Accounting Education, Accounting Education: A Journal of Theory, Practice and Research, The CPA Journal, Research in Accounting Regulation, Management Accounting, Essays in Economic and Business History, The Community/Junior College Quarterly of Research and Practice Special Edition on College Teaching and Learning, and The Community/Junior College Quarterly of Research and Practice. She received the 1986-87 Outstanding Article Award from the Two-Year College Section of the American Accounting Association. In addition, she serves on the Editorial Review Board of Issues in Accounting Education. Professor Cunningham is a member of the American Accounting Association (AAA), in which she has served as Chair of both the Two-Year College Section and the Teaching & Curriculum Section. She has served on the AAA Accounting Education Advisory Committee, and as Vice-President and member of the Executive Committee of the AAA. Professor Cunningham has chaired or served on numerous Federation of Schools of Accountancy committees. She chaired the AICPA Core Competency Best Practices Task Force and served on the AICPA Pre-Certification Education Executive Committee. Professor Cunningham is an aerobics enthusiast and avid and slowly-improving golfer.
Publications
"Using Action Research to Improve Learning and the Classroom Learning Environment," Issues in Accounting Education, Vol. 23, No. 1, February 2008.
Accounting Information for Business Decisions by Billie Cunningham, Loren Nikolai, and John Bazley (South-Western Publishing Company, Updated 2nd ed., 2003), Textbook.
"Critical Thought on Critical Thinking Research"Journal of Accounting Education, Vol. 20, 2002, pp. 85 - 103. Wolcott, Susan, Baril, Charles, Cunningham, Billie David Fordham, Kent St. Pierre
"Energizing Your Teaching: A View from Deep in the Trenches""Issues in Accounting Education, Vol. May, 1999, pp. .
Critical Thinking in the Public Accounting Profession: Aptitudes and Attitudes, with C.P. Baril, D.R. Fordham, R.L. Gardner, and S.K. Wolcott, Journal of Accounting Education, Vol. 16, No. 3, October 1998.
"Using an Electronic Tutorial to Support Team Learning in Advanced Tax Accounting"Issues in Accounting Education, Vol. May, 1998, pp. . Parker, James
"How to Restructure an Accounting Course to Enhance Critical Thinking"Accounting Education: A Journal of Theory, Practice & Research, Vol. Vol. 1, 1996, pp. .
"Independent, Creative, & Critical Thinking 101"Accounting: A Newsletter for Educators, Vol. Vol. 2, No. 1, 1992, pp. .
The Impact of Writing in Learning Accounting, The Community/Junior College Quarterly of Research and Practice, Special Edition on College Teaching and Learning: Part I, July-Sept. 1991.
The Write Addition to Principles of Accounting Classes, Prentice Hall Accounting Forum, November 1991.
Trust or Antitrust for the Profession of Accountancy?, with Rasoul H. Tondkar and Edward Coffman, Research in Accounting Regulation, 1990.
The Telecourse as an Alternative to a Traditional In-Class Accounting Course, Community/Junior College Quarterly of Research and Practice, 1988.
New Developments in Summary Annual Reports, with Rasoul H. Tondkar and Edward Coffman, The CPA Journal, September 1988.
Blind Faith or Antitrust: A History of the Relationship Between the Learned Professions and Federal Antitrust Regulation. Essays in Economic and Business History, l986.
Accounting: Principles and Applications, Fifth Edition with Horace Brock and Charles Palmer (McGraw-Hill, l986), Textbook.
Financial Accounting: Principles and Applications, Fifth Edition; Horace Brock, Charles Palmer, and Billie Cunningham; (McGraw-Hill, l986), Textbook.
Accounting: Basic Principles, Fifth Edition; Horace Brock, Charles Palmer, and Billie Cunningham; (McGraw-Hill, l986), Textbook.
Users of Financial Reporting: An Investigation, with Duane R. Milano, Management Accounting, December 1983.