Dr. Kaye Sheridan Appointed Interim Dean

To fill the position left by the passing of Dr. Don Hines, Dr. Ed Roach, Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost, appointed Dr. Kaye Sheridan, Director of the School of Accountancy at Troy University, as Interim Dean of the Sorrell College of Business. Dr. Sheridan has served as Troy University’s Director of the School of Accountancy since 2007.

Dr. Sheridan served as Head of the Departments of Accounting and Finance at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga from January 2003 until July 2007. Prior to entering a career in higher education, she practiced accounting for 15 years, including the positions of managing partner of a local firm in Prattville and Director of Accounting Services & Compliance Group with Ernst & Young in Mobile.

Dr. Sheridan completed the Doctor of Business Administration degree in Accounting at Mississippi State University in 1998. She earned a Master of Tax Accounting degree from the University of Alabama in 1989 and a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from Auburn University in 1983.

She has taught at Troy University, the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, Mississippi State University, LaGrange College and Mobile University. Dr. Sheridan’s research has been published in the Journal of Accountancy, Taxes-The Tax Magazine, CPA Journal, Ohio CPA Journal, Strategic Finance, National Public Accountant, Real Estate Taxation and the TSU Business and Economic Review. For the past ten years, she has co-authored the “Current Rulings and Cases” chapter in The National Income Tax Workbook, which is used by more than 30,000 tax practitioners each year.

Dr. Sheridan serves on the American Taxation Association’s Tax Policy Committee and Legal Research Committee and is a member of the American Accounting Association and the Alabama Society of CPAs.