Dr. W. Mark Wilder, Dean
Dr. Kendall O. Bowlin
Dr. Judith Cassidy
Dr. James W. Davis
Dr. Rick Elam
Dr. Dale L. Flesher
Dr. Tonya Flesher
Dr. Howard Lawrence
Ms. Suzanne McCaffrey

Dr. Duffy Morf
Dr. Dave L. Nichols
Dr. Annette Pridgen
Dr. William R. Rhodes
Dr. J Shaw
Dr. Morris H. Stocks
Mr. Charles Walker
Dr. Karl Wang
Dr. Mitchell R. Wenger

Staff

Mr. Robert L. Bradford
Ms. Heather Chance
Ms. Tania Hatfield
Ms. Carol Anne Marion
Ms. Erin F. Miller
Ms. Elisabeth Mills

Dr. J Riley Shaw, Assistant Professor
204D Conner
(662) 915-5446
jrshaw@olemiss.edu
Dr. J Shaw earned his Ph.D. in accounting from Oklahoma State University in July 2002. His primary research interests are in the areas of capital markets and financial reporting.  He is also interested in tax issues and specifically the tax aspects of aircraft ownership.  He has articles published in Advances in Taxation, The Journal of Legal Tax Research, The Journal of International Accounting Research, Taxes-The Tax Magazine, Managerial Finance, and The International Journal of Accounting Literature.  Dr. Shaw was selected as the Outstanding Researcher in the Patterson School of Accountancy for 2004-2005.

Dr. Shaw has taught eight courses at The University of Mississippi.  He has taught Principles of Accounting I and II, Intermediate Accounting I and II, Federal Income Taxes I and II, Governmental Accounting, and a Ph.D. seminar in Financial Accounting and Capital Markets.  He was selected by accountancy students as the 2005-2006 Patterson School of Accountancy Outstanding Teacher.

Dr. Shaw is the Faculty Advisor for Beta Alpha Psi.  He serves on the University’s Undergraduate Council, and has previously served on Faculty Senate.  He has served on a University-wide Quality Enhancement Plan development committee.  He is the current Editor of the newsletter for the Teaching, Learning, and Curriculum Section of the American Accounting Association.  He was the former Chair of the Committee on Teaching and Curriculum for the International Accounting Section of the American Accounting Association.  He has presented topics covering the tax aspects of aircraft ownership at the Patterson School of Accountancy’s Accountancy Weekend and the Mississippi Tax Institute.

Prior to his doctoral program, Dr. Shaw was Manager of Federal Income Taxes in the Tax Department of Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. located in Bentonville, Arkansas, and he began his accounting career in the Tax Department of the Tulsa office of Arthur Andersen & Co. Dr. Shaw holds a B.S. in Business Administration and a M.S. in Accounting, both from Oklahoma State University.