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Clare Burns

Clare Burns

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Ms. Clare Burns
Director of the M.S.A. Program
Instructor of Accounting
School of Accounting & Information Systems

Phone: (409)880-8626
Email: burnscd@lamar.edu
Office: Gallowy Business Building Room 215
Office Hours: MW 9-11am TTHU 2:30- 3:45pm

M.B.A.  Lamar University
Certified Public Accountant

Courses Taught

Masters:

Advanced Auditing 

M.B.A.:

Financial & Managerial Accounting Foundations 

Bachelors:

Intermediate Accounting I 
Intro to Financial Accounting 
Introduction to Auditing
Professional Accountancy Capstone
Special Topics in Management

Professional Experience

Academic Experience 

Director of Masters of Science in Accounting, Lamar University (2011 - Present), Beaumont, Texas.
Instructor of Accounting, Lamar University (2006 - Present), Beaumont, Texas.

Non-Academic Experience 

Experienced Audit Manager, Arthur Andersen & Co. (July, 1986 - February, 1996), Houston, Texas. Full-time auditor from July 1986-December 1994
Part-time auditor/consultant from December 1994-February 1996

Consulting 

2011-2014:  Little Cypress - Mauriceville CISD, District Education Improvement Committee, Business Representative

2008-2014:  Goodwill Industries of Southeast Texas and Southwest Louisiana, Finance Committee

2009-2012:  Goodwill Industries of Southeast Texas and Southwest Louisiana, Governance Committee

2008:  Goodwill Industries of Southeast Texas and Southwest Louisiana, Governance Committee

2007:  Little Cypress - Mauriceville CISD, District Education Improvement Committee, Business Representative

2007:  Goodwill Industries of Southeast Texas and Southwest Louisiana, Finance Committee

2006:  Little Cypress - Mauriceville CISD, District Education Improvement Committee, Business Representative

2004-2005:  Little Cypress - Mauriceville, District Education Improvement Committee, Business Representative

2003:  Little Cypress - Mauriceville, District Education Improvement Committee, Business Representative

Service

Professional Service 

Advisor
2014 – 2017:  Carrie Lutcher Brown Foundation (Local).

2015:  Little Cypress-Mauriceville CISD - District Education Improvement Committee, Orange, Texas (Local).  Business Representative

2011 – 2012:  First Presbyterian Church - Lemaster Committee, Orange, Texas (Local).

2011 – 2012:  Frances Ann Lutcher Foundation, Orange, United States of America (Local).  Frances Ann Lutcher Trustee Chairman

2011:  First Presbyterian Church of Orange, Orange, Texas (Local).  Frances Ann Lutcher Trustee Chairman

Board of Directors: Substantial Involvement
2011 – 2016:  Goodwill Industries of Southeast Texas and Southwest Louisiana (Regional).  Advisory Board/Finance Committee/Governance Committee

Board Member: Board of Trustees
2011 – 2012:  First Presbyterian Church of Orange (Local).

2010:  First Presbyterian Church of Orange.
2009:  First Presbyterian Church of Orange.  Advisor to Finance Committee
2007:  First Presbyterian Church of Orange.  Advisor to Finance Committee

 

Institutional Service 

Department Assignments

Assurance of Learning - Institutional Service:
2020:  Revised the M.S.A. Internship Employer evaluation form to obtain more relevant information for assessment purposes.  
2020:  Recommended revisions to the ACCT 2301 common questions and received approval from accounting department faculty.  
2020:  Assessed the oral communication goal for ACCT 5330 students.  
2020:  Facilitated the Teamwork exercise in ACCT 5330  
2008-2009:  Accounting 2301 Coordinator  

 

Member:
2017-2018 – 2019-2020:  Accounting Department Scholarship Committee  
2014-2015 – 2015-2016:  Accounting Search Committee  

 

Mentoring Activities:
2020:  Mentored students regarding interviewing skills, career choices and successful completion of the CPA Exam  

 

Other Institutional Service Activities:
2020:  Organized Employer Informational  
2019:  Cardinal View  
2015-2016 – 2020-2021:  Attendee at Beta Alpha Psi events  
2012-2013 – 2019-2020:  M.S.A. Director  
2009-2010 – 2019-2020:  Accounting 2301 Coordinator  

 

Student placements:
2019 – 2020:  Student recommendations for internships and jobs  
2019:  Networking with various companies for student internships  

 

Writing Student Recommendations:
2017-2018 – 2019-2020:  Student recommendation letters for scholarships and Ph.D. programs  
2015 – 2016:  Undergraduate and Graduate students  

 

College Assignments

Assurance of Learning - Institutional Service:
2020:  Presented and received approval from the COB assessment committee for the M.S.A. Information Technology learning goal.  
2014 – 2015:  Exit Exam Committee Member  
2010-2011 – 2015-2016:  Program Assessment Project  

 

Member:
2020-2021:  College of Business Strategic Planning (task force - Curricular Programming)   2
019-2020 – 2020-2021:  Accreditation & Assessment  
2019-2020:  Graduate Programs  
2017-2018:  Graduate Program Committee  
2015-2016 – 2016-2017:  Graduate Programs Committee  
2012-2013 – 2014-2015:  Student-Faculty Relations Committee Lamar University  
2011-2012:  Undergraduate Curriculum Committee  
2007-2008 – 2010-2011:  Undergraduate Curriculum Committee Lamar University  

 

Mentoring Activities:
2005-2006:  Shop Lamar  

 

Other Institutional Service Activities:
2020:  Attended FEI Houston Academic Honors Day Meeting/Dinner on behalf of LU COB with student recipient Marcos Lerma  
2020:  Coordinated with University personnel and students on various scholarships including the Financial Executive Institute Scholarship and Edwin Vallery Scholarship.  
2020:  Developed topics and organized participating firms for Soundbites for Success ( last minute cancellation due to COVID)  
2019-2020:  COB Team - Gift of Life Ribbon Run  
2016:  Lamar Preview Day  
2007-2008 – 2008-2009:  Beta Gamma Sigma  
2009-2010 – 2020-2021:  Beta Gamma Sigma Treasurer  

 

Writing Student Recommendations:
2010-2011 – 2011-2012:  Accounting Department  

 

Member:
2016:  University Professor/Merit Award Selection Committee  
2015:  Search Committee - M.B.A. Associate Director  
2014-2015:  Strategic Planning Committee  
2006-2007:  Undergraduate Curriculum Committee  

 

University Assignments

Committee Member:
2017:  Evaluation Committee - RFP - Auditing Services  
2013-2014:  Student-Faculty Relations Committee   
2007-2008 – 2019-2020:  Honors Council  
2010-2011 – 2012-2013:  Admissions Committee  
2006-2007 – 2008-2009:  Lamar University Alumni Advisory Board  

  

Other Institutional Service Activities:
2019-2020:  Provost Kickoff - Presented XTuple your Pass Rates: Program Development, Course Innovation and Reformed Delivery Methods to Department Chairs with Dr. Frank Badua  
2018-2019:  Accounting Department Representative at Hall of Fame Luncheon  

 

Community Service 

Member:
2010:  Little Cypress Junior High, Campus Improvement Committee
2007 – 2009:  Little Cypress Junior High, Campus Improvement Committee
Other Community Service Activities
2015 – 2016:  Orange County Aggie Mothers' Club - Treasurer 

Intellectual Contributions

Referred Articles

  • Badua, F., Swift, O., & Burns, C. (2020).  Considering Risk Factors Related to Non-Profit Hospital Charity Care Cost Misstatements.   Internal Auditing.
  • Badua, F., Burns, C., & Sharifi, M. (2018).  Objectives, Assertions, and Workpapers: Structuring and Documenting Social Accounting And Audit.   Internal Auditing.
  • Badua, F., Burns, C., & Sharifi, M. (2017).  Using the Feedback Loop to Structure a Strategy Audit.   Internal Auditing.
  • Burns, C. D., Moss, G. J., & Moss, J. D. (2009).  Instructional Case: Java & Holes.   Journal of Business Case Studies, 5 (3), 27-32.

Refereed Proceedings 

  • Badua, F., & Burns, C. (2016).  They Can Count Beans, Now How About Writing and Critical Thinking.   AAA 9th Annual Conference on Teaching and Learning in Accounting.
  • Badua, F. A. & Burns, C. D. (in press, 2016).  Tripling the Pass Rate: How an Accounting Program in a US State University Increased the CPA Exam Pass Rate Among Its Students.   AAA 9th Annual Conference on Teaching and Learning in Accounting.
  • Fraccastoro, K., & Burns, C. (2010).  Factors Influencing Success for Students Repeating Accounting Principles.   Allied Academies International Conference.
  • Fraccastoro, K., & Burns, C. D. (2009).  Student Success Factors in Financial Accounting.   Allied Academies International Conference.

Presentation of Non-Refereed Papers 

  • Woodcock, D., Colon, R., Rose, D., & Burns, C. (2015, March). Bringing Sexy Back: Fraudulent Financial Reporting Continues to Affect Businesses, but this Time Regulators are on the Lookout.   2015 Mid-Year Forensic Accounting Conference, Denver, Colorado.