Orrin Swift
Contact
Dr. Orrin Swift
Assistant Professor of Accounting
School of Accounting & Information Systems
Phone: (409) 880- 8388
Email: oswift@lamar.edu
Office: Galloway Business Building Room 256
M.B.A. University of Houston
B.B.A. Baylor University
Courses Taught
Bachelors:
Intro to Financial Accounting
Intro to Managerial Accounting
Courses taught, but not in the Schedule:
Managerial Accounting, University of Houston, Fall 2014
Government & Nonprofit Accounting, University of Houston, Spring 2016
Professional Experience
Academic Experience
Graduate Research Assistant, University of Houston (August, 2011 - May, 2016), Houston, Texas.
Non-Academic Experience
Accountant, Swaim, Hanagriff, & Associates, PC (August, 2009 - March, 2010), Liberty, Texas.
Service
Service to the Institution
Department Assignments
Other Institutional Service Activities:
2017 – 2019: Accounting & Business Law Department Newsletter Editor
College Assignments
Faculty Advisor:
2017-2018 – 2019-2020: Accounting Society
Member:
2020-2021: College of Business Strategic Planning (task force - Student Outcomes)
2019-2020: Multicultural Enhancement/Study Abroad Committee
2018-2019: Engagement & Innovation Committee
2016-2017 – 2017-2018: Engagement & Innovation Committee
Other Institutional Service Activities:
2016-2017 – 2018-2019: Commencement Marshal
Service to the Profession
Academic Conference: Moderator / Facilitator
2018 – 2019: American Accounting Association Southwest Regional Meeting. American Accounting Association Southwest Regional Meeting Coordinator. Responsibilities include: selecting papers for the conference, assigning reviewers to those papers, and processing reviews and scheduling for the meeting.
2017: American Accounting Association Southwest Regional Meeting. American Accounting Association Southwest Regional Meeting Coordinator. Responsibilities include: selecting papers for the conference, assigning reviewers to those papers, and processing reviews and scheduling for the meeting.
Service to the Community
Speech / Presentation at a Community Meeting
2016: Personal Finance Seminar for Seniors at Vidor High School, Provided a personal finance seminar for senior students at Vidor High School. The talk was designed to aid students in making decisions regarding credit, student loans, major purchases such as cars and homes, and investing activities.
Intellectual Contributions
Refereed Articles
- Badua, F., & Swift, O. (2020). Considering Risk Factors Related to Non-Profit Hospital Charity Care Cost Misstatements. Internal Auditing.
- Badua, F. (2017). Closing the Breach Internal Audit and Cybersecurity. Internal Auditing.
- Swift, O., & Colon, R. (2020). The Impact of Cyber Breaches on the Content of Cybersecurity Disclosures. Journal of Forensic and Investigative Accounting.
Presentations of Refereed Papers
- Swift, O. & Colon, R. (2019). Content Analysis of Cybersecurity Disclosures. 2019 Forensic Accounting Research Conference, St. Louis, Missouri.
- Swift, O. & Forgione, D. (2018, August). The Association of Charity Care Pricing With CFO and Board Member Backgrounds in Nonprofit Hospital. American Accounting Association Annual Meeting, Washington D.C., District of Columbia.
- Swift, O. (2017, March). Effects of Board Composition on Pricing of Charity Care Among Nonprofit Hospitals. American Accounting Association Government & Nonprofit Section Midyear Meeting, Long Beach, California.
- Swift, O. (2016, November). Effects of Board Composition on Pricing of Charity Care Among Nonprofit Hospitals. Nonprofit Management Alliance of Texas and Academic Affinity Group Meeting at The Bush School of Government & Public Service, Texas A&M, College Station, Texas.
Presentation of Non-Refereed Papers
- Swift, O. (2015). Effects of Board Composition on Pricing of Charity Care Among Nonprofit Hospitals. 2015 Accounting Ph.D. Rookie Recruiting & Research Camp- American Accounting Association, Miami, Florida.
