Dr. Dawn W. Massey is Coordinator, Graduate Accounting Programs and Professor of Accounting at the Charles F. Dolan School of Business at Fairfield University where she teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in financial accounting practice and theory. A CPA, Dr. Massey received a Ph.D. in Accounting from the University of Connecticut. She also earned an M.B.A. in Finance as well as a B.S. in Accounting, both from Fordham University. Dr. Massey has published numerous articles in the areas of accounting ethics and pedagogy. She was the recipient (with Dr. Joan Van Hise) of the 2001 American Accounting Association Innovation in Accounting Education Award. In 2009, she and colleagues Dr. Michael Coyne and Dr. Joan Van Hise were recipients of a competitive grant from PricewaterhouseCoopers to fund incorporation of International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) into the Fairfield University accounting curriculum.