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Part-Time Assistant Professor, Accounting and Finance

Pictured is Edward Scott, George Rowland White Endowed Assistant Professor Accounting and Finance.Contact Information

Education

  • Bachelor of Science, Accounting, Point Park University
  • Executive MBA, Texas Christian University
  • Ph.D., Oklahoma State University

Courses Taught

  • Introductory Accounting I and II
  • Intermediate Accounting II
  • Managerial Accounting
  • Accounting for Managers
  • Corporate Finance
  • Business Analytics (MBA)

Background

Edward Scott, CPA, MBA, is a part-time assistant professor in the Rowland School of Business at Point Park University. Scott teaches undergraduate and graduate accounting and finance classes.

Scott began his career in accounting as a staff auditor at Deloitte & Touche. He also taught accounting in Pittsburgh for six years at Allegheny Community College. A former president of the Pittsburgh chapter of the National Association of Black Accountants, Scott later became accounting manager and economic development officer at the Urban Redevelopment Authority, then finance director at the Housing Authority, for the City of Pittsburgh. Scott left Pittsburgh in 1998 to become capital investment accounting director for Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway, one of the two largest railroads in the United States. He went on to assume executive positions for the Kansas City Southern Railroad, where he had the opportunity to expand his accounting expertise into the area of procurement.

Leadership Experience and Professional Activities

  • National Association of Black Accountants, past president of Pittsburgh Chapter
  • Kansas City Chamber of Commerce Diverse Business Connection program, Board of Advisors
  • Holy Family Institute in Pittsburgh, Pa., Board of Trustees

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