Thomas Buttross, Ph.D.

· Associate Professor of Accounting, Business Administration

Biography

Dr. Buttross joined Penn State Harrisburg in the summer of 2000 in the area of managerial and cost accounting. He has public accounting and prior teaching experience. He is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) and a Certified Management Accountant (CMA). He has published articles in various journals, especially the Journal of Accountancy and Management Accounting. He co-authored an article in the Winter, 2000, issue of Management Accounting and received a Lybrand Gold Medal, the highest annual award issued by the Institute of Management Accountants, for a publication in Management Accounting.

Research Interests

Advanced managerial accounting tools and techniques, especially target costing and activity-based costing/management.