Renee Flasher, Ph.D.

Renee Flasher, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Accounting, School of Business Administration
Professor-in-Charge, Master of Professional Accounting
Program Coordinator, Graduate Certificate in Accounting
World Campus Accounting Coordinator
Olmsted Building, E355
E355 Olmsted Building
777 West Harrisburg Pike
Middletown, PA 17057

Dr. Renee Flasher has been teaching and researching at Penn State Harrisburg since August 2018. Prior to moving to Central Pennsylvania, she taught at Ball State University and received her PhD from Penn State University, main campus. She worked in industry as an external financial and information technology auditor, and internal auditor prior to transitioning to academia. She obtained a bachelor and master’s degree in accounting from Case Western Reserve University. She enjoys teaching government and non-profit accounting, forensic accounting, and information technology auditing and supporting students as they begin their accounting careers. She has published a variety of articles around fraud, standard setting, sustainability, and gender equality in a range of publications from practitioner to top 40 journals.

Specifically, Dr. Flasher has published in the Journal of Accounting Education, Current Issues in Auditing, Journal of Business Ethics, Journal of Public Budgeting, Accounting & Financial Management, Journal of Forensic & Investigative Accounting, and Fraud Magazine.

Professional Affiliations:

  • American Accounting Association (AAA)
  • Institute of Management Accountants (IMA)
  • Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (ACFE)
  • Ethics
  • Standard setting
  • Fraud enforcement resources
  • Data breaches/privacy

Lau, M., Flasher, R., & Didia, L. (2024). The case of tenure and promotion: an examination of Title VII and minoritized faculty representation. Studies in Higher Education, 1-19.

Flasher, R., Didia, L., & Skomra, J. (2023). Leave it in! Analyzing the responses to a proposal to remove governmental accounting from the certified public accountant examination. Journal of Public Budgeting, Accounting & Financial Management. https://doi.org/10.1108/JPBAFM-09-2022-0148

Flasher, R., Myring, M., & Peng, C. (2023). Impact on Corruption from Enforcement Around Personal Financial Disclosure. Journal of Forensic and Investigative Accounting, 15(1), 40-53.

Flasher, R., Shirley, S., & Higgins, J. P. (2022). The structure of state auditor functions in the fight against corruption. Current Issues in Auditing, 16(1), A18-A26.

Didia, L. N., & Flasher, R. (2021). Beyond the top seven firms: Gender diversity of audit firm partners and their undergraduate accounting faculty. Journal of Accounting Education, 56, 100739.

Flasher, R., Lau, M., & Marshall, D. (2020). Going GAGAS for Due Process: Examining Yellow Book Standard Participation. Journal of Public Budgeting, Accounting, and Financial Management. https://doi.org/10.1108/JPBAFM-08-2019-0129

Flasher, R., Luchs, C. K., & Souza, J. L. (2018). Sustainability assurance provider participation in standard setting. Research in Accounting Regulation, 30(1), 20-25.

Cheng, C., & Flasher, R. (2018). Two short case studies in staff auditor and student ethical decision making. Issues in Accounting Education Teaching Notes, 33(1), 28-37.

Flasher, R., & Lamboy-Ruiz, M. A. (2017). Impact of Enforcement on Healthcare Billing Fraud: Evidence from the USA. Journal of Business Ethics, 1-13.

Flasher, R., Janes, T., & Wright, G. (2017). Number Generation Patterns Associated with Innate Characteristics. Journal of Forensic & Investigative Accounting, 9(2).

BS (CWRU); MS (CWRU); Ph.D. (Pennsylvania State University)

ACCT 834 IT Auditing
ACCT 532 Accounting Information Systems
ACCTG 462 Government and Non-Profit Accounting
ACCTG 483 Forensic Accounting
ACCTG 403 Auditing