Research Interests
- Accounting for Employee Benefits, Auditing, Financial Accounting, Pensions
Ph.D., The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
M.A., The University of Central Florida
B.A., The University of Central Florida
Certified Public Accountant (CPA) – Florida
Centennial Celebration Award, American Accounting Association. (2016).
Outstanding Paper, American Accounting Association – Western region. (2016).
Outstanding Service Award, American Accounting Association. (2015).
Celebrate Success, University of Alabama. (2013).
FSA/Joseph A. Silvoso Faculty Merit Award, Federated Schools of Accountancy. (2013).
Editorial Review Board Member, Journal of Government & Nonprofit Accounting. (January 2017 – Present)
Editorial Review Board Member, Journal of Accounting & Public Policy. (August 2015 – December 2017).
Editorial Review Board Member, Accounting Horizons. (April 2015 – Present).
Officer, Accounting Historians Society (Trustee).
Officer, Association of International Certified Professional Accountants. (2016 – 2018).
Officer, American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. (2015 – 2018).
Board of Directors, American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. (2017).
Board of Directors, Association of International Certified Public Accountants. (2017).
Appointed to Board of Trustees of the Foundation, American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. (2015).
Elected to Board of Directors, American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. (2015).
Education Committee, Alabama State Society of CPAs. (2015).
Stone, M. S., Beck, A. (2017). Why Municipalities Go Out of Business? Journal of Government Financial Management, 17(02).
Stone, M. S., Beck, A. (2017). Why municipalities fail: Implications for Uncertainty Disclosure. Research in Accounting Regulation, 29(1).
Stone, M. S., Flesher, D., Previts, G. J., Foltin, C. (2017). State and Local Government Pensions at the Crossroads. The CPA Journal, LXXXVII(4), 42 – 51.
Robbins, W. A., Stone, M. S. (2014). New GASB Rules for Pensions: Preparing to Educate Government Stakeholders. Journal of Government Financial Management, 63 (3), 26-31.
Stone, M. S., Attmore, R. (2015). Key to Taxpayers Understanding Government Pension Plan Reporting Changes. ICAM.