About Me

I am Richard J. Harshman Professor of Accounting in the Department of Accounting & Taxation, Rockwell School of Business at Robert Morris University. I am also the Department Head that serves 350+ graduate and undergraduate students in accounting and 20+ full-time and part-time faculty members – having the opportunity to work with my outstanding faculty to achieve something great is genuinely fantastic! Before I joined RMU, I was a faculty member at the University of Michigan-Flint for nine years. My teaching and research interests are in accounting information systems and the behavioral implications of new technologies in accounting and education.

Career Highlights

Pennsylvania CPA Foundation Board of Directors, 2023-2025
President of the American Accounting Association Mid-Atlantic Region, 2021-2022
Led the department’s initiative to pursue the AACSB’s Accounting Accreditation in 2021.
RMU’s Faculty Global Engagement Award recipient.
RMU School of Business Teaching Innovation Award receipient.
Ranked #45 researcher worldwide in AIS research utilizing experimental methodology in the BYU Accounting Rankings 2021.
Associate Editor of the Journal of Applied Accounting Research, 2018-2020.