Darin S Spencer (he/him)
Assistant Professor College of Hospitality & Business Department of Business Charlotte
Biography
Darin Spencer, PhD is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) with significant professional experience in audting, cost accounting, business strategy, and corporate financial management.
His passion is teaching. He has been an accounting educator more than 20 years and teaches accounting, business, finance, and management courses.
He earned a PhD – Business Administration (Accounting Specialization), a Master of Accountancy (MAcc), a Master of Business Administration (MBA), and a Bachelor of Science – Accounting from the University of North Carolina-Charlotte.
His research interest is behavioral research in accounting and finance.
Education
Courework – no degree, University of Scranton
Finance courses in the Master of Science – Finance degree (not complete)
PhD, Northcentral University – ACBSP-accredited
Business Administration
MBA, Pfeiffer University – ACBSP-Accredited
Business Administration
Master of Accountancy (MAcc), University of North Carolina – Charlotte – AACSB-accredited
Graduate degree in Accounting
BS, University of North Carolina – Charlotte
BS – Accounting
Certified Public Accountant (CPA)
Certified Public Accountant (CPA) North Carolina State Board of CPA Examiners (active status)
ACBSP Excellence in teaching award – chosen as a nominee from JWU Charlotte – application not submit to ACBSP after discontinuation of pursuit of accreditation
Johnson and Wales College of Business Charlotte
Nominated – JWU – Charlotte Instructor of the Year 2022
Johnson & Wales University
Professor of the Year (second of two years)
Catawba College
The Paul Fisher Award for Community Service
Catawba College
Outstanding Adjunct Instructor
Gardner-Webb University
President’s Award for Community Service
Catawba College
Professor of the Year (first of two years)
Catawba College
The Algernon Sydney Sullivan Award
Catawba College
The Kenneth Clapp Tri-Delta Award for Outstanding Dedication to the College
Catawba College