Intermediate Accounting

For the intermediate accounting course

Help your students think like accountantsGÇôfrom the first day of class, throughout their careers

Thinking like an accountant isnGÇÖt just rote memorization of accounting rules. Rather, itGÇÖs developing the judgment and decision-making skills needed to form accounting estimates and evaluate financial statements critically. With its focus on Conceptual Framework fundamentals and critical thinking, Gordon, Raedy, and SannellaGÇÖs Intermediate Accounting give students opportunities to develop problem-solving skills, apply their judgment, and work with real company financialsGÇöall of the skills necessary to succeed in the course, and beyond. After mastering these essential skills, students will not only be prepared to pass the CPA exam, theyGÇÖll be able to think like accountants.

Also available with MyAccountingLab

This title is also available with MyAccountingLabGÇöan online homework, tutorial, and assessment program designed to work with Intermediate Accounting to engage students and improve results. From the first day of class, the interactive Accounting Cycle Tutorial gives students ample practice to refresh the basics, allowing instructors to spend valuable class time focusing on intermediate-level concepts and applications. Throughout the course, students test their understanding, receive helpful feedback on their errors, and practice solving accounting problems the way they will in their careers.

Students, if interested in purchasing this title with MyAccountingLab, ask your instructor for the correct package ISBN and Course ID. Instructors, contact your Pearson representative for more information.

Elizabeth A. Gordon, Ph.D., MBA

Elizabeth A. Gordon is an associate professor of accounting at the Fox Business School at Temple University, and Merves Research Fellow. She received her Doctorate from Columbia University, Master's in Business Administration from Yale University, and Bachelor's of Science in Accounting with highest distinction from Indiana University.

Dr. Gordon specializes in the areas of international financial reporting and corporate governance. Her research is published in top journals including the Journal of Accounting Research, the Journal of Accounting, Auditing and Finance, and The Accounting Review. She serves on the editorial review boards of the Journal of International Accounting Research, The International Journal of Accounting, and the Accounting Research Journal. She is an ex officio member of the Executive Committee of the International Association of Accounting Education and Research.

Dr. Gordon has taught courses in financial accounting and international accounting at the graduate and undergraduate levels, receiving a number of teaching awards. She has co-authored accounting readings for the CFA Institute, integrating IFRS and U.S. GAAP. She was an auditor with PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLP and interned at the Office of Management and Budget before entering academia. Dr. Gordon was licensed as a CPA in Maryland. She has been on the faculty of the Graduate School of Business at the University of Chicago, the Rutgers Business School, and a visiting professor at the University of Pennsylvania.

Jana S. Raedy, Ph.D., CPA

Jana Raedy is an associate professor of accounting, associate dean of the Master of Accounting Program, and the Ernst & Young Scholar in Accounting at the Kenan-Flager Business School at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.  She received her B.S. and M.S. from the University of Kentucky and her Ph.D. from the Pennsylvania State University.

Dr. Raedy’s research is primarily focused on issues in international financial reporting as well as areas where financial reporting and taxation intersect. Her research is published in top journals such as Journal of Accounting Research, Journal of Accounting and Economics, The Accounting Review, Contemporary Accounting Research and Journal of the American Taxation Association.

Dr. Raedy has taught a number of courses in financial reporting at the graduate level, including core financial reporting (both introductory and intermediate accounting), international financial reporting, and forensic accounting. For over fifteen years she has been teaching a self-developed course in applied financial accounting research with a heavy emphasis on judgment and decision making.  During her academic career, she has received a number of different teaching awards. She currently is a team member on the Ernst & Young Academic Resource Center, which provides faculty nationwide with comprehensive teaching materials for the integration of IFRS into the accounting curriculum.

Alexander J. Sannella, Ph.D., CPA 

Alexander J. Sannella is currently an associate professor of accounting at the Rutgers Business School, the director of the MBA in Professional Accounting Program, and the director of the Rutgers Business School Teaching Excellence Center. He received his Ph.D. in Accounting and Finance from New York University, and is a New York State Certified Public A