Curtis L. DeBerg
California State University, Chico
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EDUCATION:    

Ph.D. in Business Administration, May 1985, Oklahoma State University. Major in accounting; minors in Economics and Quantitative Methods.

M.S. in Economics. May 1984, Oklahoma State University.

B.A. in Accounting, May 1979, University of Northern Iowa.

ADDRESS: 

859 Arbutus Avenue

Chico, CA 95926

Telephone: Home: (530) 894-6709

Telephone: Work: (530) 898-4824

E-Mail: cdeberg@csuchico.edu

Teaching Philosophy:

Tell me, and I will forget;

Show me, and I might understand;

Involve me, and I will learn.

EXPERIENCE:

Present: PROFESSOR OF ACCOUNTING, California State University. Effective August 1990. Tenured fall 1996.

Fall 2000: CONSULTANT, iVative, Inc., Thousand Oaks, CA.  (I took a six-month unpaid leave of absence from the university during this period). Duties included co-authoring the company business plan, making presentations to venture capitalists, and helping the company with its long-term strategic goals.

1985-1990: ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF ACCOUNTING, Arizona State University. Primary responsibility included teaching courses in intermediate financial accounting. Extensive involvement with the School of Accountancy's committees and advising doctoral students.

favorite quote:

Not everything that counts can be counted; not everything that can be counted counts.

educational passions:

• Service-Learning

• Financial Accounting Theory

• Entrepreneurship

RECENT RESEARCH:

“Entrepreneurship Education for At-Risk Youth: A Partnership between Higher Education and Private Industry,” Journal of Entrepreneurship Education, Volume 3, 2000, pp. 70-85. This paper also appeared in Proceedings, Allied Academies International Conference, Maui, Hawaii October 11-14, 2000. Track: Academy of Free Enterprise Education.

"Curricular Revision Starting at Ground Zero: The Case of Introductory Accounting," 1998, Volume 1, No. 1, Advances in Accounting Education  (with Steve Adams and Richard Lea); pp. 163-187.

“Service-Learning in Introductory Accounting: A 'Free Enterprise' Model," Summer 1998, in a monograph published by the American Association for Higher Education in cooperation with the KPMG Peat Marwick Foundation. The monograph is entitled Learning By Doing: Service-Learning And Accounting Education. Series Editor: Edward Zlotkowski; Volume Editor: D.V. Rama; pp. 65-83.

hobbies:

• Reading

• Jogging

• Biking

• Hiking

• Travel to far-away places

• Playing craps

• Drinking Pale Ale

• March Madness (NCAA Basketball)

• Working on community service projects

• Tuning into CNN

• Meeting interesting people