Dr. Adel Novin

Professor of Accounting

Office: Clayton Hall T254
Accounting, Economics, and Finance
College of Business
adelnovin@clayton.edu

Biography

Adel Novin is a tenured Professor of Accounting at Clayton State University. He received his Ph.D. in Business Administration-Accounting from the University of Georgia, his MBA in Finance and Insurance from Indiana University at Bloomington, and his BS in Insurance from Tehran College of Insurance. With wide-range of research interests, he has published articles in many journals, including Issues in Accounting Education, Management Accounting, Journal of Accounting Education, The International Journal of Accounting, Internal Auditor, Journal of Education for Business, National Public Accountant, the Ohio CPA Journal, Accounting Research Journal (Australia), and International Journal of Accounting, Auditing, and Performance Evaluation. Adel's publications are cited in journal articles, textbooks, and doctoral dissertations. He has presented papers in over sixty international, national, and regional conferences. In addition, Adel has been the recipient of several college awards at Clayton State University: including, Teacher of the Year, Distinguished Faculty Fellow, Outstanding Service, and a nomination from the College of Business for the university wide “Smith award".

Education

Ph D, Business Administration, Major: Accounting, The University of Georgia, 1982

MBA, Finance and Insurance, Indiana University, 1976

BS, Insurance, Tehran College of Insurance, 1974

Awards and Honors

Outstanding Service of the Year Award, College of Business Clayton State University, Award, 2022

Distinguished Accounting Faculty Fellow Award, School of Business, Clayton State University, Award, 2005

Outstanding Service of the Year Award, School of Business, Clayton State University, Award, 2004

Teacher of the Year Award, School of Business, Clayton State University, Award, 2003

The Smith Award finalist, Clayton State University, Honor, 2007

Intellectual Contributions

Adel M Novin, Geoff Fulton , Seeing the Light at the End of the Tunnel-New AACSB Standards Align Accounting Education with Practice Needs, Today's CPA – July 2021

Adel M Novin, Kate Cotter-Reilly, Using Excel to Deal with Uncertainty in Managerial Decision Making, Management Accounting Quarterly – September 22 2020

Adel M Novin, Lari Arjomand, Louis Jourdan, An Investigation into the preferred learning styles of accounting, management, marketing, and general business majors, Teaching & Learning: The Journal of Natural Inquiry & Reflective Practice – 2003

Adel M Novin, D Fetyko, J Tucker, Perceptions of accounting educators and public accounting practitioners on the composition of 150-hour accounting programs: A comparison, Issues In Accounting Education – October 1997

Adel M Novin, M Pearson, S Senge, Improving the curriculum for aspiring management accountants: The practitioner's point of view, Journal Of Accounting Education – October 1990

Presentations

Adel M Novin, Enhancing Quality and Reliability of Assessment Using Non-Multiple-Choice Questions on D2L, The 2022 Georgia Association of Accounting Educators Conference, Georgia Association of Accounting Educators Conference – February 4 2022

Adel M Novin, Application of Regression Analysis for Performing Analytical Procedures in Auditing: Reading and Case Study, Annual Meeting of the American Accounting Association , American Accounting Association – August 8 2018

Adel M Novin, Developing and Applying Factory Overhead Rates with Multi-Allocation Bases Using Multiple Regression Analysis through Origin – Reading and Case Study, Annual Meeting of the American Accounting Association , American Accounting Association – August 7 2018

Adel M Novin, M Pearson, Necessary Non-Accounting-Knowledge Qualifications for Entry-Level Public and Management Accountants: A Comparison, Annual Meeting of the American Accounting Association, American Accounting Association – August 1989

Adel M Novin, Enhancing Accounting Education in Developing Countries: The Case of Iran, International Conference on Accounting Education October 9 1992

Service to the University & University System of Georgia

University, The Smith Award Committee, Committee Member – August 1 2017 to Present