Dan G. Teed, Ph.D.

Instructor of Accounting

Accounting is where Dan G. Teed found his calling. A military veteran and licensed CPA, he has over 27 years in professional accounting. Teed seeks to improve the accuracy of financial transactions and the transparency in business dealings.

A Conversation with Dr. Teed

What draws you to accounting?

“I am probably detail-minded to a fault. That is what attracted me to accounting in the first place. I quickly found that accounting information affects virtually every facet of business and is literally the language of business. Accounting provides data and information to all users of financial statements, whether they are internal to the organization or external.”

What has been your favorite course to teach?

“I have two favorite courses that I enjoy teaching. Basic financial courses and managerial/cost courses in accounting allow me to demonstrate the “sense” of basic accounting for our business students, regardless of major. These two courses also provide our students with the foundational concepts that they will use again and again throughout their business careers.”

Tell us about a project you are currently working on or have recently completed.

“Accounting history has become one of my key interests. In past centuries, particularly the 18th and 19th, bartering has been used upon occasion as a means of effecting transactions between parties. Accounting for these barter transactions has been the subject of a growing number of research studies. To add to this body of research, a colleague and I are approaching the subject of bartering from a different view: If bartering became necessary to effect certain transactions, then conditions must have existed which precluded a traditional money approach to them. We expect to submit our research for publication before the end of the next academic year.”

Educational Background

• Ph.D., Accounting, University of North Texas-Denton, 2010
• M.S., Professional Accounting, University of Texas-Austin, 1974
• B.S., US Military Academy, West Point, NY, 1962

Research Interests

• History of Accounting
• Critical, Social, and Historical Applications in Financial and Managerial Accounting
• Corporate Power and Governance

Rewards and Honors

• Outstanding faculty award, Sorrell College of Business, Dothan Campus, Troy University, 2014
• Outstanding research award, The Institute for Business & Finance Research, 2013
• Outstanding faculty award, Sorrell College of Business, Dothan Campus, Troy University, 2010
• Outstanding CPA, Southwest Chapter, Oklahoma Society of CPAs, 1999

Professional Organizations

• American Institute of Certified Public Accountants
• Oklahoma Society of Certified Public Accountants
• American Accounting Association
• Academy of Accounting Historians

Selected Publications

• Capozzoli, E.A. and Teed, D.G. Post-Civil War Accounting Practices in Natchez, Mississippi (2016). Accounting Historians Journal 43(2): 39–58. doi: https://doi.org/10.2308/0148-4184.43.2.39
• Teed, D.G., Legislation of Ethics in the Early Years of the Securities and Exchange Commission (2013). Review of Business & Finance Studies, 4(2): 1-10. Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2262942
• Teed, D.G.. The Changing Role and Responsibilities of Audit Committees in the United States, dissertation, August 2010; Denton, Texas. (https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc30519/: accessed July 2, 2020), University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu.