Accounting & Legal Studies

Faculty - Jerome J. DeRidder

Professor of Accounting
Ph.D. University of Nebraska 1980
M.B.A. Central Michigan University 1972
B.S. Northern Michigan University 1964
(410) 543-6326
jjderidder@ssu.edu

Specialties

Financial accounting

Positions Held

• 1985 - present     Professor, Salisbury State University
• 1984 - 1985         Associate Professor, Radford University
• 1983 - 1984         Associate Professor, Arkansas State University
• 1980 - 1983         Assistant Professor, Central Michigan University

Selected Publications

• "Items Affecting Retained Earning," The Journal of Accounting Taxation and Finance for Business, 1998 w/ Mike Garner.
• "The selection Process for Accounting Textbooks:  General Criteria and Publisher Incentives - A survey," Issues in Accounting Education. Vol. 12, No. 2, Fall 1997, w/ Ken Smith.
• "The Historical Evolution of the United States Statement of Cash Flows," Essays in Economic and Business History, 1996, w/ H. Reed Muller.
• "The Furnace Town Phoenix:  A Case Study of the Rebirth of an Economic Community," Essays in Economic Business History, Volume XIII, 1995, w/ H. Reed Muller and Alice Paterra.
• "Know the Proper Ruler when your Client - or your Firm - Faces a Lawsuit," The Journal of Accounting and Finance for Business, Volume 4, No. 2, Fall 1994, w/ Joseph Quinn and R. Michael Garner.
• "Helping your Firm Know its Casualty Insurance Needs," The Journal of Professional Bookkeeping and Management, Volume 3, No. 4, Spring 1994, w/ R. Michael Garner.
• "History of Accounting Theory," Essays in Economic and Business History, Volume XII, 1994, w/ H. Reed Muller.
• "The Emergence of Professional Accounting Societies and Their Impact Upon the Development of U>S> financial Accounting and Reporting Leading to the Establishment of the Financial Accounting Standard Board (FASB)," Essays in Economic and Business History, Volume XII, 1994, w/ Gerald Walsh.
• "recognizing Revenue when Collection is Uncertain," The Journal of Professional Bookkeeping and Management, Volume 3, No. 2, Fall 1993, w/ R. Michael Garner.
• "Recording Treasury Stock Transactions for Small Firms," The Journal of Professional Bookkeeping and Management, Volume 2, No. 3, Winter 1993, w/ R. Michael Garner.
• "Nailing Down the Iron Clad Four - Column Bank Reconciliation," The Journal of Professional Bookkeeping and Management, Volume 2, No. 4, Spring 1993, w/ R. Michael Garner.

Current Research

• Tracing the Roots of the Tax-Exempt tradition from the time of the Ancient Pharaohs into Europe and the United States.

Honors and Awards

• Recipient of a Maryland grant to develop an activity based cost model for a high tech manufacturing company.
• Deans Bonus Award Recipient, 1988 & 1989

Selected Consulting

• Advisor to over 30 students each semester

Academic Service

• Faculty Senate Representative for the Perdue School
• Faculty Welfare Committee
• President's Advisory Committee