About Lipscomb
Charles E. Frasier
Professor & Chair, Department of Accounting, Finance and Economics
615-966-5738 p
charles.frasier@lipscomb.edu
Office: Swang - 216
Education:
- University of Alabama MA
- Lipscomb University BS
Certifications:
- Certified Public Accountant CPA
- Certified Management Accountant CMA
Teaching & Research Interests:
- Financial Accounting
- Tax
- Auditing
- Managerial Accounting
- Special topics affecting active CPA practitioners
Courses Taught:
- Financial/Managerial Accounting
- Intermediate Accounting
- Federal Income Taxation
- Managerial Accounting
- Governmental and Nonprofit Accounting
Professional Exp. & Activities:
- Member, Auditing Standards Board
- Administrator of Lipscomb University 40-hour CPE program for CPAs, "Updating the Professional Accountant," held each December
- Tennessee Society of CPAs
a. Member, Accounting and Auditing Symposium Committee
b. Member, Council
c. Chair (former), Editorial Committee, 2004-2009
d. President (former), Nashville Chapter
- Tennessee Society of Accounting Educators
a. Previously served as President
b. Board of Directors
c. Program Chair
- FEI (Financial Executives International)
a. Chair, Academic Committee
- Outside CPA firm – tax and business consulting
- American Accounting Association
Presentations:
- "Auditing Standards Board Update," Accounting & Auditing Symposium, Tennessee Society of CPAs
- "High School Educators' Symposium," panel member
Awards & Recognitions:
- Listed among Top Fifty accountants in Tennessee, "Accounting's Finest," Businesstn, March/April 2009
- Recipient of Hilton and Sallie Dean Endowed Chair of Accountancy
- TSCPA 2000 Lifetime Achievement in Accounting Education Award
- John William Baker Summer Fellowship Award
- Outstanding Teacher of the Year Award, Lipscomb University
Publications:
- "Break Away From the Herd," Tennessee CPA Journal
- "Accounting Academy : From High School to the Corner Office," by Charles Frasier, Susan Galbreath and Perry Moore, Journal of Accountancy
- “A Strategy-Focused CPA Firm,” case study published by the AICPA, as part of Professor/Practitioner Case Development Program
- “Tax Planning for Ministers,” Gospel Advocate
- “Church Administration,” Gospel Advocate
- “The Elusive Goal of Accounting Education,” Tennessee CPA Journal
- “Getting Lost on the Way to the Bottom Line,” Advantage Magazine
Spiritual & Community Activities:
- Elder, Brentwood Hills Church of Christ
Inspirational Thought:
- “And we know that in all things God works together for good for those who love Him and have been called according to His purpose” (Romans 8:28)
Family:
- Wife, Martha, and two children, Stephen and Julie