MASTHEAD: Master of Professional Accounting - Taxation
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"The faculty are what made the program so worthwhile. They were knowledgeable, exceptional in their ability to communicate that knowledge, and took a surprisingly active interest in our progress. Because the same professors taught throughout the program, we had the opportunity to develop personal relationships with our instructors. Since graduating from the program, I've stayed in touch with several of my professors, and I've even called them for sources of information. They're still willing to help."
MPAcc Program Graduate
Ernst and Young
Seattle

Mary Clarfeld, Tax Practitioner, CPA, MPAcc, University of Washington
Clarfeld, who is self employed as a tax practitioner, worked previously for four years at Arthur Andersen LLP, where she specialized in international and family wealth planning. Her teaching interests focus on writing and communications. In addition to her professional practice and teaching, Clarfeld serves on the board of the Puget Sound Chapter of the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation.

Deborah Medlar, Attorney, JD, LL.M. (Taxation) New York University
Medlar has been a professor at Central Washington University where she received top ratings in her department over a 5 year period. Her teaching responsibilities include individual income tax, conduits, estate and gift, and taxation of trusts. She is the University of Washington Beta Alpha Psi Advisor. She has been involved in WSCPA, having received the Outstanding Accounting Educator Award in 1998. She is licensed to practice law in the state of Washington.

William M. Resler, LL.M. (Taxation), New York University
Resler has taught at New York University and the Golden Gate University School of Taxation, and has practiced law in New York and Seattle. In a 1987 campus-wide vote of students, he was selected as the University of Washington's Most Influential Professor. His teaching specialties include corporations, property, and tax planning.

Steven J. Rice, CPA, Ph.D., University of Texas
Rice has taught at the University of Colorado and the University of Texas, and has served as a faculty intern in tax at Peat, Marwick, Mitchell & Co. He is the author of Introduction to Taxation: A Decision-Making Approach, which is used in numerous undergraduate accounting programs. His teaching interests focus on corporations, timing issues, and research.

Terry Shevlin, Ph.D., Stanford University
Shevlin, who has taught at Monash University, the University of Melbourne, and the University of Iowa, specializes in microeconomics, the incentive effects of taxes, and financial accounting. He received the American Taxation Association's Tax Manuscript Award for his paper, "Estimating Corporate Marginal Tax Rates with Asymmetric Tax Treatment of Gains and Losses."



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