Background

Professor Joseph joined UMass Lowell in Fall 2005. His teaching areas are Managerial and Cost Accounting. His current research interests include strategic cost management and systems. He has published a number of research articles in such journals as Management Accounting Quarterly, Advances in Public Interest Accounting, Accounting Enquiries, and Journal of Business Research, and has presented research papers at National and Regional conferences of the American Accounting Association.

He is widely traveled, enjoys music, and has a range of professional and cultural experience. A Chartered Accountant from India, he has worked in professional accounting firms (including an affiliate of Coopers and Lybrand) and industry. Prior to joining UMass Lowell, he taught managerial accounting and systems courses at Savannah State University, Temple University and Spring Arbor College.

Education

Ph.D. (Accounting), Temple University, Philadelphia, 1997

MBA, Pittsburg State University, Kansas, 1990

Associate Chartered Accountant, ICAI, India, 1986

Bachelor of Commerce, University of Calcutta, India, 1984

Honors

Third place prize in the 1st Annual Case Writing Competition of the Institute of Management Accountants for the case "Implementing Sustainability at Tata Steel", 2011.

"A framework to integrate the enterprise domain ontology and organizational change application domain," IJAIM 2007, 15(2) -- selected for inclusion in Emerald Reading ListAssist, Emerald's unique, peer-reviewed reading list service compiled by faculty experts.

Nominated for the 2010 Teacher Awards sponsored by the UMassLowell Student Government Association.

2009 TLC Best Manuscript award for the case paper entitled "Implementing Sustainability at Tata Steel" by the Northeast Region American Accounting Association Teaching & Learning Committee Section.

Highly Commended Paper Award for the article "A Rationale for Stakeholder-Based Management in Developing Countries," published in Journal of Accounting and Organizational Change, 2008; presented at the 2009 Emerald Literati Network Awards for Excellence.

Certificate of Recognition for Excellence in Research in the College of Business, Savannah State University, Fall 2004

Recognized as Outstanding College of Business faculty member and achievements highlighted in the Academic Connection published by the Office of Academic Affairs, Savannah State University, Spring 2004