Professor, School of Accounting
gabbinal@jmu.edu
Contact Info
Education
- Ph.D., Accounting, Temple University, Graduate School of Business, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1986
- M.B.A., Accounting, University of Chicago, Graduate School of Business, Chicago, Illinois, 1970
- B.A., Economics, Howard University, College of Liberal Arts, Washington, D.C. 1967
Positions Held
- Professor, James Madison University, School of Accounting, Harrisonburg Virginia 1995 - present
- Program Director, James Madison University, School of Professional Studies-Accounting, 1997-1998
- Director, James Madison University, School of Accounting, Harrisonburg, Virginia 1994-1997
- Associate Professor, James Madison University, School of Accounting, Harrisonburg, Virginia. 1990 - 1995
- Assistant Professor, James Madison University, School of Accounting, Harrisonburg, Virginia. 1985 - 1990
- Associate Professor, Lincoln University, Department of Economics and Business Administration, Lincoln University, Pennsylvania. 1975 - 1985
Awards and Recognitions
- KPMG LLP Professor of Accounting, 1994 – present
- National Black MBA Association, Inc. Lifetime Membership Award; founding member (1970), 30th Anniversary From Whence We Came, Townes, J.R.( October, 2000) Chicago, Illinois.
- Educational leave, Project: Applied Professional Research Using Electronic Databases, 1998- 1999.
- Adolph Coors Foundation Professor of Accounting, 1991-1994
- Faculty Summer Teaching Grant: "Shifting from a Lecture to a Case Study Methodology in Teaching Financial Accounting 241," Summer 1993
- Education Award, Black History Celebration Day, The Shenandoah Valley Hit Newspaper, (Feb. 1992).
- JMU Outstanding Teacher in Accounting Award, 1992
- JMU Outstanding Teacher in Accounting Award, 1990
- JMU Outstanding Teacher in Accounting Award, 1988
- JMU Outstanding Teacher in Accounting Award, 1986
- International Fraternity of Delta Sigma Pi, 1991
- Teacher Award, Lincoln University Accounting Club, 1985
- Teacher Award, Lincoln University Accounting Club, 1983
- Lindback Award for Distinguished Teaching, 1982
- Caribbean-American Exchange Program, Phelps-Stoke Fund, 1980
- "Accounting Educators Award" of the National Association of Minority CPA Firms, 1979
- Third World Press "Builder's Award," 1978
- Humble Oil and Refining Company Fellowship, 1969
- Humble Oil and Refining Company Fellowship, 1968
- Who's Who Among Students in American Colleges and Universities, 1967
- Prior to 1967: Several trophies and awards for scholarship, athletics, music and student government
College of Business
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Mon - Fri: 8 a.m. - 5 p.m.
