Clare Burns
Contact
Ms. Clare Burns
Director of the M.S.A. Program
Instructor of Accounting
School of Accounting & Information Systems
Phone: (409)880-8626
Email: burnscd@lamar.edu
Office: Gallowy Business Building Room 215
Office Hours: MW 9-11am TTHU 2:30- 3:45pm
Certified Public Accountant
Courses Taught
Masters:
Advanced Auditing
M.B.A.:
Financial & Managerial Accounting Foundations
Bachelors:
Intermediate Accounting I
Intro to Financial Accounting
Introduction to Auditing
Professional Accountancy Capstone
Special Topics in Management
Professional Experience
Academic Experience
Director of Masters of Science in Accounting, Lamar University (2011 - Present), Beaumont, Texas.Instructor of Accounting, Lamar University (2006 - Present), Beaumont, Texas.
Non-Academic Experience
Experienced Audit Manager, Arthur Andersen & Co. (July, 1986 - February, 1996), Houston, Texas. Full-time auditor from July 1986-December 1994Part-time auditor/consultant from December 1994-February 1996
Consulting
2011-2014: Little Cypress - Mauriceville CISD, District Education Improvement Committee, Business Representative
2008-2014: Goodwill Industries of Southeast Texas and Southwest Louisiana, Finance Committee
2009-2012: Goodwill Industries of Southeast Texas and Southwest Louisiana, Governance Committee
2008: Goodwill Industries of Southeast Texas and Southwest Louisiana, Governance Committee
2007: Little Cypress - Mauriceville CISD, District Education Improvement Committee, Business Representative
2007: Goodwill Industries of Southeast Texas and Southwest Louisiana, Finance Committee
2006: Little Cypress - Mauriceville CISD, District Education Improvement Committee, Business Representative
2004-2005: Little Cypress - Mauriceville, District Education Improvement Committee, Business Representative
2003: Little Cypress - Mauriceville, District Education Improvement Committee, Business Representative
Service
Professional Service
Advisor
2014 – 2017: Carrie Lutcher Brown Foundation (Local).
2015: Little Cypress-Mauriceville CISD - District Education Improvement Committee, Orange, Texas (Local). Business Representative
2011 – 2012: First Presbyterian Church - Lemaster Committee, Orange, Texas (Local).
2011 – 2012: Frances Ann Lutcher Foundation, Orange, United States of America (Local). Frances Ann Lutcher Trustee Chairman
2011: First Presbyterian Church of Orange, Orange, Texas (Local). Frances Ann Lutcher Trustee Chairman
Board of Directors: Substantial Involvement
2011 – 2016: Goodwill Industries of Southeast Texas and Southwest Louisiana (Regional). Advisory Board/Finance Committee/Governance Committee
Board Member: Board of Trustees
2011 – 2012: First Presbyterian Church of Orange (Local).
Institutional Service
Department Assignments
Assurance of Learning - Institutional Service:Member:
Mentoring Activities:
Other Institutional Service Activities:
Student placements:
Writing Student Recommendations:
College Assignments
Assurance of Learning - Institutional Service:Member:
Mentoring Activities:
Other Institutional Service Activities:
Writing Student Recommendations:
Member:
University Assignments
Committee Member:Other Institutional Service Activities:
Community Service
Member:2010: Little Cypress Junior High, Campus Improvement Committee
2015 – 2016: Orange County Aggie Mothers' Club - Treasurer
Intellectual Contributions
Referred Articles
- Badua, F., Swift, O., & Burns, C. (2020). Considering Risk Factors Related to Non-Profit Hospital Charity Care Cost Misstatements. Internal Auditing.
- Badua, F., Burns, C., & Sharifi, M. (2018). Objectives, Assertions, and Workpapers: Structuring and Documenting Social Accounting And Audit. Internal Auditing.
- Badua, F., Burns, C., & Sharifi, M. (2017). Using the Feedback Loop to Structure a Strategy Audit. Internal Auditing.
- Burns, C. D., Moss, G. J., & Moss, J. D. (2009). Instructional Case: Java & Holes. Journal of Business Case Studies, 5 (3), 27-32.
Refereed Proceedings
- Badua, F., & Burns, C. (2016). They Can Count Beans, Now How About Writing and Critical Thinking. AAA 9th Annual Conference on Teaching and Learning in Accounting.
- Badua, F. A. & Burns, C. D. (in press, 2016). Tripling the Pass Rate: How an Accounting Program in a US State University Increased the CPA Exam Pass Rate Among Its Students. AAA 9th Annual Conference on Teaching and Learning in Accounting.
- Fraccastoro, K., & Burns, C. (2010). Factors Influencing Success for Students Repeating Accounting Principles. Allied Academies International Conference.
- Fraccastoro, K., & Burns, C. D. (2009). Student Success Factors in Financial Accounting. Allied Academies International Conference.
Presentation of Non-Refereed Papers
- Woodcock, D., Colon, R., Rose, D., & Burns, C. (2015, March). Bringing Sexy Back: Fraudulent Financial Reporting Continues to Affect Businesses, but this Time Regulators are on the Lookout. 2015 Mid-Year Forensic Accounting Conference, Denver, Colorado.