Diane Pattison

pattison@sandiego.edu
(619) 260-4850
Olin Hall 216

Office Hours

Monday, Wednesday:
noon to 2:00 p.m.
5:30 to 6:30 p.m.

And by appointment

Academic Director, Graduate Accountancy Programs
Professor of Accountancy

Ph.D. University of Washington, Managerial Accounting/Financial Accounting/Economics/Research Method
MBA California State University, Hayward, Accounting
B.S. University of Oregon, Mathematics

Diane D. Pattison, professor of Accountancy, joined the USD faculty in 1986. Professor Pattison has taught at Arizona State University. She has also been a visiting professor at Bocconi University in Milan, Italy.

Currently serving as a professor of Accountancy and the chair of the Accountancy Institute at USD, Professor Pattison's major contribution to the School of Business Administration has been the development of a strong interactive relationship between the professional accounting community and the accounting area. In addition, she has enhanced the undergraduate accountancy program both through effective teaching and by encouraging growth and understanding through advising both the Accounting Society and Beta Alpha Psi.

Professor Pattison has published many articles in Management Accounting, presented papers at a variety of conferences, won the best paper award at 1995 Western Decision Sciences Conference and the Lybrand Silver Medal for an article in Management Accounting.

Professor Pattison has served on a variety of University committees including the Faculty Senate, ARRT Committee. Honors Convocation, and Graduate Studies Committee. In the larger community Professor Pattison is the president for the National Beta Alpha Psi Fraternity for the year 2000. In the past, she has served in many different capacitites including Institute of Management Accountants-San Diego Chapter President, Board of Directors of Financial Executives Institute, and Regional Director for National Beta Alpha Psi, the Accounting Honorary Fraternity. In 1995, she was recognized by the San Diego Business Journal as one of the "San Diego Women Who Mean Business". In 1993, she was recognized as an Outstanding Faculty Advisor for Beta Alpha Psi at the national level.

Selected Current Research

Journal Article, Academic Journal

Margheim, L., Kelley, T., Pattison, D. (2005). An Empirical Analysis of the Effects of Auditor Time Budget Pressure and Time Deadline Pressure. The Journal of Applied Business Research, 21:1

Journal Article, Professional Journal

Dalton, T., Pattison, D. (2008). Deciding to work while collecting Social Security. The CPA Journal, 78 (7), 48-51.

Dalton, T., Pattison, D. (2007). Timing Home Sales to Maximize Exclusion May Be Unwise. Practical Tax Strategies, 79 (2), 86-92.

Conference Proceeding

Margheim, L., Hora, J., Pattison, D. (2007). A First Look at the Educational Competencies Desired by Mid-Sized CPA Firms. Proceedings of the Southwest Region of the Decision Science Institute -- San Diego Annual Meeting