Edward N. (Ed) Coffman (1942 – July 24, 2014) was an American accounting scholar and Professor of accounting at Virginia Commonwealth University. Coffman was especially known for his work on accounting history: its definition, relevance, and methodology.[1][2]
Coffman started his academic career at the Virginia Commonwealth University from 1966 to 1968. After his Ph.D. graduation he returned and taught accounting at its VCU School of Business, for 44 years. He was Visiting Professor at many universities, and the Virginia Society of CPAs awarded him the Outstanding Accounting Educator Award.[3]
Selected publications
Daniel L. Jensen, Edward N. Coffman, Thomas Junior Burns. Advanced accounting and the rule-making agencies, 1980.
Jensen, Daniel L., and Edward N. Coffman. Accounting for changing prices. Reston Publishing Co., 1984.
Coffman, Edward N., Rasoul H. Tondkar, and Gary John Previts. Historical perspectives of selected financial accounting topics. Richard D. Irwin, Inc., 1993.
Previts, Gary John, Lee D. Parker, and Edward N. Coffman. "An accounting historiography: subject matter and methodology." Abacus 26.2 (1990): 136-158.
Chase, Bruce W., and Edward N. Coffman. "Choice of accounting method by not-for-profit institutions accounting for investments by colleges and universities." Journal of Accounting and Economics 18.2 (1994): 233-243.
Previts, Gary John, Lee D. Parker, and Edward N. Coffman. "Accounting history: definition and relevance." Abacus 26.1 (1990): 1-16.
References
^Belkaoui, Ahmed, and Stewart Jones. Accounting theory. Vol. 3. San Diego: Academic press, 1992.
^Carnegie, Garry D., and Christopher J. Napier. "Critical and interpretive histories: insights into accounting's present and future through its past." Accounting, Auditing & Accountability Journal 9.3 (1996): 7-39.
^ ab"In memoriam: Edward Coffman, Ph.D." news.vcu.edu, Aug. 1, 2014. Retrieved 2015-02-14.
External links
In memoriam: Edward Coffman, Ph.D.
January 02, 2023
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