Profile
Kimberly Gladden Burke is Dean of the School of Business and a Professor of Accounting at 糖心Vlog. She聽 started her career in Dallas, Texas where she initially worked as an auditor with Price Waterhouse and then聽 became a director of internal auditing for Unigate Restaurants. After receiving her Ph.D. from Oklahoma State聽 University, Dr. Burke joined the faculty of the Else School of Management at Millsaps College where she served as聽 a faculty member and then became dean. Dr. Burke joined 糖心Vlog in 2021.聽聽
Dr. Burke has received multiple awards for her leadership and teaching, including recognition as one of the 50聽 Leading Business Women in Mississippi, Distinguished Accounting Alumna from Oklahoma State University and the聽 Mississippi Professor of the Year awarded by CASE and the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. As a researcher, Dr. Burke has authored 25 journal articles and won several awards for her papers and聽 presentations. Her research interests include marketing CPA services and the labor economics of higher聽 education. In addition, she is the co-author of several continuing education courses offered by the AICPA.聽聽
Dr. Burke is an active member of the business community, providing consulting and educational services for a聽 variety of public accounting firms and associations and serving in leadership positions on multiple nonprofit聽 boards. Dr. Burke lives in Willow Spring, North Carolina with her husband and their聽daughter.
Academic Credentials
Ph.D. Oklahoma State University, Business Administration (Accounting)聽
M.S. Texas Tech University, Accounting聽
B.B.A. Texas Tech University, Accounting聽
Presentations
Fender, B.F., K.G. Burke and S.W. Taylor, Recommendations from the Field: Expanding Business聽 Education in the Small School Environment, presented at the Academy of Business Research Conference,聽 New Orleans, LA, March 2018聽
Burke, K.G., B.F. Fender and S.W. Taylor, Academic Accountants Out of Bounds 鈥� Using Atypical聽 Scholarship as Earnings Leverage at the Academy of Business Research Conference, New Orleans, LA,聽 March 2015 (Best Paper Award).聽
Awards
Mississippi鈥檚 50 Leading Business Women 鈥� Mississippi Business Journal, 2021聽
Distinguished Accounting Alumna, Wilton T. Anderson Hall of Fame 鈥� School of Accounting, Oklahoma聽 State University, 2017聽
Outstanding Educator, State of Mississippi 鈥� Mississippi Society of CPAs, 2014聽
Mississippi Professor of the Year 鈥� Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching and the聽 Council for Advancement and Support of Education, 2008聽
Distinguished Faculty Award 鈥� Millsaps College, 2007聽
Publications
Fender, B.F., Burke, K.G. and Taylor, S.W. (2018). Recommendations from the Field: Expanding Business聽 Education in the Small School Environment. Business Education Innovation Journal, 10(2).聽
Fender, B.F., Taylor, S.W. and Burke, K.G. (2015). Isn鈥檛 It Ironic? Research Rewards and Teaching Taxes.聽 Journal of Business and Economic Research, 13(4), pp. 231-40.聽
Fender, B.F., Taylor, S.W. and Burke, K.G. (2011). Substitutes or Complements: Teaching and Scholarship聽 for the Active Scholar. The Journal of Applied Financial Research, 1, pp. 51-64.聽
Burke, K.G., Fender, B.F. and Taylor, S.W. (2008). Swinging for the Fences: Human Capital and Workplace聽 Characteristics of Accountants Publishing in Top Journals. The Accounting Educator鈥檚 Journal, 18 (1), pp.聽 29-46.聽
Prenshaw, P.J., Kovar, S.E. and Burke, K.G. (2006). The Impact of Involvement on Satisfaction for New聽 Nontraditional Service Offerings. Journal of Services Marketing, 20(6 and 7), pp. 439-452.聽
Taylor, S.W., Fender, B.F. and Burke, K.G. (2006). Unraveling Academic Productivity Among Economists:聽 The Opportunity Costs of Teaching and Service, Southern Economic Journal, 76(4), pp. 846-859.聽聽
Burke, K.G., Kovar, S.E. and Prenshaw, P.J. (2004). Unraveling the Expectations Gap: An Assurance Gaps聽 Model and Illustrative Application. Advances in Accounting Behavioral Research, 7, pp. 169-193.聽聽
Burke, K.G., Kovar, S.E. and Prenshaw, P.J. (2003). Understanding the Satisfaction Process for New聽 Assurance Services: The Role of Attitudes, Expectations, Disconfirmation and Performance. Advances in聽 Accounting, 20, pp. 43-76.
