Hartwick college

Research Interests:

• Corporate Social Responsibility & Sustainable Business
• Government & Not-for Profit Financial Management
• Accounting Education

Recent Professional Activities

• Effective Learning Strategies: Financial Accounting as a First Year Seminar, American Accounting Association 2011 Annual Meeting, Denver, CO
  • Finalist for the Bea Sanders/AICPA Innovation in Teaching Award
• "Chocolate Money": A thematic approach to Financial Accounting, NYSSCPA Educator's Conference, NYC, NY
• Experiential Learning in a First Year Seminar, 30th Annual Conference on The First-Year Experience, Atlanta, GA
• Mentor, 2011 Sigma Beta Delta Leadership Conference, San Diego, CA
• Continuing Professional Education Conferences: Governmental Accounting & Auditing, Auditing, Higher Education

Memberships

• NYS Board of Accountancy
• American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA)
• American Accounting Association (AAA)
• Institute of Internal Auditors (IIA)
• NYS Society of Certified Public Accountants (NYSSCPA)
  • Former Chair Public Interest Section, Higher Education Committee, Scholarship Awards Committee
  • Member, Ethics Task Force

Courses recently taught:

• Contemporary Issues in Accounting (capstone)
• Auditing
• Financial & Intermediate Accounting

Education: M.S., SUNY Albany; B.S., St. Lawrence University

Experience:

• Licensed CPA (NY), Founder: Priscilla Z. Wightman, CPA
• Recent Board memberships: Catskill Symphony Orchestra (Assistant Treasurer); Oneonta Dollars for Scholars (Treasurer); Otsego Land Trust (Audit Committee Chair); Oneonta City School District (Audit Committee Chair)

Contact Information:Department of Business Administration & Accounting, Golisano Hall, Hartwick College, Oneonta, New York 13820 | 607-431-4338 | wightmanp@hartwick.edu