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John B. and Lillian E. Neff ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½ of Business and Innovation
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Diana Franz, Ph.D.

Education
Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas 1993
Doctor of Philosophy, Accounting
Wichita State University, Wichita, Kansas 1985
Master of Professional Accountancy, Accounting
Honors and Awards
- Beta Alpha Psi National Outstanding Faculty Advisor Award 2018
- Participant in The University of Toledo’s Course Design Institute Summer 2018.
- Recipient of the Andrews Best Paper Award at the Ohio regional meeting of the American Accounting Association, May 2009, for “Impact of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act on the Relationship between Debt Covenant Violation and Earnings Management.� with coauthors Hassan HassabElnaby and Gerald Lobo.