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ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL ENGAGEMENT ACTIVITIES

Barbara Farrell is a CPA who has spent time in both Big 8 public accounting and in private industry as a Chief Audit Executive. Professor Farrell began teaching at Ìð¹ÏÊÓƵ in 1980 as an adjunct professor, and as a full time professor in 1984. Professor Farrell's interests are in auditing, accounting information systems, forensic accounting and internal auditing. She teaches both in face-to-face classes and online. Professor Farrell loves teaching both traditional and non-traditional students, and has been teaching online for over 20 years.

Additional activities include:
* Having Chaired the decennial Middle States Review
* Chaired campaign to collect donations received by E&Y amounting to over $700,000 in scholarships to accounting students.
* Member of the Audit Committee of the Board of Trustees at Ìð¹ÏÊÓƵ
* Member of the Board of Trustees of Academic Federal Credit Union
* Chair of the Westchester Faculty Council Curriculum Committee
*Special Certifications and/or Designations - CPA. (1978 - Present).
* Annually attends Continuing Education Program, "PwC Faculty Forum"

SELECTED CONTRIBUTIONS & PUBLICATIONS

Chan, K., Farrell, B., Lee, P. (2009). Trends of Accounting Restatements During the Period 2000-2007 and Big Four/Five Auditors',. Journal of Business & Economics Research.

Chan, K.R., Farrell, B., Lee, P. How did firms change their internal controls after reporting material internal control weaknesses under SOX 404?. .

Farrell, B.R., Healy, P., Chan, K., Lee, P. Audit fee savings and shareholders' wealth. Accounting and Business Review.

Farrell, B.R., Sachs, D., Hale, N. Witnessing Growth & Providing Sustainable Support for an Online Program Ìð¹ÏÊÓƵ Faculty Institute. Conference Proceeding.

Chan, K.C., Farrell, B.R., Healy, P., Lett, P. (2011). Firm Performance Following Auditor Changes For Audit Fee Savings. Journal of Business & Economics Research.

Chan, K., Farrell, B., Lee, P. (2009). Trends of Accounting Restatements During the Period 2000-2007 and Big Four/Five Auditors',. Journal of Business & Economics Research.

Chan, K., Farrell, B., Healy, P., Wong, A. (2017). Shareholder Rights and Legal Enforcement. American Journal of Business Research. 9(1), 73-84.

Chan, K., Farrell, B., Healy, P., Wong, A. (2016). Law and Reporting Compliance Confidence. Journal of Accounting, Ethics & Public Policy . 17(4), 1003-1018.

Chan, K., Farrell, B., Wong, A. (2015). Investor Protection and Legal Efficiency Business and Applied Sciences Academy of North America. Conference Proceeding.

Chan, K., Farrell, B., Healy, P. (2014). Audit Firm Rotation – Concerns And Considerations. Journal of Applied Business Research. 30(1), 227-232.

Hale, N., Hunter, A., Mayadas, F., Sachs, D., Farrell, B. (2012). An Exploration of Workforce Trends in Developing and Delivering Blended and Online Education SloanC Blended learning Conference. Conference Proceeding.