Faculty and Staff Directory
Roberta Klein, MBA
Lecturer
Contact Information
Office Location: ROS-A172
Office Phone: 585-475-6838
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Staff Assistant Phone: 585-475-6063
Fax: 585-475-6920
Biography
Roberta Klein has taught a variety of business courses since she started teaching at RIT in 1995. Her specialty area is tax accounting but she also teaches courses in financial and managerial accounting, personal financial planning, corporate finance, and business computer applications. Before starting her teaching career, she worked at PriceWaterhouse in Rochester where she obtained sufficient audit experience to become a CPA. Her education includes a BS in American History from SUNY Brockport and an MBA in Accounting from RIT.
Professor Klein is the recipient of the 2005 Exemplary Online Teaching Award. She started teaching distance learning courses in 2003 and blended courses in 2004. She enjoys the increased interaction that she has with her students when working with them online as well as the depth of class discussions that take place outside of class in myCourses.
In addition to her teaching responsibilities, Ms. Klein is the faculty advisor of the accounting club (The Next Generation of Accountants) and serves as the site coordinator of the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance program in which accounting students prepare tax returns for low-income taxpayers in the Rochester area free-of-charge.
Education
- MBA, Accounting, Rochester Institute of Technology, 1979
- BS, American History, State University of New York, College at Brockport, 1974
Experience
- Lecturer -- RIT, 1995-Present
- Lecturer -- SUNY at Geneseo, 1994-1995
- Asst. Professor -- SUNY at Brockport, 1988-1994
- Tax Consultant -- Price Waterhouse, 1985-1988
- Supervisor -- H & R Block, 1980-1985
- Taxation: federal income
- Taxation: research techniques
Professional Memberships
- American Accounting Association
- Association of Certified Fraud Examiners
- Institute of Management Accountants
Professional Certifications
- Certified Public Accountant, New York
Awards
- Exemplary Online Teaching Award, RIT, 2005
Publications
Refereed Journal Articles
- Learning and Pedagogical Research, Equal Author, The Accounting Educators' Journal -- "An Examination of CPA Review Courses in Accounting Programs", with William Cotton, 12 - 23, October, 1993
Other
- Learning and Pedagogical Research, Sole Author, -- Issues in Accounting Education, August, 2009
- Learning and Pedagogical Research, Equal Author, Teaching and Curriculum Newsletter of the American Accounting Association -- A Continuous Case Project for Introductory Accounting Courses, with Thomas Tyson, St. John Fisher College, April, 2005
Unpublished Conference Presentations
- Strategies for Solving Common Instructional Problems Using Blended Learning, Conference on Faculty-Student Partnerships in Teaching and Learning, 2006
- Panel discussant, "Best Practices for Generating Effective Class Interaction", Faculty Institute on Teaching and Learning, 2005
- Discussant of paper by Cynthia Bolt, The Citadel, "Expenses for Education", AAA Northeast Regional Meeting, 2005
- "Taking Advantage of Alternative Minimum Tax Provisions", AAA Northeast Regional Meeting, 1992
Accounting