Faculty

Dr. Hassan Said
Associate Professor of Accounting
College of Business
Alfaisal University
Riyadh, KSA

Email: hsaid@alfaisal.edu
Tel: (+966 1) 215-7713
Fax: +(966-1) 215-7611

EDUCATION:
Postdoctoral Graduate Study-Accounting	1997-98	Mississippi State University and The University of Alabama
Ph.D.	1994	The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL
MA, Finance	1990	The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL
MBA	1984	St. Jones University (The College of Insurance), New York, NY
B.Sc.	1976	University of Baghdad, Baghdad, Iraq

ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE:

Associate Professor, College of Business, Alfaisal University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Sept. 2011-present
Associate Professor (Tenured), Accounting, College of Business, Austin Peay State University, Clarksville, TN, Sept. 2003-August 2011 (9 years)
Associate Professor, BISE, College of Business, Albany State University, Albany, GA, 1998-2002 (4 years)
Associate/Assistant Professor(Tenured), Department of Accounting and Finance, University of West Alabama, Livingston, AL, 1988-1998 (tenured) (10 Years)
Adjunct Professor, Department of Economics, Finance, and Legal Studies, University of
Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL, 1990-1998 (8 years)
Adjunct Professor, Mississippi State University, Meridian, Mississippi, 1997-1998
Adjunct Professor, Stillman Management Institute, Stillman College, Tuscaloosa,
Alabama, 1992-1996 (4 years)

Courses Taught Since 1994

Intermediate Accounting (I, II III), Accounting Principles (I and II), Computer Applications in Accounting and Finance, Corporate and Managerial Finance (Graduate), Investments (Graduate), Financial Markets, Business Risk (MBA), Life and Health Insurance, Auditing, Forensic, International Accounting, Tax Planning (Graduate) , Cost Accounting, International Accounting, Government and Not-For-Profit Accounting,

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Treasurer and Commissioner, Clarksville Human Relations Commission, City of Clarksville, Montgomery County Tennessee, 2006-2011, (6 years)
Treasurer, Islamic Center of Clarksville (ICC), Clarksville, TN, 2005-2011, (7 years)
Consultant Underwriter, American International Life, AIG, New York, NY, 1986(1 year)
Assistant Manager, MetLife Company, Flushing, NY, 1984-1986 (2 years)
Customer Service Representative (part-time), CITIBANK, Queens, NY, 1983-1984 (2 years)
Assistant Accountant: The State Establishment of Oil Refining and Gas Processing, Department of Accounting and Insurance, Baghdad, Iraq, 1976, (3 years)

HONORS AND AWARDS:

Nominated and Received an Excellence Advising Award-APSU April 2008
Received a National Fellowship Award from the Japanese Institute Studies (JSI) -American Association of State Colleges and Universities (AASCU)- 2008
School of Business nominee for the Socrates Award, APSU 2006
Best Paper Awards, Corporate Finance Track, ASBBS 13th Annual Conference, February 2006 “An Empirical Investigation of the Corporate Ownership in the Life Insurance Industry”
Selected for Who’s Who Among America’s Teachers, Fourth Edition, October 1997.
Nominated for Outstanding Professor of the Year Award, University of West Alabama, 1992.
Recipient of The University of Alabama Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award 1988.

SCHOLARLY ACTIVITY
REFEREED ARTICLES (SHORT LIST)

“Corporate Financial Reporting Complexity: Recommendations For Improvement” Review of Business Journal (Volume 31, Number 2, 2011)
Corporate Financial Reporting Complexity: Recommendations for Improvement, Proceedings paper at the Academic and Business Research Institute, Orlando 2009
“Complexity in Corporate Financial Reporting: Recommendations for Improvement” Proceedings of ASBBS, Volume 16 Number 1, February 2009.
Cash Flow from Accountants to End Users, Allied Academies International Conference, Academy of Accounting and Financial Studies, Annual Conference Proceedings 2008
“Asset Allocation and Liquidity Constraints: A Model for the Financial Firm,” FBD, Southwestern Finance Association, Annual Conference Proceedings 2008
“Capital Structure and Organizational Form of Ownership: Evidence from the Life Insurance Industry,” Journal of Business and Behavioral Sciences, Vol. 15 No 2, Spring 2007
“An Empirical Investigation of the Corporate Ownership in the Life Insurance Industry” Best Paper Awards, Corporate Finance Track, ASBBS 13th Annual Conference, Proceedings, February 2006,
“Corporate Ownership in the Life Insurance Industry” The American Academy of Accounting and Finance, Proceedings, 2004

PAPER PRESENTATIONS AT PROFESSIONAL MEETINGS

Presentation “Evaluating Complexity in Corporate Financial Reporting: Recommendations for Improvement” Presented paper at Financial Services Institute Symposium September, 2010 New York City, New York
Corporate Financial Reporting Complexity: Recommendations for Improvement, Proceedings paper at the Allied Academies International Conference in New Orleans, April 14-16, 2010
Presentation “Corporate Financial Reporting Complexity: Recommendations for Improvement” Accepted paper at the American Accounting Association National Conference, San Francisco, CA, July 2010.
Paper Presentation “Complexity in Corporate Financial Reporting: Recommendations for Improvement” accepted for presentation at the 16th Annual Conference of ASBBS , Las Vegas, February 19-22, 2009.
Presentation of “Cash Flow from Accountants to End Users” paper in the Allied Academies International Conference in Tunica, MS, April, 2008
Presentation and project at the Japanese Institute Studies (JSI)-California State University “the International Accounting, KOKUSAI KAIKEIGAKU” June 2008
Presentation of paper “Asset Allocation and Liquidity Constraints:
A Model for the Financial Firm,” Southwester Finance Association, Federation of Business Disciplines Annual Meeting in Houston TX March 2008
Presenter in the APSU ‘s Faculty Research Forum on the issue of decision-making and pitfalls, “Uncertainty and Psychological Traps: Demystifying Some Common Pitfalls in Decision-Making,” October 2006
“Uncertainty and Psychological Traps: Demystifying Some Common Pitfalls in
Decision-Making,” Presentation at Kentucky-Tennessee Best Practices Conference, Hopkinsville, KY, February 2005

OTHER PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES:

Member of Faculty Development and Research Initiatives and Strategic and Management Committees (APSU) on AACSB accreditation 2010-1011
Lecture presentation on Muslim Community in Clarksville, Clarksville Leadership, Montgomery County TN 2010
Board member of Continental Expedited Services Inc. (CES), Clarksville TN 2009-presnt
Organized a two-day Summer Workshop, Mediation & Conflict Resolution Training for Clarksville Human Relations Commission, July 10-11, 2009
Continued to serve as a Commissioner in the Clarksville Human Relations Commission of Montgomery Co and the City of Clarksville, TN, 2006-present
Continued to serve as the Treasurer of the Islamic Center of Clarksville (ICC), Clarksville, TN 2006-2011
President of the Islamic Center of Clarksville (ICC), Clarksville, TN 2005-2006
Principal in fundraising activities for the ICC permanent establishment over $250,000 2005-08
Co Advisor of the Austin Peay State University -IMA club, 2005-2011
Program Coordinator, IRS- Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA), serving financially disadvantaged APSU and Clarksville constituents, 2004-2008
“Judge” in the Regional Advanced Accounting Competition, Business Professional of America, State of Tennessee, on the APSU Campus, January 2004-2007
Member of the Board of Associate Editors, Journal of Economics and Business Studies, 2002-2004
Served as a board member of Consumer Credit Counseling Services of Southwest Georgia, Albany 2000-2002
Participated as a member of the USDA (Higher Education Challenge Grants Program) Peer Review Panel for FY 2001 CSREES grants, Washington DC, May 2001
“Air Service Study,” A feasibility Research funded by Albany Chamber of Commerce for Southwest Georgia Regional Airport, 2001

INSTITUTIONAL ACTIVITIES

Selected by APSU to participate in the First Research Development Symposium to build a research infrastructure for all faculty across the Tennessee Board of Regents system, March 2011
Partner with IIE-Iraqi Scholar Visit for Bureau of Educational And Cultural Affairs, 2010 Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program for Iraq, 2010
Volunteered in the Clarksville Police Department Ride-Along Program 2009
Served as Member of the College of Business Dean Search Committee 2009
Chaired the Micro-Grant Ad-hoc Committee to allocate $75,000 Student Academic Success Initiative, February 2008
Appointed to serve on the Student Life and Support Services Committee 2008-2009
Recruiting for Accounting and Business Students, TSCPA Accounting Academy Summer Camp July 21, 2008
Executive Faculty Senator representing APSU at the Tennessee Summit, Fall Creek Falls, TN, April 2005-2008
Executive Senate Member-faculty-at-large, Austin Peay State University, Clarksville TN 2006-present
Served as a member of the School of Business Scholarship Awards committee 2006-2008
Served as a member of the Search Committee for the Student Financial Aid, APSU 2006
Served as a member on the Strategic Planning Committee, APSU 2006
Severed on Search Committees for Dean of College of Professional Programs & Social Sciences, APSU 2006
Small Grant funded by the Georgia Society of CPAs, Speakers included local CPA partners, business financial officers and the president of the GSCPA Albany Chapter
Coordinator of the VITA co-educational programs with the Georgia Department of Revenue and IRS for the ASU Accounting Club (1998-present)

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