Assistant Professor

Bio

Claire Richards is an Assistant Professor of Accounting at Zayed University in Abu Dhabi.  She has previous teaching experience at Westminster College, Salt Lake City, Utah.   Dr. Richards received a Ph.D. in Accounting from the University of Utah, and her undergraduate (music) and Masters (accounting) degrees were earned at Brigham Young University. 

Dr. Richards has five years of experience as CFO of a large international charity, and her research interests include not-for-profit financial and tax reporting in the US as well as charity practices in the U.A.E.  Her teaching area is financial accounting.

Office

Abu Dhabi - Khalifa City, FF1-2-056

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Research and Professional Activities

Refereed Articles

• Richards, C., Reynolds, M., & Dillard, J. (2016).  Governance and Reporting in a Complex Global Environment.   Universal Journal of Accounting and Finance.
• Hodgson, S. & Richards, C. (2014).  To Accrue or Not to Accrue: UK Governmental Accounting Practice and Military History from 1815 to the Present.   International Interdisciplinary Journal of Scientific Research. 
• Matherly, L. L., Nandialath, A., & Richards, C. (2013).  Spreading Fragrance Around the World: Arab Scents.   Thunderbird International Business Review.  
• Matherly, L. & Richards, C. (2013).  ZARA: Chic and Fast Fashion.   Journal of Strategic Management Education.