EXPERTISE
Managerial Accounting
DEI Topics & Accounting
Financial Literacy
FACULTY PROFILE
EDUCATION
Ph.D., Accountancy, University of Mississippi – Oxford, MS
M.B.A., Accounting, Magna Cum Laude, Florida Agricultural & Mechanical University – Tallahassee, FL
B.S., Management, Magna Cum Laude, Florida Agricultural & Mechanical University – Tallahassee, FL
BIOGRAPHY
Dr. Chevonne Alston is an Assistant Professor of Accounting at Governors State University. She holds a Ph.D. in Accountancy from the University of Mississippi's Patterson School of Accountancy, as well as a B.S. in Management and an MBA in Accounting from Florida Agricultural & Mechanical University's School of Business & Industry. She was excited to receive the Outstanding Dissertation award from the AAA Government & Nonprofit (GNP) section at the 2021 annual meeting. Chevonne was selected to participate in the Institute of Management Accountant’s ( IMA’s) DEI Leadership experience. Chevonne remains active with IMA and the Illinois Certified Public Accountants.
RESEARCH AND PUBLICATIONS
Alston, C., Flint, L., and Manley, S. (2024). A Content Analysis of the Portrayal of Under-Represented Minorities in Introductory Accounting Textbooks. Issues in Accounting Education. (https://publications.aaahq.org/iae/article-abstract/39/2/1/12126/A-Content-Analysis-of-the-Portrayal-of-Under?redirectedFrom=fulltext )
Alston, C., Rakasuwan, L. & Lewis, A. (2023). What Can the Profession Do? Looking closely at each piece of the puzzle. CPA Journal. https://www.cpajournal.com/2023/12/04/what-can-the-profession-do/
Alston, C. (2023). Accounting beyond numbers: information systems and technology embedded in the new CPA exam. Issues in Information Systems, 24(3), 15-23. doi: https://doi.org/10.48009/3_iis_2023_102
Alston, C., & Wu, D. (2023). Future accountants need top-notch ethics education. Strategic Finance. https://sfmagazine.com/articles/2023/september/future-accountants-need-top-notch-ethics-education?psso=true
Carl, Katherine, Christopher Dignam, Mucahit Kochan, Chevonne Alston, and David Green. "Discovering prompt engineering: A qualitative study of nonexpert teachers' interactions with ChatGPT." Issues in Information Systems 25, no. 4 (2024)
Voices of Change: Race, Racism, and Colonization in Accounting (Book Chapter) (2025), Emerald Publishing Anton Lewis (Editor), Adam J. Saatkamp (Editor), Joanne Sopt (Editor)
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