EXPERTISE
Financial Accounting
Managerial Accounting
Tax Accounting
FACULTY PROFILE
EDUCATION
Ph.D., Public Policy Analysis, Specialization in Higher Education, University of Illinois Chicago
M.S./M.A., Master of Business Administration, Governors State University
B.S./B.A., Bachelor of Arts in Business Administration, Saint Xavier University
BIOGRAPHY
Dr. Prendergast is an adjunct accounting instructor in the College of Business at Governors State University. She earned a Ph.D. from the University of Illinois Chicago. Her research focused on the influence of college environments and the development in critical skills in college students. She has taught courses in financial, managerial, cost, governmental, and tax accounting. She is the co-author of the Fundamentals of Taxation Textbook (now in the 18th edition). She is a licensed Certified Public Accountant in the State of Illinois.
RESEARCH AND PUBLICATIONS
Fundamentals of Taxation 2025 release (18th edition), Cruz, Deschamps, Niswander, Prendergast, Schisler, McGraw Hill Education, 2025.