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Faculty honored for dissertation

Published on September 11, 2007 by The Sentinel

    The 2007 Pricewaterhouse Coopers Outstanding Tax
Dissertation Award was presented to KSU’s own Dr. Catherine Cleaveland.
The American Taxation Association presented her with this award for
her dissertation “The Relationship Between R&D Investment and
Dividend Payment Tax Incentives.”

 Along with an honorary plaque, she will receive $5,000 for her
achievement. Dr. Cleaveland is an assistant professor of accounting in
the Coles College of Business.

    “We are very pleased that Dr. Cleaveland has once
again been recognized for her expertise in the field of accounting‚“
said Dr. Ken Harmon‚ accounting chair at the Coles College in a recent
press release.

    “This honor further demonstrates her deep-rooted
commitment to the practice of accounting and in educating future
accountants. We look forward to her continued leadership.”

    The Outstanding Tax Dissertation Award is the second
award earned by Dr. Cleaveland. The first award Cleaveland received
from the ATA was the American Taxation Association Deloitte Teaching
Innovation Award. This was in 2004, resulting from her work on the
Georgia State University Tax Writing Web site. The site allows tax and
accounting students to perfect their writing skills.

    To write her dissertation she traveled to Australia.

    “There was no time to enjoy the scenery though,” she
said, “[the trip] would have been more fun if I hadn’t been in the
library.”

    The ATA, created in 1974, encourages tax education
and researches tax policy. The ATA currently has 841 members and is a
part of the American Accounting Association.