Ian Van Deventer, CPA, Ph.D.

About Ian

Dr. Van Deventer teaches accounting and finance at both the undergraduate and graduate levels. He possesses nearly 20 years of experience working as an accountant and manager. Much of his experience was gained in the lodging industry where he developed an aptitude for financial management and improving operations. Dr. Van Deventer possesses an undergraduate degree in German, an MBA in finance, a second MBA in accounting and a Ph.D. in advanced accounting. He pursues research interests in education, accounting and finance topics. Dr. Van Deventer enjoys sharing his experiences in accounting and finance with students. He strives to make complex topics easy for students to understand.

Publications

• Does One Size Fit All? A Subsample Analysis of Board Independence and Operating Performance. Journal of Accounting and Financial Management, 11(8), 96-110. (August 2025). DOI: 10.56201/jafm.vol.11.no8.2025.pg96.110
• The effect of board composition on long-term firm performance: NASDAQ versus NYSE. Journal of Finance and Accounting, 8(8):101-108. (September 2024). https://doi.org/10.53819/81018102t4294
• Advising versus monitoring: A study of agency theory and the effect of board composition on the long-run financial performance of publicly traded companies in the Unites States. Journal of Accounting and Financial Management, 9(12), 1-14. (December 2023). DOI: 10.56201/jafm.v9.no12.2023.pg1.14
• A study of trade credit: Best practices for managing accounts receivable. International Journal of Accounting Research, 8(2), 53-58. (December 2023). https://j.arabianjbmr.com/index.php/ijar/article/view/1195/1111
• The impact of the board of directors on CEO pay-for-performance sensitivity. Global Journal of Accounting and Finance, 7(1), 26-44. (August 2023). https://www.igbr.org/wp-content/Journals/2023/GJAF_Vol_7_No_1_2023.pdf
• The effect of strengthened monitoring and oversight mechanisms on U.S. firms listed on NASDAQ. Research Journal of Finance and Accounting, 12(16), 15-20. (August 2021). https://doi.org/10.7176/RJFA/12-16-02
• The effect of strengthened corporate governance on firm performance in the United States. Journal of Accounting, Business and Finance Research, 12(2), 26-31. (July 2021). https://doi.org/10.20448/2002.122.26.31
• A conceptual review of demerit points as punishment and social necessity. Journal of Applied Learning and Teaching, 3(2), 80-88. (August 2020). https://doi.org/10.37074/jalt.2020.3.2.8

Honors & Affiliations

• Distinguished Research Award, July 2024, presented by the Institute for Global Research for the paper titled The effect of board composition on long-term firm performance: NASDAQ versus NYSE.
• Best Paper Award, Summer 2021, presented by the Academy of Business Research for the paper titled CEO pay-for-performance sensitivity & agency theory: The impact of the independent board of directors.
• Published Author Excellence Award, July 2016, presented by Lambda Eta Chapter of Delta Mu Delta International Honor Society for the paper titled The use of traditional summative testing to maximize student achievement: An empirical study.