• Email Address: wygal@rider.edu
• Phone: (609) 895-5543
• Office: Sweigart Hall 344
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• Mailing Address: 2083 Lawrence Road, Lawrenceville, NJ 08648

Dr. Wygal has been a member of the Rider Community since 1984.   He has taught in the areas of Cost and Managerial Accounting as well as Financial Reporting and Accounting Policy. He is active in national and international accounting professional organizations, including service as Chair of the Teaching and Curriculum Section of the American Accounting Association and membership on the Pre-certification Education Executive Committee of the AICPA and the Committee on Academic Relations of the Institute of Management Accountants. He serves on the editorial boards of several professional journals and is the past Associate Editor of Issues in Accounting Education.

His research is primarily in the areas of ethics and professionalism and accounting curricular change.  His work has appeared in Accounting Education: An International Journal, Accounting Horizons, Advances in Accounting, Advances in International Accounting, Issues in Accounting Education, Journal of Accounting Education, Management Accounting Quarterly, Pennsylvania CPA Journal, Strategic Finance and other journals.  

He is a U.S. Army veteran of the Vietnam War, having served with the 101^st Airborne Division in Phu Bai. He is married to Carol, a dedicated health-care professional, and is the father of Don Jr., Melissa and Melanie - wonderful children who have made him look good as a father.

Background Information

• Doctor of Philosophy, 1977, University of Pittsburgh, Accounting, Corporate Social Policy
• Master of Business Administration, 1970, University of Pittsburgh
• Bachelor of Arts, 1969, Slippery Rock State College, History, Economics

• Wygal, D. E. (2009). Building Community: The Conference on Teaching and Learning in Accounting. Accounting Education – An International Journal, 18 (1), 99-101.
• Wygal, D. E. (2006).  Shared Experiences and Reflecting on What We Teach. Accouting Education - An International Journal, 15 (2), 205-210.
• Wygal, D. E. (2005).  A Commentary on the Long Road to Publishing - A User Friendly Expose. Accounting Education - An International Journal, 14 (2), 189-191.
• Wygal, D. E. (2004).  The Computerized CPA Exam: Challenges and Opportunities. Pennsylvania CPA Journal, 18, 19.
• Haywood-Sullivan, M. E. & Wygal, D. E. (2004).  Corporate Greed vs. IMA's Ethics Code. Strategic Finance, 86 (5), 44-49.
• Haywood-Sullivan, M. E., McMullen, D. A., & Wygal, D. E. (2004).  Using Games to Enhance Student Understanding of Professional and Ethical Responsibilities. Issues in Accounting Education, 85-100.

• Wygal, D. E. (2007).  An Integrative Project Approach to Accounting Education. Conference of Political Economists, XVI (1), Conference of Political Economists, 64-75.
• Wygal, D. E. & Stout, D. E. (2007).  Use of AICPA Assessment Platforms. Annual Meeting of Decision Science Institute , 30 (1), Decision Sciences Institute, 67-78.

• Wygal, D. E. & Prober, L. M. (2008). Forensic Data Analysis and Associated Skill Needs In Governmental Agencies, Rider University Lawrenceville NJ 08648:  Center For Business Forensics  (under contract).

Presentation of Refereed Papers
National

• Wygal, D. E. (2009, August). Linking the Community and Classroom -Intermediate Accounting. Presented at American Accounting Association Annual Meeting, New York City, New York.
• Wygal, D. E. & McDowell, E. (2009, August). An Ethics and Professionalism Project Approach. Presented at American Accounting Association Annual Meeting Poster Session, New York, New York.
• Wygal, D.E., Trapnell, J., Weinstein, G., & Wyer, J. (2008, August). Real and Imagined Partnering Opportunities Between the Academic and Professional Communities.   Presented at American Accounting Association Annual Meeting, Anaheim, California.
• Wygal, D.E. (2008, August). Developing and Assessing Student Skills: Classroom to Practice Settings.   Presented at American Accounting Association Annual Meeting, Anaheim, California.
• Wygal, D.E. (2007, October). Developing Mutually-Beneficial Linkages Between Accounting Programs and the Practice World.   Presented at Colloquium on Change in Accounting Education, Scottsdale, Arizona.
• Wygal, D.E., Haywood-Sullivan, E., & Mc Dowell, E. (2006, November). Classroom and Co-Curricular Uses of a Strategy Game.   Presented at Institute of Management Accountants Student Leadership Conference, Cleveland, Ohio.
• Wygal, D.E. & Haywood-Sullivan, M. Elizabeth (2006, October). A Classroom Strategy Game to Connect Students with Ethics and Professionalism in the Workplace.   Presented at Colloquium on Change in Accounting Education, Sedona, Arizona.

Regional

• Wygal, D.E. (2008, April). Shared Experiences-Bringing Practice and Professors Together.   Presented at American Accounting Association Mid-Atlantic Region, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
• Wygal, D.E., Ragan, J., Sanders, B., & Ryan, J. (2007, April). Shared Experiences and Partnering with Accounting Professionals.   Presented at American Accounting Association Mid-Atlantic Regional Meeting, Parsippany, New Jersey.

Presentation of Non-Refereed Papers
National

• Haywood-Sullivan, M. E., Wygal, D., & Raubenstine, C. M. (2004, October). Getting It Real: An Academic/Industry Partnership to Enhance Ethics Education. Colloquium on Change in Accounting Education, Albuquerque, New Mexico.

Regional

• Wygal, D.E. (2005, April).  Attracting Students to Accounting: Bringing the Richness of the Profession to Freshmen and Sophomore Students.  American Accounting Association Mid-Atlantic Regional Meeting, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.