Ellen Rackas
Education
- M.B.A., University of Maryland
- B.A., American University
- C.P.A., licensed in Pennsylvania and Maryland
Teaching Interests
Having dedicated my career to accounting, I like to impart my passion for accounting to my students. Accounting is the language of business and is, therefore, integral to communicating business information. I strongly believe that accounting can unlock many doors for students, regardless of career choice, and I intend to provide the key!
Research and Scholarship
My research interests include exploring taxation and public policy as well as teaching accounting at the college level.
Conference Presentations
- April 2024: Presentation “The Earned Income Tax Credit and Income Inequality” presented at the Annual Meeting of the North American Accounting Society at the Midwest Business Administration Association International Chicago, Illinois
- March 2023: Panel Discussion Participant with Trevor Knox and Ermira Mazziotta “Experiential Learning in Accounting Courses” presented at the Annual Meeting of the North American Accounting Society at the Midwest Business Administration Association International Chicago, Illinois
- March 2021: Panel Discussion Participant with Ermira Mazziotta “Integrating Accounting Education with Liberal Arts” presented at the Annual Meeting of the North American Accounting Society at the Midwest Business Administration Association International Chicago, Illinois (virtual)
- October 2019: Mazziotta, E. and Rackas, E. “Cybercurrency and Blockchain the College Accounting Classroom” 31st Annual Asian-Pacific Conference on International Accounting Issues in Warsaw, Poland.
- March 2019: Panel Discussion Participant with Trevor Knox and Ermira Mazziotta “Integrating Accounting Education with Liberal Arts” presented at the Annual Meeting of the North American Accounting Society at the Midwest Business Administration Association International Chicago, Illinois.
Publications and Proceedings
- October 2019
Mazziotta, E. and Rackas, E. “Cybercurrency and Blockchain the College Accounting Classroom” 31st Annual Asian-Pacific Conference on International Accounting Issues in Warsaw, Poland.
- Accounting Independent Study/Research: CPA Tax Research
- Accounting Internship: Deloitte
- Accounting Internship: Price Waterhouse Coopers
- Accounting Internship: PricewaterhouseCoopers
- Concepts of Federal Taxation
- Cost/Managerial Accounting
- Financial Accounting
October 2024: Journal of Business and Economics “Income Inequality and the Earned Income Tax Credit” October 2024 Issue 11
Cybercurrency and Blockchain in the College Accounting Classroom, co-authored with Ermira Mazziotta, presented October 2019 at the Asian-Pacific Conference on International Accounting
Regulation, Surgent CPA Review, 2019, contributing editor
- Outstanding Academic Advisor 2023-2024
- Rising Scholar Award, Spring 2022
Accounting
Accounting, Business, Economics & Finance
Contact: [email protected]