Bryan School of Business and Economics
Arrington, Cecil E.
Title: ProfessorDepartment: Dept of Accounting and Finance
Office: 337 Bryan Building
Phone: (336) 256-0116
Email: CEARRING@uncg.edu
Profile: Dr. C. Edward Arrington, Professor of Accounting, comes to UNCG from the University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, Scotland. He received his Bachelor of Arts in English with a minor in psychology from The University of Southern Mississippi in 1972. He received his Master of Arts with a major in American Literature from The University of Southern Mississippi in 1974 and his Doctor of Business Administration with a major in accounting and a minor in cognitive psychology from The Florida State University in 1980. He was a student at The School of Criticism and Theory, Dartmouth College, in 1987.
Dr. Arrington’s academic appointments include Professor and Chair of Accounting, University of Strathclyde, 1995-1998; Professor of Accounting, Louisiana State University, 1991-1995; Associate Professor of Accounting, The University of Iowa, 1985-1991; Associate Professor of Accounting, Florida State University, 1981-1985, and Assistant Professor of Accounting, Arizona State University, 1980-1981.
Dr. Arrington’s interests are in critical social theory and its relation to accounting and organizations as well as theories of language in the context of commerce and culture. A former Independent Fellow of the National Endowment for the Humanities, his expertise is evidenced by his publication success on a variety of interdisciplinary topics in the premier journals in the accounting discipline, as well as editorial positions with several journals.
Professional interests: Financial and Managerial Accounting
Vita: http://www.uncg.edu/bae/people/arrington/vita.pdf