Cindy Durtschi

Cindy Durtschi

Cindy Durtschi is a full professor of accounting at the Driehaus College of Business, DePaul University, where she directs the Masters in Accountancy program.

She received her PhD from the University of Arizona.  Prior to arriving at DePaul University, she held positions at Florida State University and Utah State University.  Dr. Durtschi teaches forensic accounting in the MSAA (Master’s of Audit and Advisory Services) program at DePaul as well as financial accounting in both the MSA and MBA programs.  She has won the Gus Economos Distinguished Teaching Award for the Kellstadt Graduate School of Business at DePaul University, the Teacher of the Year for the Huntsman College of Business at Utah State University, and Outstanding Teacher Award for the Department of Finance at the University of Arizona.  Dr. Durtschi’s research is published in Journal of Accounting Research, Journal of Accounting, Auditing and Finance, Journal of Forensic Accounting, Issues in Accounting Education as well as other journals.  She received the 2006 American Accounting Association Innovation in Audit Education Award for her first published case in forensic accounting, The Tallahassee BeanCounters:  A Problem-Based Learning Case in Forensic Auditing.    She continues to publish forensic accounting cases (now with Carol Callaway Dee, Mary Mindak, and/or Robert Rufus) that are used in classrooms around the world.  Dr. Durtschi is currently on the editorial boards of Issues in Accounting Education, Journal of Forensic and Investigative Accounting, Journal of Forensic Accounting Research, and Journal of Accounting and Free Enterprise.  She is past president of the Forensic Accounting Section of the American Accounting Association.


Books

Alpine Cupcakes, 2e
Alpine Cupcakes, 2e by Callaway Dee, Durtschi, Mindak 978-1-61853-323-4