Ryan P. McDonough

Ryan P. McDonough

Ryan P. McDonough, PhD, CPA, is an assistant professor of accounting at Rutgers Business School—Newark and New Brunswick. He teaches governmental accounting, auditing, and fraud courses.

He earned a PhD in accounting at the University of Michigan’s Ross School of Business, as well as bachelor’s and master’s degrees in accounting from Rutgers Business School.

Dr. McDonough’s research primarily addresses governmental accounting, auditing, and standard-setting topics. His research has been published in peer-reviewed academic journals, including Accounting Historians Journal, Accounting History, Accounting Horizons, Contemporary Accounting Research, Journal of Accounting and Public Policy, Journal of Business Finance & Accounting, Journal of Governmental and Nonprofit Accounting, and Review of Accounting Studies, among others.

Dr. McDonough has worked at the Governmental Accounting Standards Board as both an academic fellow and a postgraduate technical assistant. He also serves on the Executive Committee of the Government and Nonprofit Section of the American Accounting Association, as well as on the AICPA’s Government Performance and Accountability Committee. Prior to academia, he worked at PricewaterhouseCoopers in New York as a senior associate in the Capital Markets and Accounting Advisory Services group.

Dr. McDonough has received numerous teaching and research awards, including the Governmental Accounting Standards Board’s Gil Crain Memorial Research Grant.



Books

Accounting for Governmental & Nonprofit Organizations, 3e
Accounting for Governmental & Nonprofit Organizations, 3e by Patton, Patton, Bloch, McDonough 9781618536419