Sandra Waller Shelton (1954-2021) was an American economist, specializing in

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and accounting. She was a professor in the School of Accountancy & MIS at

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, where she was named KPMG Alumni Distinguished Professor in 2012 and KPMG Neil F. Casson Endowed Professor in 2016.

Education and career

Shelton was a 1976 graduate of

Rhodes College Rhodes College is a private liberal arts college in Memphis, Tennessee. Historically affiliated with the Presbyterian Church (USA), it is a member of the Associated Colleges of the South and is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges ...

, where she majored in economics. After an MBA from

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, she began working for one of what at that time were the big six accounting firms, but returned to academia after guest-lecturing at

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. She completed a Ph.D. in accounting from the

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in 1994, and joined the De Paul faculty.

Recognition

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, a non-profit organization whose goal is to bring minority students back to academia as professors, listed Shelton in their hall of fame in 2014. In 2017 the Rhodes College Black Student Association gave Shelton their Distinguished Alumni Award.

References

External links

Faculty profile at De Paul
Living people DePaul University faculty American economists Wisconsin School of Business alumni Indiana University alumni Rhodes College alumni 1954 births {{US-business-academic-bio-stub