Dr. Michael Opara

Dr. Opara is an accomplished, widely published academic with a particular interest in the intersection of public policy and accounting. His research focuses include corporate social responsibility, institutional theory, public-private partnerships, and social and environmental accounting. At East Texas A&M University, where he's an Associate Professor. He teaches Accounting for Government and Non-Profit Organizations, Advanced Managerial Accounting, Government and Not-for-Profit Accounting, State and Local Government Taxation, and Taxation of Individuals and Business Entities.

Professor Opara's research has been published in journals such as Accounting, Auditing & Accountability Journal, Critical Perspectives on Accounting, Australian Journal of Public Administration, Crime, Law & Social Change, and Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management. Prior to his career in higher education, he served the Alberta Government Ministry of Finance as the Director of Budgets and Fiscal Policy for over a decade.