Faculty Member Ashley Stampone Nationally Feted
Ashley L. Stampone ’10, G’11, faculty specialist in the Accounting Department of The University of Scranton, received the Institute of Management Accountants (IMA) Ursel K. Albers IMA Campus Advocate of the Year Award and the Pennsylvania Institute of Certified Public Accountants (PICPA) Young Leaders Award for 2021.
The IMA Campus Advocate of the Year Award recognizes a campus advocate/student chapter advisor who has made significant contributions to the IMA overall and the IMA student members in particular. Prof. Stampone serves as the faculty advisor for the University’s IMA student chapter, which has been recognized as one of IMA five Outstanding Student Chapters in the nation for the past three consecutive years. Through the chapter, University students have participated in numerous educational and professional development events, including IMA’s student case competition and its student manuscript competition, as well as IMA’s student leadership conference.
The PICPA Young Leaders Award recognizes members under the age of 40 who demonstrate a commitment to the accounting profession through active PICPA or community volunteer activities.
Prof. Stampone has received several awards recognizing her for leadership and dedication to the accounting field, as well as for teaching and service. She received the University’s the Kania School of Management Professor of the Year twice, in 2021 and 2020. Student members of the University’s Business Club select a faculty member for the annual award.
In 2019, Prof. Stampone was also honored with the IMA’s Faculty Leadership Award. The national award recognizes one faculty member annually who has demonstrated significant leadership activities at the national, regional, and/or local levels of IMA and has made additional contributions to IMA.
Prof. Stampone joined the faculty at Scranton in 2016. Previously, she worked as an internal auditor for QVC, Inc., as a senior financial systems analyst for Bridon American Corporation, as an inventory accountant for International Salt Company and a staff accountant for ParenteBeard, LLC.
A resident of Old Forge, Prof. Stampone received a bachelor’s degree in accounting and an MBA from The University of Scranton. She is currently pursuing a Doctor of Business Administration (DBA) at Scranton.