Mahoney, Others Honored with KSOM Awards

Student members of The University of Scranton’s Business Club recently chose five instructors for the annual Kania School of Management Professor of the Year awards.

The premier prize, KSOM Overall Professor of the Year, was awarded to Daniel Mahoney, Ph.D. ’81, G’85, professor of accounting. Having earned top honors in 2001, 2006, 2010, 2014 and 2018, this is Dr. Mahoney’s sixth time receiving Professor of the Year.

A graduate of The University of Scranton at the undergraduate and graduate levels, Dr. Mahoney earned a doctorate in accounting from Syracuse University. He joined the University faculty in 1990 and is a Certified Public Accountant.

Dr. Mahoney’s work has been widely recognized with numerous awards, including the 2007 Pennsylvania Institute of Certified Public Accountants (PICPA) Outstanding Accounting Educator. His research has been published in Internal Auditor, Management Accounting Quarterly and The CPA Journal, among other academic and professional journals.

In 2020, Dr. Mahoney and several Scranton Accounting Department faculty members were nationally recognized for research publication productivity based on the number of articles published in the leading five accounting practitioner journals. His work was also recognized with the Institute for Management Accountants’ prestigious Gold Lybrand Medal for “outstanding paper.”

Additionally, Ashley Stampone, Ph.D. ’10, G’11, Ph.D’23, assistant professor, received KSOM Accounting Professor of the Year.

David Mahalak, D. Eng., assistant professor, received KSOM Operations and Analytics Professor of the Year.

John Ruddy, D.P.S. ’91, associate professor, received Economics, Finance and International Business Professor of the Year.

Gregory O’Connell, J.D., faculty specialist, received Management and Marketing Professor of the Year.