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Clinton E. (Skip) White Jr.

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Title Professor Emeritus of MIS
Email skipw@nospam676dafc4663a4.udel.edu
Biography

Education

  • D.B.A. in accounting & MIS, Indiana University
  • M.B.A. in finance & economics, University of Louisville, KY
  • B.A. in history & government, Western Kentucky University

Select Publications

  • “The Guide & Workbook for Understanding XBRL (4th edition), SkipWhite.com (2010).
  • The Accountant’s Guide to XBRL (4th edition), SkipWhite.com (2009).
  • “Assurance on XBRL Instance Documents: A Theoretical Framework of Assertions-A Discussion and Extension,” International Journal of Accounting Information Systems (Spring 2010).
  • “Jims Sporting Goods: The Move to XBRL Reporting,” Issues in Accounting Education (October, 2010).
  • “Introducing XBRL Instance Documents and Their Validation,” The AIS Educators Conference (June 2010).
  • “Introducing XBRL Using An Instance Document Shell,” The AIS Educator Journal, Vol. 1, No. 1 (2007).
  • Clinton E. White, Jr. “Introducing XBRL Using an Instance Document Shell,” AIS Educator’s Conference – IMA Best Paper Award, Estes Park, CO, June 2006.
  • Clinton E. White, Jr. The Accountant’s Guide to XBRL, SkipWhite.com (May 2006).
  • Geerts, Guido and Clinton E. White, Jr. “SportsStuff.com: A Case Study on XML Technologies, E-Business Processes, and Accounting Information Systems,” The Journal of Information Systems, Vol. 18, No. 2 (Fall 2004).
  • Clinton E. White, Jr. “Discussion of CAWS Model for XML based Accounting Systems,” International Journal of Accounting Information Systems (Fall 2004).

Awards & Honors

  • The American Accounting Association XBRL Teaching Workshop – Newark, DE 2006, Chicago 2007, Los Angeles 2008, New York 2009, San Francisco 2010
  • Introductory and Advanced XBRL Workshops, Regional Meetings of The American Accounting Association, 2005 – 2010
  • Outstanding Educator Award, Strategic & Emerging Technologies, American Accounting Association, 2009
  • AIS Educators Best Paper Award, AIS Educators’ Conference, 2008
  • Institute of Management Accountants Best Paper Award, AIS Educator’s Conference, 2006
  • XBRL Academic Competition, Grand prize winner (with Guido Geerts, Luke Brown, and Jeremy Liebman), 2001-2002
  • American Accounting Association Outstanding Service Award, 1998
  • American Accounting Association Webmaster, 1995 – 1998