Joan Fico

Education

• Ph.D., MBA, BA, Rutgers University
• M.S. in information management, Stevens Institute of Technology
• Certified Public Accountant, NJ and NY (inactive)

Select Publications

• Convery, A., Fico, J. Levine, C.B. The Conceptual Framework, Sage Business Foundations. Sage Publishing (forthcoming, September 2025).
• Fico, J., and Walsh, D. (2024). Understanding the Role of Memory in Interviews Undertaken by Auditors: Pitfalls and Solutions. Journal of Forensic and Investigative Accounting, Vol 16 Issue 1 (January-June 2024). https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/web.nacva.com/JFIA/Issues/JFIA-2024-No1-2.pdf
• Fico, J. & Walsh, D. W. (2023). Investigative Interviews Conducted by Forensic Accounting and Auditing Professionals. In N. Dorata, R. Jones, J. Mensche, & M. Ulrich (Eds.), The Past, Present, and Future of Accountancy Education and Professions (pp. 66-81). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-6684-5483-1.ch004
• Dorata, N. T., Phillips, C. R., and Fico, J. (2018). Rehiring the Retired: An Examination of Double Dipping in Public School Districts, Review of Business, 38(2).
• DiSalvio, J.(Fico) and Dorata, N. T. (2014). SEC Guidance on Climate Change Risk Disclosures: An Assessment of Firm and Market Responses, Accounting for the Environment: More Talk and Little Progress, Advances in Environmental Accounting & Management, Vol. 5, Emerald Group Publishing Limited, pp. 115-130. https://doi.org/10.1108/S1479-359820140000005013
• DiSalvio (Fico), J. and Dorata. N.T. (2014). Lease accounting change: it’s not over yet. Review of Business, 35.1 16-23.

Award & Honors

• Araya Debessay Fellowship Award, Department of Accounting and MIS, 2024-2027