Meet Your Faculty
Among the best in the world
The depth of knowledge and personal attention you will receive from our globally ranked faculty will form the foundation of your UC Davis MPAc degree.
You’ll learn from thought leaders who are experts in their fields and who are developing innovative solutions for today’s business challenges.
Our faculty bring experiences from their pioneering research, teaching and consulting work — which is shaping management practices throughout the U.S. — to the classroom to give you a world-class education.
They will lead you through a dynamic classroom experience filled with case studies, seminars, guest speakers, simulations and team projects so you can learn complex concepts and skills that will serve you well throughout your career.
Shannon W. Anderson
Professor Emerita
Ph.D., Harvard University
Professor Emerita Shannon Anderson is an expert on the design and implementation of performance measurement and cost control systems. Her research spans the fields of management accounting and operations research. Anderson’s research has been funded by grants from professional accounting organizations such as the AICPA, the IIA, the IMA and CIMA, and from national research organizations such as the National Science Foundation and the Australian Research Council.
C. Janie Chang
Academic Executive Director, Master of Professional Accountancy Program
Ph.D., University of California, Irvine
Research Expertise: Human information processing in accounting settings, behavioral issues in managerial accounting and auditing, nature of expert judgments, group decision making, accounting information systems, audit analytics, and cross-cultural research.
Janie Chang is the academic executive director of the Master of Professional Accountancy (MPAc) program at the UC Davis Graduate School of Management.
Crystal A. Coleman
Lecturer
Master of Science in Accountancy from California State University, Sacramento 2000
Master of Business Administration from California State University, Sacramento 1997
Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo 1993
Kevin Mello
Lecturer
Masters, Education, Johns Hopkins University, 2020
Masters, Business Administration, Arizona State University, 2008
Bachelors, Accounting, Santa Clara University, 1996
Gary Peironi
Visiting Professor
MBA, Management, John F. Kennedy, 1993,
B.S., Accounting, California State University, 1980
Pieroni has more than 14 years corporate financial reporting in a Fortune-50 company. He assisted in the standard setting process as an Academic Fellow at the International Accounting Standards Board in London from 2015-2017. Pieroni has more than 33 years teaching students at all stages in life at the UC, State University, and Community.
Mehul Rangwala
Continuing Lecturer
MBA, UC Davis Graduate School of Management
B.S. Electronics Engineering, India
Lecturer Mehul Rangwala has nearly 20 years of experience in information technology and quantitative and qualitative data analysis. An information technology manager at the Sacramento Regional County Sanitation District, Rangwala researches, plans and provides insights to the executive management on IT strategy and the latest technology trends while providing leadership in IT investments, cost/benefit analysis, asset management, IT operations and support.
Hollis Skaife
Professor
Ph.D., University of Iowa
Academic Director, Master of Professional Accountancy Program
Research Expertise: International financial reporting issues and corporate governance, including the role of internal control and auditing in the development of high-quality financial information.
Will Snyder
Executive Director, Master of Professional Accountancy
Research Expertise: Financial and tax accounting
Will Snyder is the executive director of the UC Davis Master of Professional Accountancy program.
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Mike Ueltzen
Lecturer
MBA and B.S., California State University, Sacramento
Research Expertise: Forensic Accounting
Mike Ueltzen has testified as an expert witness in cases throughout the United States in federal and state courts in matters that involved both civil and criminal claims and in arbitrations. He has also served as a federal special master, court appointed expert, referee, mediator, and an arbitrator.
Paul A. Wong
Assistant Professor
Ph.D., Texas A&M University
Research Interests: Financial reporting, financial analysts, corporate disclosures, auditor/audit firm networks and the role of the audit committee
Assistant Professor Paul Wong worked for Crowe Horwath (formerly Crowe Chizek) from 2007–11 as a senior staff auditor in the not-for-profit and higher education group.
He served as a board member for Ledger & Quill, DePaul University’s accounting alumni association, from 2007-11 and New Moms Inc., a Chicagoland nonprofit, from 2009-11.
Robert Yetman
Professor
Academic Director, Master of Professional Accountancy Program
Ph.D., University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Academic Director, MBA Program
Research Expertise: Accounting, response of nonprofit organizations to economic incentives