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Dr. David Christensen

Professor of Accounting

"I enjoy teaching and helping students prepare for their careers."

Degrees Held:

Ph.D. – The University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 1987

Career Highlights:

I completed a 20-year career with the United States Air Force; during the last 10 years, I taught cost management the Air Force Institute of Technology at Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio. I am now a Professor of Accounting at SUU. I teach management accounting, cost accounting, and ethics. I was a department chair for about 15 years. I have over 65 peer-reviewed journal articles in cost management, communication, and ethics. I have 5 children; they are all married with their own children. I enjoy teaching and helping students prepare for their careers. In my off time, I enjoy fly fishing.

In which online degree program do you teach?

  • Which MBA class do you teach online?

    ACCT 6100: Advanced Managerial Accounting

  • What do you want students in your courses to learn?

    Excellence with integrity and perseverance

  • Why did you start teaching?

    I started teaching in K-12 education as I really wanted to increase educational opportunities, possibilities and resources to underserviced and underrepresented populations.

  • What advice would you give to those considering an online MBA program?

    Don't procrastinate completing assignments.

  • What qualities make someone particularly successful in accounting?

    Integrity and perseverance

  • Why did you start teaching?

    I enjoy teaching and helping students prepare for their careers.

  • What is the one book you think everyone should read?

    The Book of Mormon

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