Weinstein Named 2009 Outstanding Ohio Accounting Educator

Gerald P. Weinstein, Ph.D., CPA, chair of the John Carroll University Department of Accountancy, has been named the recipient of the 2009 Outstanding Ohio Accounting Educator award.

Each year, The Ohio Society of Certified Public Accountants and the American Accounting Association present the award to an accounting educator who has made extraordinary contributions to the accounting profession and whose teaching skills and techniques merit special recognition.

Prof. Weinstein has been a full-time faculty member at John Carroll for 23 years. He has served on the board of directors of the Montefiore nursing home in Beachwood since 2006, and as a past board member of the Cleveland Food Co-Op.  He also manages John Carroll University student participation in the IRS’ Volunteer Tax Assistance (VITA) program, which provides free tax services for low-income, elderly, and non-English speaking taxpayers.

Weinstein is a prolific researcher and author, with extensive contributions to professional publications. He is a member of the Journal of Accounting Education Editorial Board and has also served for 12 years as a reviewer for the Case Research Journal.

John Carroll University, located in University Heights, Ohio, is a Jesuit Catholic university that inspires individuals to excel in learning, leadership, and service in the region and the world.  The University has 3,000 undergraduates and nearly 700 graduate students.  U.S. News & World Report’s 2009 college guide ranks John Carroll among the top 10 universities in the Midwest that grant master’s degrees. Originally founded as St. Ignatius College in 1886, the University was renamed in 1923 to honor America’s first Catholic bishop, John Carroll of Maryland.  John Carroll is one of 28 Jesuit colleges and universities located in the United States.