MOUNT VERNON — Theresa Hammond, author of “A White-Collar Profession: African American Certified Public Accountants Since 1921,” will discuss her book and accounting ethics during a two-day visit to Cornell College.
She will host a forum discussion on current issues in accounting practices at 3:15 p.m. Monday, Oct. 7, in Cole Library Room 108, and discuss her book at 11:10 a.m. Tuesday, Oct. 8, in Hedges Conference Room of The Commons.
Hammond is associate professor of accounting and Ernst and Young Research Fellow in Diversity Studies at Boston College. In preparation for her book, she spent 10 years conducting in-depth interviews with African-American accountants from around the country, framing the interview data within statistical and sociological research. The themes in her book center around affirmative action, race relations, economic history and elite professions’ tendency to be closed to diversity.
The Cornell events are co-sponsored by Cole Library and the Lecture, Artists, Cultural Events Consortium.