Vincent J. Shea II, Ph.D.

Associate Professor

PhD, Accounting, Kent State UniversityMBA, University of North FloridaBBA, Accounting, University of North Florida

Dr. Shea earned a B.B.A. and a M.B.A in accounting from the University of North Florida (UNF). Upon graduation from UNF in 2001, he briefly worked as a financial analyst in Jacksonville, Florida and a financial accountant in Cambridge, England before returning to the United States to complete a doctorate degree in accounting at Kent State University.

Dr. Shea focuses most of his research in the areas of Business Valuation of Information Technology (BVIT) and decision usefulness of Activity Based Costing (ABC). He has published articles in several journals including the Journal of Information Systems, International Journal of Accounting Information Systems, Information Systems Frontier, Issues in Accounting Education, Journal of Forensic Accounting, Journal of Accounting Education and CPA Journal. He has also presented research papers in both Europe and the United States—including national, regional and sectional meetings of the American Accounting Association.

Prior to his employment at St. Johns University, Dr. Shea taught as a Visiting Assistant Professor at the University of North Florida and as a teaching fellow at Kent State University where he was twice nominated for the Kent State University College of Business Administration Teaching Award.

Teaching Interests

Accounting Information Systems, Accounting Analytics and Forensics , Enterprise Resource Planning

Research Interests

Business Valuation of Information Technology, Accounting and Data Analytics

Courses Taught

ACC

602

GLOBAL FIN & MGR REPORTING

AIS

624

INFO TECHNOLOGY AUDITING

AIS

667

ACC INFO: ENTPR RES PLANNING

AIS

668

ACC INFO: ANALYTICS & FORENSIC

AIS

3355

ACCOUNTING INFO SYSTEMS II

AIS

4367

ACC INFO: ENTERPRISE RES. PLAN

AIS

4368

ACC INFO:ANALYTICS & FORENSICS

Select Publications

Journal Articles

Shea II, V. J., Dow, K. E., Chong, A., and Ngai, E. (2019). An Examination of the Long-Term Business Value of Investments in Information Technology. Information Systems Frontier. vol. 21, pp. 213-227.

Dow, K., Watson, M., Shea II, V. J., and Kern, S. (2018). An Accounting Ethics Case from Multiple Perspectives. Journal of Accounting Education. vol. 43, pp. 63-75.

Dow, K., Watson Weidenmeyer, M., and Shea II, V. J. (2017). Riding the Waves of Technology through the Decades: The Relation between Industry Information Technology Intensity and the Cost of Equity Capital. International Journal of Accounting Information Systems. vol. 25, pp. 18-28.

Dow, K. E., Watson, M. W., and Shea II, V. J. (2013). Understanding the Links Between Audit Risk and Audit Steps: The Case of Procurement Cards. Issues In Accounting Education. vol. 28, pp. 913-927.

Dow, K. E., Shea, V. J., and Waldrup, B. E. (2009). Daytona Dreams: Linking Accounting Systems with Business Valuation. Journal Of Information Systems. vol. 23,