Zlatinka Blaber

Zlatinka Blaber is an Associate Professor of Accounting at Salem State University. She obtained her Ph.D. in Accounting from the University of Essex, United Kingdom in 2016 and her M.S. in Accountancy from San Diego State University, CA in 2008. She also has a M.A. in French from UCLA (2001) and a B.A. in European Studies and French from Mount Holyoke College, MA (1999). She has been a CPA with the Illinois Board of Accountancy since 2009. Prof. Blaber has taught accounting in Bulgaria in Eastern Europe, Singapore in South-East Asia, and the United States. 

Recent awards:

2021 McNamara Faculty Excellence Award in Emerging Teaching, Bertolon School of Business, Salem State University

2020 McNamara Faculty Excellence Award in Emerging Service, Bertolon School of Business, Salem State University

2019 McNamara Faculty Excellence Award in Emerging Research, Bertolon School of Business, Salem State University

Collaborative online international learning (COIL) partnerships:

   Future COIL partnerships planned:

Al-Najah National University, Palestinian Territories,

Higher Colleges of Technology, Dubai, United Arab Emirates,

Poltava State Agrarian University, the Ukraine.

   Fall 2022:

Kansai University, Japan (Acc 202-01),

Saga University, Japan (Acc 202-02),

Johannesburg Business School, South Africa (Acc 202-02),

Poltava State Agrarian University, the Ukraine (Acc 306),

Panawipiwat Institute of Management, Thailand (Acc 800).

   Fall 2021:

Fundacion Universitaria del Area Andina, Colombia (Acc 306),

Poltava State Agrarian University, the Ukraine (Acc 800).

   Spring 2021:

King Abdulaziz University, Saudi Arabia (Acc 202),

Bahauddin Zakariya University, Pakistan (Acc 306).

Grants and fellowships:

$1,000 Scholarship Support Grant, Center for Research and Creative Activities, Salem State University, for cartoon copyright purchase for book chapter entitled, "Cartoonathons as a Leadership Tool to Inspire and Guide Accounting Teams" (December 2022)

$1,500 stipend for Bertolon School of Business' Collaborative Online International Learning (COIL) Projects' Coordination for Spring and Fall 2023

Faculty Fellow (2021-2022), American Association of State Colleges and Universities (AASCU), Global Civic Literacy Project and World101

$1,000 Salem State University internal grant for research publication image copyrights purchase, 26 May 2021

Five hours of statistical support for research findings analysis on environmental accounting. Internal grant from Salem State University, 20 April 2021

Equiv. $4,500 grant for participation in "Incorporating Japanese studies in the undergraduate curriculum" awarded by the Nippon Foundation, San Diego State University, CA, American Association of State Colleges and Universities (AASCU), 3-16 June 2019. Project summary available at: https://aascu.sdsu.edu/2019JSI/Fellows&Projects.html 

$4,000 summer research grant for project entitled “IT startups in Bulgaria: Management accounting and institutional entrepreneurship" awarded by the Center for Research and Creative Activities, Salem State University, June-August 2016

Pedagogical interests:

Kansai University's, Japan COIL online partnering fairs, SUNY's COIL online partnering fairs, and Riipen.com online experiential learning projects (mini internships) for my classes.

Research interests:

Healthcare accounting in England and the United States; management accounting and IT entrepreneurship in Bulgaria; the National Health Service commissioning in England; visual methods in accounting research; sustainability accounting, the Bloomberg terminal, etc.

Submissions reviewer for the following journals:

Accounting Education, USA

Journal of Business and Economic Studies, USA

Journal of Forensic and Investigative Accounting, USA

Shah Abdul Latif University (SALU) Commerce & Economics Review, Pakistan

Courses in Spring 2023:

Acc 106-08, Financial Accounting (undergraduate class),

Acc 202-02, Managerial Accounting (undergraduate class),

Acc 202-03/S1, Managerial Accounting,

Acc 306 (independent study)

Service and other responsibilities:

Bertolon School of Business COIL Coordinator,

Faculty Adviser of the Salem State Student Accounting Association,

Academic Adviser of accounting concentration students,

Member, Faculty Development Committee, Bertolon School of Business

Publications:

   Book chapters

Blaber, Z. and Samoilyk, I. (accepted and forthcoming) Cartoonathons as a leadership tool to inspire and guide accounting teams. Chapter in Vol. 4, Lead with a Sense of Humor. The Curious Academic Publishing. 

Blaber, Z. (accepted and forthcoming) Accounting cartoons, the Pathways Commission's vision of accounting, and advice for accounting majors. Chapter in the 2nd edition of the edited book, Accounting for the Curious High School and College Students: What Can You Do with This Major? The Undecided Student's Guide to Choosing the Perfect Career Path

Blaber, Z., 2021. Accounting classroom contests: Cartoons in need of captions and captions in need of cartoons. In: Teach Accounting with a Sense of Humor: Why (and How to) Be a Funnier and More Effective Teacher and Laugh All the Way to Your Classroom. K. Vaidya (ed.), Chapter 1. Available at: https://www.amazon.com/Teach-Accounting-Sense-Humor-Effective-ebook/dp/B098MB39F6 

   Professional articles

Palatnik, B. and Blaber, Z., 2022. Choosing between public and corporate accounting. New Jersey Society of CPAs. Available at: https://njcpa.org/article/2022/02/28/choosing-between-public-and-corporate-accounting

Blaber, Z., 2021. What skills stand out on business specialist resumes? Zippia.com. Available at: https://www.zippia.com/business-specialist-jobs/trends/

Palatnik, B. and Blaber, Z., 2021. Can non-financial ESG reporting have an impact on stock price or profitability? New Jersey Society of CPAs. September. Available at: https://www.njcpa.org/stayinformed/explore/topics/full-article/2021/09/16/can-non-financial-esg-reporting-have-an-impact-on-stock-price-or-profitability        

   Peer-reviewed journal articles          .

Blaber, Z., Gougoumanova, G. and Palatnik, B., 2021. COVID-19 editorial cartoons: Theories of humor perspectives. The Israeli Journal of Humor Research. 10(1), pp. 6-42. Available at: http://www.israeli-humor-studies.org/media/2-covid-19_cartoons.pdf 

Guven-Uslu, P., Blaber, Z. and Adhikari, P., 2020. Boundary spanners and calculative practices. Financial Accountability and Management. 36(4), pp. 439-460. Available at: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/faam.12266

Blaber, Z., Brady, D. and Gougoumanova, G., 2020. Stereotypical representations of the accountant in The New Yorker cartoons through time. Visual Studies. 35(4), pp. 359-373. Available at: https://www.tandfonline.com/eprint/4RRCG6NRWUMXNARQZHXV/full?target=10.1080/1472586X.2020.1809508  

Tschakert, N., Blaber, Z. and Chen, L., 2019. Using engagement triggers in forensic accounting and fraud investigation classes. Journal of Forensic and Investigative Accounting. 11(3), pp. 465-483. Available at: http://web.nacva.com/JFIA/Issues/JFIA-2019-No3-6.pdf

Blaber, Z. N., Coleman, L. J., Manago, S. and Hess, K., 2019. Supply and demand of fake news: Review and implications for business research. Journal of Applied Business and Economics. 21(4), pp. 11-28. Available at: https://search.proquest.com/docview/2271749028/fulltextPDF/C0F3DC3D7FD843DDPQ/1?accountid=13661

Blaber, Z. and Brady, D. 2018. Student attitudes toward academic dishonesty at an American-style liberal-arts university in Bulgaria. Educational Alternatives. Vol. 16, pp. 69-89. Available at: https://www.scientific-publications.net/get/1000033/1538207555956499.pdf

   Ph.D. thesis

Blaber, Z. N., 2015. Hybrid professional identities and ‘calculative practices:’ The case of GPs in the English National Health Service acute care commissioning. University of Essex, UK. Available at: http://repository.essex.ac.uk/16269/ 

Invited presentations:

Blaber, Z., Tschakert, N., Alhassan, A. and Ahmad, A. (2020) The imagery of corporate looting in editorial cartoons: Rhetorical and semiotic analysis. To be presented on 3 February 2021 to the Accounting Research Group of Aston Business School, Birmingham, England.

Ph.D. accounting theses reviewer:

Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan, Pakistan. Reviewed five Ph.D. thesis submissions.

Honors' thesis supervisor:

Herrera, J., 2017. The Portrayal of Environmental Corporate Social Responsibility (1970’s-2010): A Look at The New Yorker’s Cartoons. Available at: https://digitalcommons.salemstate.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1173&context=honors_theses  

Conference presentations:

Blaber, Z. and Cotes, D. (accepted and forthcoming). Virtual Exchange (VE) between a U.S. and a Colombian class on the sustainability of the coal mining industry in Colombia: Instructors’ auto-ethnography reflections. Learning, Teaching and the Student Experience Conference, Wales, the UK, 22-23 May 2023 (virtual)

Blaber, Z., Samoilyk, I. and Mahmoud, Z. (accepted and forthcoming) Virtual Exchange (VE) between Pakistan, the U.S., and the Ukraine: Instilling intercultural competencies among business students. Learning, Teaching and the Student Experience Conference, Wales, the UK, 22-23 May 2023 (virtual)

Pan, Y., Blaber, Z. and Moloi, T. (accepted and forthcoming). The digital divide in higher education: A text-mining approach. Northeast Decision Sciences Institute 2023 Annual Conference. 30 March - 1 April 2023

Blaber, Z. and Gougoumanova, G. (accepted and forthcoming). A Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB) Navigator database team project class assignment: Instructor's reflections. Reinforcing ESG Practices in the 21st Century Conference (online), Higher Colleges of Technology, Dubai, United Arab Emirates, 15-16 March 2023

Blaber, Z. and Gougoumanova, G. 2022. Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB) Navigator database: Autoethnography on teaching environmental and social accounting. Qualitative Research Conference (online). Universiti Utara Malaysia. 29 November - 1 December 2022

Blaber, Z. and Samoilyk, I. 2022. Collaborative online international learning (COIL) projects: Supporting disadvantaged and underrepresented business students as a substitute for study abroad. Youth in Science in a Time of War Online Conference, Lviv, the Ukraine, 18 May 2022. https://lpnu.ua/news/rada-molodykh-uchenykh-pry-mon-orhanizovuie-nich-molodizhnoi-nauky-2022-v-umovakh-viiny

Blaber, Z. and Samoylik, I. 2022. Collaborative online international learning (COIL) projects: Supporting disadvantaged and underrepresented business students as a substitute for study abroad. Chartered Association of Business Schools' (CABS) Learning, Teaching, and the Student Experience Conference, Belfast, Ireland, 24-25 May 2022

Blaber, Z., Palatnik, B. and Arnaoutakis, D. 2022. The experiential learning platform Riipen.com in accounting and business education. Chartered Association of Business Schools' (CABS) Learning, Teaching, and the Student Experience Conference, Belfast, Ireland, 24-25 May 2022

Palatnik, B. and Blaber, Z. 2021. Riipen.com as a platform for experiential learning in accounting and business education. Northeast Business & Economics Association, Stockton University, NJ, 4-6 November 2021

Palatnik, B., Blaber, Z. and Braverman, H. 2021. Output from a comprehensive research paper assignment in accounting classes: Grading rubrics-based outcomes. Northeast Business & Economics Association, Stockton University, NJ, 4-6 November 2021

Braverman, H., Palatnik, B. and Blaber, Z. 2021. Sustainability disclosures of Takeda Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. Faculty-Student Collaboration Symposium, American Accounting Association's Annual Meeting, online, 2-5 August 2021

Palatnik, B. and Blaber, Z. 2021. Classroom and experiential learning – utilizing Riipen.com to educate and motivate, Management & Organizational Behavior Teaching Society (MOBTS) Conference, online, 16-19 June 2021

Blaber, Z. 2021. Accounting classroom contests: Cartoons in need of captions and captions in need of cartoons. 2nd Games and Simulations in Accounting and Finance Education Virtual Conference, Aston Business School, Birmingham, United Kingdom, 20 April 2021

Braverman, H., Palatnik, B. and Blaber, Z. 2021. Sustainability disclosures of Takeda Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. 35th Eurasia Business and Economics Society Virtual Conference, Rome, Italy, 7-9 April 2021 

Arnaoutaki, D. and Blaber, Z. 2021. Toyota Motor's sustainability reporting: A Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB) Navigator perspective. 34th Eurasia Business and Economics Society (EBES) Conference, Athens, Greece, 6-8 January 2021

Blaber, Z., Ahmad, A., Tschakert, N. and Alhassan, A., 2020. The imagery of fraud investigation in editorial cartoons: A Barthesian perspective. 4th Annual Universiti Utara Malaysia (UUM) Qualitative Research Conference "Bridging Knowledge and Experience through Qualitative Research." Kedah, Malaysia. Virtual Conference, 1-3 December 2020 (Best Paper n. 3 Award recipient)

Blaber, Z., Palatnik, B. and Alhassan, A., 2020. A research and writing skills improvement initiative in the accounting classroom: A Japan-focused collaborative research paper assignment. Financial Education Association (FEA) Virtual Conference, 17-19 September 2020

Blaber, Z., Brady, D. and Gougoumanova, G., 2020. Stereotypical representations of the accountant in the New Yorker cartoons through time. 30th Eurasia Business and Economics Society (EBES) Conference, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 8-10 January 2020

Blaber, Z., Gougoumanova, G. and Brady, D., 2019. The image of the uninteresting and eccentric accountant in The New Yorker cartoons. 9th Annual International Conference on Accounting and Finance (AF 2019). Singapore, 15-16 July 2019

Guven-Uslu, P., Blaber, Z. and Adhikari, P., 2018. Boundary spanners and inter-organisational decision making. New Public Sector Seminar: Calculative Practice and the Shaping of Public Services. Institute of Public Sector Accounting Research (IPSAR) and the University of Edinburgh Business School, 8-9 November 2018

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