Zlatinka Blaber

Zlatinka Blaber is an Associate Professor of Accounting at Salem State University.

Classes taught and class activities:

Collaborative Online International Learning (COIL)-Riipen international experiential learning "micro-internships" with the following domestic and foreign universities and business entities:

   Spring 2026:

Acc 106-07, Financial Accounting: Our Riipen industry partner is UnVRAp (an ESG framework project for a virtual reality company from Canada). Our COIL partners for this project are MBA students from St. Xavier University's Business School, Kolkata, India. Our second COIL partnership is with students from Poltava State Agrarian University, Ukraine and students from the Higher Institute of Management and Tourism of Tanger, Morocco. The three-country teams will be working on a budgeting and planning project for the Ukrainian agribusiness, Astra. 

Acc 106-08, Financial Accounting: Our first Riipen project is with MiON Forest/MiON Science, Canada (a feasibility study project). Our second Riipen project is with I Talk to Strangers (ITTS), Florida, USA. On this second project, we will work with students from Dhofar University, Oman and students from Universiti Utara Malaysia. 

Acc 202-05, Managerial Accounting: With students from Durban University of Technology, South Africa, we will work on a Riipen project for UnVRap, Canada. 

Acc 800-S1, Accounting Analysis for Decision Making: With students from Stockton University, New Jersey, USA we will work on a Riipen project for FX Productions Canada (a video commercials company). We will also work on a Riipen carbon credits project for MiON Forest, Canada.

Guest editor

Special issue "Climate Change Accounting, Reporting and Accountability: Responses by Governments, Not-for-Profit Organizations and Charities" of the Journal of Public Budgeting, Accounting & Financial Mangement, 2025. 

Journal editorial board member:

Journal of Accounting and Finance in Emerging Economies, Pakistan,

Pakistan Journal of Social Sciences, Pakistan.

Submissions reviewer for the following journals:

Accounting Education, USA

Journal of Forensic and Investigative Accounting, USA

Qualitative Research in Accounting and Management, UK

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

Honorary member:

Board of Studies, Department of Commerce, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan, Pakistan

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;

Chair, Faculty Development Committee, Bertolon School of Business;

Member, Student Success Committee, Bertolon School of Business.

Publications:

   Book chapters

Blaber, Z. and Samoilyk, I., 2023. Cartoonathons as a leadership tool to inspire and guide accounting teams. In: Lead with a Sense of Humor (Vol. 5): Why (and How to) Be a Funny and More Effective Educational Leader and Laugh All the Way to Your Institution. K. Vaidya (ed.), Chapter 7, The Curious Academic Publishing. Available at: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0CBH86L31/ref=kinw_myk_ro_title

Blaber, Z. 2025. Accounting cartoons, the Pathways Commission's vision of accounting, and advice for accounting majors. Chapter 15 in: 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. Available at: https://www.amazon.com/Accounting-Curious-School-College-Students-ebook/dp/B00QD8952C?ref_=nav_custrec_signin 

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    

   Peer-reviewed journal articles          .

Mahmoud, Z., Blaber, Z. and Khan, M. (2024). Institutionalisation of sustainability reporting in Pakistan: The role of field configuring events and situational context. Qualitative Research in Accounting and Management Journal, 21(2), pp. 219-251. Available at: https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/QRAM-01-2022-0019/full/html 

Blaber, Z., Gougoumanova, G. and Samoilyk, I., 2023. International tele-collaboration in the “Volatility, Uncertainty, Complexity, and Ambiguity (VUCA) World:” Facilitating equity and inclusion (EI) in business education. Diversity Abroad's Global Impact Exchange, spring 2023. Available at: https://www.diversityabroad.org/DIVaPublic/GIE-Archives/GIE-Sp2023/GIE-Sp23-Article-2.aspx

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

Invited presentations:

Blaber, Z. (2023) The “how” of doing secondary data analysis research: The editorial cartoon method. An online presentation at the 2023 Ph.D. Student Orientation at Johannesburg Business School, South Africa

Blaber, Z. (2022-2023) The “how” of doing secondary data analysis research: The editorial cartoon method. A series of six online presentations for economics faculty and Ph.D. and Master's students at Poltava State Agrarian University, Ukraine.

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.