Marian Powers, Ph.D.

Marian Powers is an Adjunct Associate Professor of Accounting at the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University and the Allen Center for Executive Education at Northwestern University.  She specializes in teaching financial reporting and analysis to executives. Since 1987, Marian has designed and delivered customized finance/accounting training for numerous corporations and organizations.  Marian earned her Ph.D. in accounting from the University of Illinois at Urbana.  In addition to serving on the accounting faculty of the Kellogg School, Marian has also taught at the University of Illinois at Chicago and The Lake Forest Graduate School of Management.  She is also co-author of several college accounting textbooks and in-depth cases on financial analysis.  The Text and Academic Authors Association chose Financial Accounting as recipient of the 1998 Textbook Excellence Award.  Her research has been published in The Accounting Review, The International Journal of Accounting, Issues in Accounting Education, The Journal of Accountancy, The Journal of Business, Finance and Accounting, and Financial Management among others.   Professor Powers has co-authored three accounting and finance interactive multimedia software products. One of these titles, Introduction to Financial Accounting is a goal-based simulation that uses the Financial Consequences® Model to introduce financial accounting and the financial statements to those unfamiliar with accounting.    Dr. Powers has received recognition and awards for her teaching and is a part of a team that developed and delivers The Conference on Accounting Education, an annual conference now in its 24th year.   She has been active in several professional organizations including the Illinois CPA Society, American Accounting Association, European Accounting Association, International Association of Accounting Education and Research, the American Society of Women Accountants, and The Education Foundation for Women in Accounting.