Helen has been teaching at university level for 20 years in the areas of Introductory Accounting and Financial Accounting. She was on the staff in the School from 1992 - 1995 as an Associate Lecturer, prior to taking up an Australian Postgraduate Award in 1996 to undertake her PhD studies, returning to the School as a Lecturer in 2000. Her early experience was in a large chartered accounting firm, and since then she has worked as a contract writer and tax agent, as well as teaching at university. Helen's doctoral thesis was on the institutionalisation of accounting practices in a large religious/charitable organization, and her research interests include the sociology of accounting, accounting history, financial reporting and ethnographic studies.

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Dr. Helen Irvine BCom UQ, MCom, PhD, CPA, FTIA
Senior Lecturer, School of Accounting and Finance

University of Wollongong 2522 Australia

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PHONE: 02 4221 5919