Dr. Nina Dorata earned a Ph.D. in accounting from Rutgers, The
State University of New Jersey in 2003. She holds a B.S. in
Accounting and a M.B.A. in Taxation from St. John’s University and
is a certified public accountant in New York.
Before joining the faculty at St. John’s University, Dr.
Dorata taught at the State University of New York at the College of
Old Westbury, where she served as chair of the Accounting and
Business Law Department. Additionally, Dr. Dorata taught at
St. Joseph’s College where she co-founded the Accounting Club and
has taught numerous courses in financial and managerial accounting
on both graduate and undergraduate curriculums.
Dr. Dorata’s professional experience includes working as an
auditor for Price Waterhouse & Co. where she serviced clients
in the financial services and manufacturing industries. She
was an Assistant Vice President of Corporate Accounting for E.F.
Hutton & Co. Inc. and a Director of Financial Reporting at
Staff Builders Inc. Dr. Dorata volunteers as an audit
committee member for the Northport-East Northport School District
and as a consultant for not-for-profit entities.
Dr. Dorata’s research interest is primarily financial
reporting and capital markets. She has presented numerous
papers to academic forums and has published in peer reviewed
journals such as Journal of Accounting, Auditing and Finance,
Managerial Finance*, Accounting Forum*, Review of Business, and The
CPA Journal*. Dr. Bikki Jaggi advised her dissertation, “The
Impact of Post-Acquisition Activities on Bid Premium in the Market
for Corporate Acquisitions”.
Dr. Dorata is a member of the American Institute of
Certified Public Accountants, the New York State Society of
Certified Public Accountants, and the American Accounting
Association.
*Forthcoming
Dr. Nina Dorata can be reached at doratan@stjohns.edu.