Finley Graves, Dean
O. Finley Graves, CPA, is Professor and Dean of the College of Business, University of North Texas. He was formerly Chair of the Department of Accounting at UNT and Head of the Department of Accounting at Kansas State University. He has also served as a member of the faculty of the School of Accountancy at the University of Mississippi. He received his M.A. and Ph.D. in Accountancy from the University of Alabama. He also holds a B.A. in Modern Languages from the University of Mississippi, an M.A. in Modern German Literature from Rice University, and a Ph.D. in Germanic Languages and Literatures from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. In addition to authoring a number of articles and books, he has served on the editorial boards of Accounting Horizons and The Accounting Review and is currently on the editorial boards of Journal of International Accounting Research; Journal of International Accounting, Auditing, and Taxation; Research in Accounting Regulation; and the Accounting Historians Journal. He has served as Vice President - Education of the American Accounting Association and is a past President of the International Accounting Section of the American Accounting Association, the Federation of Schools of Accountancy, and the Academy of Accounting Historians.
Cengiz Capan, Associate Dean for Technology and Operations
Mr. Capan serves as Associate Dean of Technology and Operations, a lecturer in the information technology & decision sciences department, and the director of the College of Business Computing Center. He has worked at UNT since 1980 and previously worked for the City of Denton.
Mr. Capan specializes in information resource management, technology planning and computer-aided software engineering. He has been instrumental in keeping the College of Business on the forefront of technological changes through his judicious use of money and resources.
Desiree Robison, Assistant Dean for Undergraduate Programs
Desiree has worked for the College of Business Advising Office since 1991. She received her M.Ed. in Student Services Administration from UNT.
