Karen Braun

Karen W. Braun, PhD, CPA, CGMA, professor of accountancy, is the lead author of Managerial Accounting (Fifth Edition), a textbook used at over 200 colleges and universities across the United States and Canada. Since her initial faculty appointment in 2006, she has received the Weatherhead Undergraduate Teaching Award four times, most recently in 2017, by the vote of Weatherhead undergraduate students. Braun’s teaching interests center on managerial accounting, which stems from her prior work experiences as an auditor for Arthur Andersen & Company and as a corporate controller. Her primary research interests focus on accounting education, lean operations, and sustainability. Braun’s teaching philosophy encourages students to think like business people first and then focus on how managerial accounting can be used to help solve business problems. Braun is often invited to speak to campus student groups about personal financial planning.

On a national level, Braun is actively involved in accounting education. In 2015 and 2016, she co-chaired the national Conference on Teaching and Learning in Accounting (CTLA). In 2016, she received the national Bea Sanders/AICPA Innovation in Teaching Award. She was also named the 2017 Business Information Professional of the Year in the category of Education by Beta Alpha Psi, the international honor organization for financial information students and professionals. Her publications have appeared in the Journal of Accounting Education, Issues in Accounting Education, and Contemporary Accounting Research.

Education

BA, Luther College

PhD, University of Connecticut

An avid outdoors enthusiast, Braun loves to ski, hike, bike, and garden. She recently completed a 154 km walk along the Portuguese Camino de Santiago and three summers ago, biked across Austria.

The Weatherhead School of Management is different from other business schools. We are bold in our ideas, creative in our approach, and adaptive in our interactions within a changing business environment. We''ve enhanced traditional management education by integrating the fundamentals of business with ideas and practices that change individuals, organizations and societies. At Weatherhead, we develop leaders as good global citizens who innovate to create sustainable value.

Academic and Professional Activities

• Guest Speaker, CWRU Residence Life "Upper Class Experience" Speaker Series, 2017
• Guest Speaker, CWRU Residence Life Event, 2017
• Guest Speaker, Phi Mu Sorority, 2017
• Guest Speaker, CWRU Greek Life "Life after College" Series, 2016
• Guest Speaker, CWRU Greek Life "Life after College" Series, 2016
• Guest Speaker, CWRU Women''s Tennis Team, 2016
• Committee Member, CTLA (Conference on Teaching and Learning in Accounting) Steering Committee- 2017 CTLA meetings, 2016 - 2017
• Faculty Advisor, Beta Alpha Psi, 2015 - Present
• Undergraduate Accounting Program Director, 2015 - Present
• Committee Member, UGIS (undergraduate and integrated studies) Committee, 2015 - Present
• Guest Speaker, CWRU Residence "Upper Class Experience" Speaker Series, 2015
• Guest Speaker, CWRU Medical School "Personal Finance" Interest Group, 2015
• Chairperson, CTLA (Conference on Teaching and Learning in Accounting), New York, NY, 2015 - 2016
• Conference-Related, CTLA Traveling Team, American Accounting Association, 2015 - 2016
• Guest Speaker, Greek Life Faculty Fridays Series, 2014
• Guest Speaker, Sigma Phi Epsilon, 2014
• Guest Speaker, CWRU Student Leadership Conference, 2014
• Guest Speaker, Phi Mu, 2014
• Guest Speaker, Physics Graduate School Association, 2014
• Chairperson, CTLA (Conference on Teaching and Learning in Accounting), Chicago, IL, 2014 - 2015
• Member, Sustainability Alliance, 2012 - 2015
• Guest Speaker, Phi Mu, 2012
• Chairperson, AAA- Ohio region- Teaching, Learning and Curriculum Section , 2011
• Task Force Member, AAA Task Force on Financial Literacy, 2007 - 2009

Awards

• Business Information Professional of the Year- Education, Beta Alpha Psi (National Organization). (2017).
• Recipient, 2017 Weatherhead Undergraduate Teaching Award, Weatherhead School of Management, Case Western Reserve University . (2017).
• Bea Sanders/AICPA Innovation in Teaching, AICPA/ American Accounting Association. (2016).
• Distinguished Service Alumni Award, Luther College. (2015).
• Nominee, 2015 J. Bruce Jackson Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Mentoring, Case Western Reserve University. (2015).
• Nominee, 2015 Weatherhead Undergraduate Teaching Award, Weatherhead School of Management, Case Western Reserve University . (2015).
• Nominee, 2015 Wittke Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching, Case Western Reserve University. (2015).
• CWRU Faculty Sustainability Champion, CWRU- Office of Sustainability. (2014).
• Nominee, 2014 Weatherhead Undergraduate Teaching Award, Weatherhead School of Management, Case Western Reserve University . (2014).
• Recipient, 2013 Weatherhead Undergraduate Teaching Award, Weatherhead School of Management, Case Western Reserve University . (2013).
• Recipient, 2012 Weatherhead Undergraduate Teaching Award, Alpha Kappa Psi, Case Western Reserve University Chapter. (2012).
• Honorable Mention, Bea Sanders/AICPA Innovation in Accounting Education, AICPA. (2009).
• Recipient, 2008 Weatherhead Undergraduate Teaching Award, Alpha Kappa Psi, Case Western Reserve University Chapter. (2008).
• Recipient of the Outstanding Accounting Teacher of the Year, Alpha Kappa Psi, University of Georgia Chapter. (2000).