Perry Moore
Accounting, Finance, Econ
Professor and Director, Graduate Business Programs
Biography
Charles E. Frasier Professor of Accountancy
Dr. Perry Moore is the Charles E. Frasier Professor of Accountancy and Director of the MAcc Program at Lipscomb University’s Pfeffer Graduate School of Business. He is a Certified Public Accountant, a Certified Internal Auditor, and is Certified in Risk Management Assurance. A Nashville native, Perry graduated from Lipscomb with a degree in accounting and then completed his graduate studies at the University of Alabama and the University of Georgia.
For the Tennessee Society of CPA’s, Perry is a member of their Scholarship Committee. Perry has also directed their “Accounting Academy”, a program designed to attract high school students to accounting careers.
Perry is active in the Institute of Internal Auditors. He has served as a Past-President of their Nashville Chapter. Perry is also a Past-President of Delta Mu Delta, an international honor society for business majors, where he currently serves as a member of their Advisory Board.
Perry provides training for CPAs across the state of Tennessee on Professional Ethics. He serves as a member of the CPE Standards Working Group for the National Association of State Boards of Accountancy (NASBA). In 2015, the Accreditation Council for Business Schools and Programs honored Perry with their International Teaching Excellence Award. In 2022, the AICPA honored Perry with the Mark Chain/FSA Innovation in Graduate Teaching Award. He has also received teaching awards from the Tennessee Society of CPAs, Lipscomb University, and the University of Georgia.
Academic Degrees
Ph.D., University of Georgia
MA, University of Alabama
BS, David Lipscomb College
Academic Department
Department of Accounting, Finance, and Economics
- Principles of Auditing
- Advanced Auditing
- Accounting for Executives (MBA)
- Advanced Accounting (MAcc)
- Global Accounting and Business Concepts (MAcc)
- CPA's professional ethics
- Corporate governance
- Internal auditing
- Moore, P.G. & Garvin, W. (2024). 2024 Ethics Update - Planning to Fail? Or Planning to Succeed? Tennessee CPA Journal.
- Moore, P.G. & Garvin, W. (2023). 2023 Ethics Update - What's Your Ethical Insight? Tennessee CPA Journal.
- Moore, P. G., & Waugh, S. (2022). Lessons Learned? Really? Tennessee CPA Journal.
- Moore, P. G., & Waugh, S. (2021). Lessons From the Past. Tennessee CPA Journal.
- Moore, P. G., & Jobe, M. (2021). Working During COVID-19: Staff Observations. Tennessee CPA Journal.
- Jobe, M., & Moore, P. G. (2021). Recruiting, Onboarding, and Working During COVID-19: Employers Speak Out. Tennessee CPA Journal.
- Moore, P. G. (2020). The Other Side of the Monitor: Student Perceptions and Challenges from the COVID-19 Pandemic. Transnational Journal of Business.
- Moore, P. G., & Monroe, K. (2020). Avoiding Ethical Issues in a Remote Work Environment. Tennessee CPA Journal.
- Moore, P. G. (2020). Suit accuses CEO of taking $7M. Journal of Critical Incidents
- Faculty Resident, Arthur Andersen
- Assistant EDP Auditor, NLT Corporation
- Perry Glen Moore, CPA (sole proprietorship CPA firm)
- 2024 Top Accounting & Finance Educator, MYCPE One. Honoring visionary professionals whose exemplary contributions redefine excellence, inspire innovation, and drive transformative progress, setting new industry benchmarks.
- 2023 TSCPApex Award, Tennessee Society of CPAs. In honor and recognition of the exemplary efforts and achievements you have made in advancing the accounting profession through your leadership on the Tennessee State Specific Ethics CPE program. Special Recognition.
- 2022 AICPA Mark Chain/FSA Innovation in Graduate Teaching Award, "Using Monopoly as a Practice Set in an Advanced Auditing Course"
- 2022 Cowart Faculty Excellence Award for Business, Lipscomb
- 2016 John William Baker Summer Fellowship Award
- 2016 Moore-Walker Award for Volunteerism, Nashville Chapter - Institute of Internal Auditors (the Chapter's 'Member of the Year' award was renamed to honor myself and Cindy Walker.)
- 2015 International Teaching Excellence Award, ACBSP
- 2015 Region 3 Teaching Excellence Award, ACBSP
- 2015 Best of Regions Presentation, ACBSP Region 3
- 2000 Accounting Educator Award, Tennessee Society of CPAs
- 1991 Outstanding Doctoral Teaching Assistant, J. M. Tull School of Accounting, Terry College of Business, University of Georgia
On an annual basis, I provide approximately 20 talks to various groups across the State of Tennessee on a CPA's professional ethics responsibility.