Joseph Comprix

Professor Comprix has worked as a staff accountant and accounting manager at Mead Corp. He holds a PhD in accounting from the University of Illinois and taught at the State University of New York at Buffalo and Arizona State University before joining the Whitman School. He currently teaches financial accounting in the MBA program. Professor Comprix has been a member of the Whitman faculty since 2008. He was chosen as the Whitman Graduate Faculty of the year for 2011, 2012, 2013, and 2017. He also received an Excellence in Graduate Teaching Award from the Graduate College in 2012 - one of only six awards campus-wide in 2012. Professor Comprix has published in journals such as the Journal of Accounting and Economics, The Accounting Review, the Journal of Marketing, Contemporary Accounting Research, Accounting Horizons, and the Journal of the American Taxation Association.

Professor Comprix’s research is focused on pension accounting, accounting restatements, and taxation.