Dr. Patricia Patrick
Accounting
Office: Grove Hall 323
Phone: 717-477-1147
E-Mail:papatrick@ship.edu
Office Hours
Associate Professor of Accounting
Academic Degrees
Ph.D., Public Administration, Penn State Harrisburg, May 2007
M.B.A., Penn State Harrisburg, August 2003
B.A., Professional Accountancy, Penn State Harrisburg, May 1986
Research Interests
The accounting, financial management and administration
of local governments, financial fraud, ethics
Recent Publications
Patrick, P. A. and J. M. Trussel (2011). Financial Indicators and Reductions of Public Services by Pennsylvania Municipalities, sponsored by the Chrostwaite Institute, the research arm of the Pennsylvania State Association of Boroughs.
Patrick, P. A. and J. M. Trussel (2011). Financial Indicators and Reductions of Public Services by Pennsylvania Municipalities, International Journal of Business and Social Sciences, in press.
Patrick, P. A. (2011). "Franklin County Contractors: The Case of Concealed Liabilities," In Joseph T. Wells (Ed.) Case Studies in Financial Statement Fraud. New York: John Wiley & Sons.
Patrick, P. A. (2011, August). Citizen-centric: The Popular Financial Report for Local Governments, Pennsylvania Borough News, 19-21.
Patrick, P. A. (2011, March). Ethically Speaking: A Review of Recent State Ethics Violations, Pennsylvania Borough News, 25-27.
Patrick, P. A. (2010, September). Be Prepared Before you Blow the Whistle: Protection under State Whistle-blower Laws, Fraud Magazine, 24 (5), 28-31 and 50-52.
Patrick, P. A. (2010). The Adoption of GASB 34 in Small, Rural, Local Governments. Journal of Public Budgeting Accounting and Financial Management, 22 (2), 227-249.
Patrick, P. A. (2010, November). The Red Flags of Fraud. Pennsylvania Borough News, 20-23.
Patrick, P. A. (2010, August). Safeguarding Your Cash Assets. Pennsylvania Borough News, 28-31.
Trussel, J. M. and Patrick, P. A. (2012). Predicting Reductions in Instructional Expenditures by School Districts. Journal of Education Finance, Winter, in press.
Trussel, J. M. and Patrick, P. A. (2009). An Empirical Analysis of Financial Distress in Hospitals. Journal of Health Care Finance, 36 (1), 31.
Trussel, J. M. and Patrick, P. A. (2009). A Predictive Model of Fiscal Distress in Local Governments. Journal of Public Budgeting Accounting & Financial Management, 21 (4), 578.
Trussel, J. M., and Patrick, P.A. (2009). An Empirical Analysis of Financial Distress in Pennsylvania's Rural Hospitals, Funded in part by a grant from the Center for Rural Pennsylvania.
Trussel, J. M., and Patrick, Patricia A. (June 2007). A Predictive Model of Fiscal Distress in Local Governments. School of Business Administration Working Paper Series. Harrisburg: Penn State University.
Professional Activities
Association of Government Accountants, Accountability and Outreach Officer of South Central Pennsylvania Chapter