Dr. Kris Neslund, Associate Professor of Accounting, joined Ashland University in 2011. He earned a BSBA from Bowling Green State University, a J.D. from Lewis & Clark College, a Master of Laws in Taxation from New York University, and a DBA in Decision Science and Economics from Kent State University. He is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA), in Ohio. He has numerous publications and presentations related to tax laws and accounting issues, and was a Partner in a law firm in Salem, Oregon for eight years.