Dr. Garas has joined SUNY Plattsburgh as an Associate Professor of Accounting. Before
coming to Plattsburgh, Dr. Garas was the Chair of Accounting Department, the program
accounting leader and a member of the Dean’s Council at Zayed University in Dubai,
UAE. He has 27 years of experience in both academic and accounting business life.
He taught in different universities in the U.S., Bahrain and Dubai. In addition, he
held several executive positions in top four auditing firms and accounting associations.
He taught several topics in accounting and finance such as auditing, forensic accounting,
governmental accounting, accounting information systems, federal taxation, managerial
accounting, financial accounting and corporate governance for graduates, undergraduates
and executive training
Dr. Garas has published 17 articles in peer-reviewed journals as well as three book
chapters and currently has three research projects on the pipeline. In addition, he
has presented at conferences and has been a guest speaker at several academic institutions.
Mertzanis, C., Garas, S., and Abdel-Maksoud, A. (2020). Integrity of financial information and firms’ access
to energy in developing countries, Energy Economics, Vol. 92(2020), pp. 1–19.
Gaber, M., Garas, S. and Lusk, E. (2020). Audit risk calibration: Extending the Non-GAAP SEC-Filter, International Journal of Research in Business and Social Science, Vol. 9 No. 4, pp. 182–195.
Garas, S. and El-Temtamy, O (2020). The “simultaneous cycle” between corporate social responsibility
and firms’ financial performance. International Journal of Disclosure and Governance. https://doi.org/10.1057/s41310-020-00073-2
Gaber, M., Garas, S., and Lusk, E. (2019), “Evidence on the impact of internal control over financial
reporting on audit fees”, International Journal of Accounting and Financial Reporting, Vol. 9 No. 3, pp. 1–23.
Hassan, M., Abu Abbas, B. & Garas, S. (2019). “Readability, governance and performance: a test of the obfuscation hypothesis
in Qatari listed firms” Corporate Governance: The international journal of business in society, Vol. 19 No. 2, pp. 270–298.
Garas, S. and Hasan, M. (2018) “Student performance on computer-based tests versus paper-based
tests in introductory financial accounting: UAE evidence”, Academy of Accounting and Financial Studies Journal, Vol. No. 2, pp. 1–14.
Garas, S. and El Massah, S. (2018) “Corporate governance and corporate social responsibility
disclosures: the case of GCC countries”, Critical Perspective on International Business, Vol. 14 No. 1, pp. 2–26.
Garas, S., Tessema, A., and Tee, K. (2017). “The impact of Islamic financial services board
standard no 3 on corporate governance of listed firms in Kuwait”, International Journal of Disclosure and Governance, Vol. 14 No. 3, pp. 251–263.
Tessema, A., Garas, S., and Tee, K. (2017). “The impact of Islamic accounting standards on information asymmetry:
the case of GCC member countries”, International Journal of Islamic and Middle Eastern Finance & Management, Vol. 10 No. 2, pp. 170–185.
