Dr. Samy Garas is a full Professor of Accounting at SUNY Plattsburgh with over 20
years of academic and professional experience. He has published 21 peer-reviewed articles
and 3 book chapters in high-impact journals, focusing on corporate governance, Islamic
finance, forensic accounting and audit risk management. Dr. Garas holds nine professional
certifications — CPA (NY & CT), CIA, CMA, CFE, CFF, CISA, CAMS, CIPFA, and FHEA —
and integrates cutting-edge tools such as UiPath, Tableau, Alteryx, Power BI and IDEA
into his teaching. He has designed innovative courses in forensic accounting, fraud
examination, data visualization and Python programming, equipping students with industry-relevant
skills.
Dr. Garas has also led impactful service initiatives, including partnerships with
EC-Council, Cisco Networking Academy, Juniper Networks, Certiport and regional organizations.
A dedicated scholar and educator, he has transformed his teaching with research-based
methods and advanced technologies, preparing students for successful careers in accounting
and auditing.
Additionally, Dr. Garas serves as the faculty coordinator for executive education,
where he oversees the development, delivery, and evaluation of specialized workshops
and micro-credential programs designed for healthcare managers. His role includes
collaborating with organizations’ leadership, managing faculty and external speakers,
coordinating registration processes and ensuring seamless execution of sessions on
leadership, strategy, data analytics, legal compliance, and Lean Management.
Garas, S., & Wright, S. (2022) Using IRS SOI Statistics to Analyze Migration Patterns for Business
and Government Planning. Presentation at the American Accounting Association Annual
Conference on Teaching & Learning in Accounting, San Diego, CA.
Amin, G. R., El‐Temtamy, O., & Garas, S. (2022). Audit Risk Evaluation Using Data Envelopment Analysis with Ordinal Data.
Abacus, 1–20.
Garas, S., Tee, K., and Lee, C. (2022). The impact of CEOs' incentives for risk-taking or risk-aversion
on corporate performance: using CEO vega and CEO delta as incentive measures. Accountancy Business and the Public Interest, 21(2022), 1–20.
Tee, K. and Garas. S. (2021). The impact of ruling family board members on the performance of commercial
banks, Accountancy Business & The Public Interest, 20(2021), 383–407.
Choe, K. and Garas. S. (2021). The graph theoretical approach to bankruptcy prediction, The Journal of Accounting and Management, 11(1), 47–57
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.