Amanda G. Farmer
Certified Public Accountant
office 255 Brooks Hall Athens, Georgia 30602
mobile 706.338.0402 email afarmer@terry.uga.edu
WORK EXPERIENCE
May 2014 through present
TERRY COLLEGE OF BUSINESS MBA PROGRAM, UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA Athens,
Georgia Boot Camp Instructor
§ Teach basic financial accounting concepts to individual students via web based ecorrespondence course in order to prepare them for an MBA accounting course
§ Responsible for organizing class curriculum, writing course lessons, and creating
questions for graded homework assignments
December 2012 through present
ONLINE LEARNING FELLOW, UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA Athens, Georgia Instructor
§ Teach managerial accounting concepts to individual students via web based ecorrespondence course
§ Responsible for organizing class curriculum, writing course lessons, and creating
questions for graded homework assignments
§ Develop testing methods to ensure the comprehension of accounting concepts ranging
from journal entries and financial statements to process costing and activity based
costing
January 2006 through present
J.M. TULL SCHOOL OF ACCOUNTING, UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA
Athens, Georgia
Lecturer
§ Teach managerial accounting concepts to classes ranging from fifty to approximately 300
students in size
§ Manage a professional accounting class designed to introduce alternative career paths in
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accounting and highlight career issues facing accountants for a class approximately 135
students in size
Teach a survey of accounting course designed to introduce students to the basic
principles used in financial and managerial accounting systems to a class approximately
65 students in size
Manage a group of teaching assistants ranging from two to seven teaching assistants in
size
Responsible for organizing class curriculum and writing lecture notes
Develop testing methods to ensure the comprehension of accounting concepts ranging
from process costing to activity based costing
May 2010 through May 2012
INDEPENDENT AND DISTANT LEARNING, UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA
Athens, Georgia
Instructor
§ Teach financial and managerial accounting concepts to individual students via web
based e-correspondence courses
§ Responsible for organizing class curriculum, writing course lessons, and creating
questions for graded homework assignments
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Develop testing methods to ensure the comprehension of accounting concepts ranging
from journal entries and financial statements to process costing and activity based
costing
February 2003 through April 2011
AMANDA G. FARMER, CPA DBA DOLCOR
Bishop, Georgia
Certified Public
Accountant
§ Establish, maintain, and manage accounting systems for individuals and businesses
§ Provide business consulting services to individuals and businesses
§ Prepare information, payroll, and sales tax returns for businesses
July 2006 through August 2008
AMANDA G. FARMER, MARY KAY COSMETICS Bishop, Georgia Consultant
§ Provided skin care and color cosmetic consultations for groups of one to ten women in
size
§ Managed a team of five independent beauty consultants
January 2000 through April 2003
THOMAS W. SCOTT AND ASSOCIATES, PC Athens, Georgia Manager
§ Managed a team of three tax professionals
§ Provided tax planning, tax compliance, and business management services to
approximately 250 clients
§ Taught continuing professional education classes to firm associates
§ Taught classes to clients covering basic accounting and tax concepts and the application
of these concepts to their accounting systems
September 2001 through June 2002
ATHENS TECHNICAL COLLEGE Athens, Georgia Adjunct Instructor
§ Taught principles of accounting courses to classes approximately 20 students in size
§ Responsible for organizing class curriculum
§ Developed means of testing students for comprehension of accounting concepts covered
EDUCATION
January 1999 through December 1999
UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA Athens, Georgia Master of Accountancy, Taxation
Grade Point Average 4.0
September 1996 through December 1998
UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA
Athens, Georgia
Bachelor of Business Administration,
Accounting
Summa Cum Laude Grade Point Average 3.9
PROFESSIONAL CREDENTIALS
• Certified Public Accountant, Georgia
• Member of the Georgia Society of Certified Public Accountants
HONORS
• May 2014, November 2014, May 2015, and November 2015 recognized by The University
of Georgia as greatly contributing to the career development of UGA students
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November 2013 Professor of the Month for the Georgia Alpha Chapter of Pi Beta Phi
2013 awarded status as Honorary member of the Golden Key National Honour Society
at The University of Georgia
2011-2012 Chapter Advisor of the Year for the Southeastern Region so Delta Sigma Pi
2008, 2010, and 2011 Outstanding Accounting Teacher Award, Alpha Kappa Psi
Business Fraternity, UGA, Athens, Georgia
2008 Outstanding Teacher Award, Delta Sigma Pi Business Fraternity, UGA, Athens,
Georgia
2007 Outstanding Teacher Award, Alpha Kappa Psi Business Fraternity, UGA, Athens,
Georgia
ACTIVITIES AND COMMITTEES
• Mentor, Mentor Program, University Health Center, UGA, Athens, Georgia, 2015present
• Faculty Advisor, Beta Alpha Psi Accounting Business Fraternity, UGA, Athens, Georgia,
2010-present
• Faculty Advisor, Delta Sigma Pi Business Fraternity, UGA, Athens, Georgia, 2010-2014
• Faculty Advisor, Alpha Delta Pi Social Sorority, UGA, Athens, Georgia, 2009
• Member, J.M. Tull School of Accounting Curriculum Committee, UGA, Athens, Georgia,
2006-current
• Member, J.M. Tull School of Accounting Scholarship Committee Spring 2008, Spring
2010, and Spring 2011, UGA, Athens, Georgia
• Member, Terry College of Business Online Learning Committee Fall 2012, UGA, Athens,
Georgia
RELATED PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
PRESENTATIONS
• Continuing Professional Education Instructor for Athens Technical College, Athens,
Georgia on the topics of Managerial Accounting, Personality Training, and Basic
Business Accounting, August and November 2009
• Guest Lecturer for F&W Forestry on the topic of Value Based Billing, September 2007
• Guest Speaker for Delta Sigma Pi Business Fraternity on the topic of Personality
Training, August 2008
• Guest Speaker for Alpha Delta Pi Sorority on the topic of Personality Training,
November 2008
• Instructor for Community Connections, a resource for Nonprofit Organizations in the
Athens, GA area, on the topic of Nonprofit Financial Management, May 2010, August
2010, May 2011, and October 2012
REVIEWS
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Reviewer for McGraw-Hill, 12th Edition of Garrison, Noreen, Brewer Managerial
Accounting text, Spring 2008
Reviewer for Prentice Hall, 1st Edition of Bamber, Braun, Harrison Managerial Accounting
text, Fall , and Spring 2009 (three separate reviews completed)
Reviewer for McGraw-Hill Irwin, 5th Edition of Brewer, Garrison, Noreen Introduction to
Managerial Accounting text, August 2010
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Reviewer for McGraw-Hill, 14th Edition of Garrison, Noreen, Brewer Managerial
Accounting text, February 2011
Advisory Board Member for Davis Managerial Accounting 2e, Wiley
PUBLICATIONS
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Study Guide author for Prentice Hall, 2nd Edition of Bamber, Braun, Harrison Managerial
Accounting text, Spring 2009 and Summer 2009
Test bank author for Pearson Education, StudentConnect project, May and June 2011
CONFERENCES
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Beta Alpha Psi Southeast regional conference, Charlotte, North Carolina, March 2011
Beta Alpha Psi National conference, Denver, Colorado, August 2011
Beta Alpha Psi National conference, Baltimore, Maryland, August 2012