E. Shawn Novak Ph.D., CPA
Professional Qualifications

EDUCATION
Ph.D. in Accounting, Economics Minor
University of Houston - University Park, Houston, Texas (1991).
Master of Professional Accountancy, Federal Tax Concentration
University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas (1983).
Bachelor of Science in Business, Accounting Major
Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia (1982).
PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATION
C.P.A. in Texas since 1985 (Certificate No. 38062).
DOCTORAL DISSERTATION
"An Empirical Analysis of Federal Income Tax Capitalization in the Pricing of Income Producing Real Property" (Chair - Stephen C. Thompson).
CURRENT ACADEMIC POSITION
Associate Professor of Accounting with Tenure, College of Business, Boise State University, Boise, Idaho. 
Graduate faculty member since Fall 1996.
RECENT COURSES TAUGHT
AC 530 Federal Taxation of Corporations and Shareholders
AC 525 Federal Taxation of Partnerships and Partners
AC 520 Research In Federal Taxation
AC 302 Federal Income Taxation of Individuals
AC 402 Federal Income Taxation of Corporations, S Corporations & Partnerships
AC 205 Introduction to Financial Accounting
AC 206 Introduction to Managerial Accounting
ACADEMIC & PROFESSIONAL PUBLICATIONS
Price, Donald and Novak, Shawn. "The Tax Incidence of Three Texas Lottery Games: Regressivity, Race and Education." National Tax Journal. 52 No. 4 (December 1999), pp. 741-751.
Price, Donald and Novak, Shawn. "The Income Redistribution Effects of Texas State Lottery Games." Public Finance Review. 28 No.1 (January 2000), pp. 82-92.
Persellin, Mark and Novak, Shawn. "Start-Up Costs; Planning Opportunities and Compliance Issues." Journal of Corporate Taxation. (Summer 1995), pp. 141 - 152.
Novak, Shawn and Persellin, Mark. "Amortizing Bond Premiums Can Provide Tax Savings for Investors." Journal of Taxation of Investments. (Winter 1993), pp.98-109.
Persellin, Mark and Novak, Shawn. "State Individual Income Taxes: Basic Concepts and Planning." The CPA Journal. (September 1993), pp.36-38; 88-91.
Novak, Shawn, "Itemized Deductions" in Fundamentals of Individual and Entity Taxation 2000 Edition. (ed.) Karen A. Fortin and Shirley Dennis-Escoffier. (Houston: Dame Publications Inc., 1999).
Novak, Shawn, "Other Pass-Through Entities" in Fundamentals of Individual and Entity Taxation 2000 Edition. (ed.) Karen A. Fortin and Shirley Dennis-Escoffier. (Houston: Dame Publications Inc., 1999).

This document was last edited on 08/24/00