Dr. Mark Wheaton
Raised and educated in Australia, Mark completed a bachelor’s degree in economics as a mature student at Adelaide University. Following graduation in 1983, Mark commenced employment as an Accountant for a subsidiary of BHP, in Sydney. Many positions followed working in government and banking until the year 2000 when he establishes a successful accounting business. With 4 partners Mark sold his interest and moved to France, in semi-retirement to complete his master’s degree in international relations. However, following a call from RMIT Vietnam Mark started as lecturer in accounting but soon after became Head of Department for Accounting, Economics, Finance and Marketing and where he completed his doctorate in business in 2016. Mark returned to Australia to take up the Academic Director of Accounting position for Kaplan Business School. Australia. Mark is an avid mountain walker and martial artist in Taekwondo.
ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS
- Doctor of Business Administration
University of Newcastle. Feb 2016
Thesis: Engaging Vietnamese students in Australian accounting courses through inter- teaching at an offshore campus (http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1313064) - Graduate Certificate of Tertiary Teaching
RMIT University, Dec 2014 - AQF Level 10 Doctoral Degree equivalent approved Sep 2013
- Master of Arts International Relations
Flinders University, Apr 2011 - Graduate Diploma Australia Directors, May 2005
- Fellow of Certified Practicing Accountant Australia (FCPA), Feb 1999
- Executive MBA-Graduate Certificate of Management
Mt Eliza Business School, Dec 1997 - Bachelor in Economics
University of Adelaide, Apr 1983
PROFESSIONAL APPOINTMENTS
- British University Vietnam (BUV)
Head of School, The Business School (2024-present) - Kaplan Business School, Australia
Academic Director-Accounting, Auditing & Taxation – Kaplan Business School 2017-2022 - RMIT University (Vietnam)
Head of Department – Accounting, Economics, Finance and Marketing Programs
RESEARCH AREAS / FIELDS
- Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL)
RESEARCH PUBLICATIONS
- “Why student engagement in the accounting classroom matters” (2021) – Wheaton, M. Journal of Applied Learning and Teaching, vol. 4, no. 1, pp.72-81. https://journals.sfu.ca/jalt/index.php/jalt/article/view/341/285
- “The effectiveness of inter-teaching. Some international evidence” (2019) – Wheaton, M. O’ Connell, B., & Merola, G. Journal of Applied Learning and Teaching, vol. 2, no. 2, pp.34-45. https://journals.sfu.ca/jalt/index.php/jalt/article/view/137
- “Enterprise Risk Management and Firm Performance Empirical evidence from Vietnam” (2016) – Kommunuri, J., Narayan, A., Wheaton, M., & Jandug, L. New Zealand Journal of Applied Business Research, 14(2), 17-28
- “Inter-teaching: Improving the academic performance of auditing students in Vietnam” (2016) – Wheaton, M., Connell, B., & Yapa, P. Australasian Accounting, Business and Finance Journal, vol. 10, no. 4, pp. 3-16.doi:10.14453/aabfj.v10i 4.2 (ABDC- B ranked)
- “Firm performance and value effects of enterprise risk management” (2016) – Kommunuri, J. Narayan, A., Wheaton, M., Jandug, L. & Gonugnutla. S. New Zealand Journal of Applied Business Research, vol. 14, no. 2, pp. 17-28. Availability: http://search.informit.com.au/documentSurnmary;dn=79791 8171949834;res=IELBUS>ISSN: 1175-8007
- Engaging Vietnamese students in Australian accounting courses through (2016) – Wheaton, M. available at the UoN digital library (http://hdl.handle.net/195)
RESEARCH & CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS / EXHIBITIONS
- ASEAN Accounting Education Conference (2016) Develop Charter
- Second Paris Financial Management Conference (PFMC-2014)
- Malaysia Accounting Conference Taylor University (2015) Changing the landscape of the Accounting Profession: Are we better than standards?
- Accounting Educators (2016) Presented Conference Paper on “inter-teaching”
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