In the classroom, Denise focuses on preparing students to become successful audit professionals through experiential based learning opportunities. In May 2014, a teaching case that Denise co-authored with Barbara Porco (Fordham University) and Jay Thibodeau (Bentley University) was published in Issues in Accounting Education. The case, “Simply Soups Inc.: A Teaching Case Designed to Integrate the Electronic Cash Confirmation into the Auditing Curriculum,” requires students to use leading audit technology and regulatory guidance to complete the confirmation of cash on a hypothetical client. As of January 2014 the case had been used by more than 2,000 students at 123 universities.