He is a Certified Public Accountant and received his B.S. in Accounting from Utica College of Syracuse University; his M.B.A. from the University of Michigan; and his Ph.D. from Arizona State University. Before pursuing his academic career, Frischmann was a manager with Ernst and Young in Phoenix, Ariz. Frischmann’s research focuses on taxation and the interaction of taxation and financial reporting. He has been named as an outstanding faculty member by Business Week’s Best Business Schools and has published in such journals as the Journal of Accounting and Economics, the Journal of the American Taxation Association and National Tax Journal. His work has been honored by the Financial Accounting Standards Board as research addressing issues relevant to the FASB and containing conclusions likely to benefit their decision-making process.