Rate My Professor Suzanne Owens-Ott

At Colorado Mesa University, Owens-Ott teaches Principles of Financial Accounting, Principles of Managerial Accounting, Ethics for Accounting Professionals, Professional Preparation, Data Analytics for Accounting and Audit I and II, and the core MBA accounting course. Her scholarship focuses on accounting pedagogy, ethics, and cannabis industry issues, with publications such as “Accounting and the US cannabis industry: federal financial reporting issues” in the Journal of Cannabis Research (2020), “Ethical perspectives of certified public accountants and the legalization of cannabis” (2022), “The determination of faculty members’ perceptions and knowledge of the teacher-scholar model at a primarily teaching institution” in International Research in Education (2019), “Inverting the Principles of Accounting Classroom” in Proceedings of the Mountain Plains Business Conference (2014), and “Experiential learning for accounting students” in the International Journal of Learning (2010). She has earned multiple CMU Exemplary Faculty Ratings from 2007 to 2018 and the Grand Junction Chapter of Commerce Outstanding Educator award in 2008. As a licensed Certified Public Accountant, she chairs the Colorado Board of Accountancy, appointed by Governor Polis, and previously served as CMU Faculty Trustee, COCPA Educational Foundation Board member, and Grand Junction Airport Audit and Finance Committee member. Her service includes chairing the CMU Assessment Committee (2011-2018) and co-chairing the Davis School of Business AACSB accreditation committee.