Accounting and Finance Staff

Department of Accounting and Finance
Minnesota State University, Mankato
150 Morris Hall
Mankato, MN 56001
Phone: 507-389-2966

Chairperson: Leon Chen

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Accounting Emeriti

Finance Emeriti

Yilin (Leon) Chen

Professor of Finance, Department Chair | College of Business | Finance

Address: MH 246
Phone: (507) 389-5336
Email: yilin.chen@mnsu.edu

Yuhao Chen

Assistant Professor of Finance | College of Business | Finance

Address: MH 248
Phone: (507) 389-6531
Email: yuhao.chen@mnsu.edu

Sean Fingland

Associate Professor of Accounting | College of Business | Accounting

Address: MH 225
Phone: (507) 389-5388
Email: sean.fingland@mnsu.edu

Abo-El-Yazeed T. Habib

Professor of Accounting | College of Business | Accounting

Address: MH 234
Phone: (507) 389-5408
Email: abo-el-yazeed.habib@mnsu.edu

Daniel Hiebert

Associate Professor of Financial Planning | Director of Financial Planning Program | College of Business | Finance

Address: MH 259
Phone: (507) 389-5406
Email: daniel.hiebert@mnsu.edu

Puneet Jaiprakash

Associate Professor of Finance | College of Business | Finance

Address: MH 150
Phone: (507) 389-1826
Email: puneet.jaiprakash@mnsu.edu

Steven Johnson

Professor of Accounting | College of Business | Accounting | MAcc | Business Law

Address: Morris Hall 237
Phone: (507) 389-2760
Email: steven.johnson@mnsu.edu

Oksana Kim

Ph.D., FCCA

Professor of Accounting (On Sabbatical AY2025-2026) | College of Business | Accounting | Business Law

Address: MH 227
Phone: (507) 389-5411
Email: oksana.kim@mnsu.edu

Nguyen Nguyen

Assistant Professor of Finance | College of Business | Finance

Address: MH 247
Phone: (507) 389-5090
Email: nguyen.nguyen.2@mnsu.edu

Byron Pike

Professor of Accounting in the Department of Accounting and Finance | College of Business | Finance | Accounting

Address: Morris Hall 120
Phone: (507) 389-6909
Email: byron.pike@mnsu.edu

Joe Reising

Professor of Finance | College of Business | Finance

Address: MH 238
Phone: (507) 389-5344
Email: joseph.reising@mnsu.edu

Kris Rosacker

Ph.D., CPA

Professor of Accounting, Master of Accounting (MAcc) Director in the Department of Accounting and Finance | College of Business | Finance | Accounting | MAcc

Address: Morris Hall 150
Phone: (507) 389-5413
Email: kirsten.rosacker@mnsu.edu

Ferdinand Siagian

Professor of Accounting in the Department of Accounting and Finance | College of Business | Finance | Accounting | MAcc

Address: Morris Hall 251
Phone: (507) 389-5407
Email: ferdinand.siagian@mnsu.edu

Ishuan Li Simonson

Professor of Finance | College of Business | Finance

Address: MH 235
Phone: (507) 389-5753
Email: ishuan.li@mnsu.edu

Jidong Zhang

Ph.D. CMA, CIA, CISA, CISSP, CISM, CGAP, CHFP, MCSE

Assistant Professor of Accounting in the Department of Accounting and Finance | College of Business | Finance | Accounting

Address: Morris Hall 231
Phone: (507) 389-5415
Email: jidong.zhang@mnsu.edu

Katheryn Zielinski

Associate Professor of Accounting | College of Business | Accounting

Address: Morris Hall 236
Phone: (507) 389-5412
Email: katheryn.zielinski@mnsu.edu