Assistant Professor Dr. Amara Tirasriwat Awarded St. Thomas Aquinas Award for Research (Third Class)

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Asst. Prof. Dr. Amara Tirasriwat joined Assumption University in 1987. She is currently the Chairperson of Accounting Department, Martin de Tours School of Management and Economics. Asst. Prof. Dr. Amara received her Bachelor of Business Administration in Accounting from Assumption University in 1979, Master of Accountancy from in 1993, and Doctor of Philosophy in Business Administration from in 2006.

Asst. Prof. Dr. Amara's research interests are in accounting, finance, and education. She received three awards of "Outstanding Research Paper Award" from the Association of Private Higher Education Institutions of (APHEIT) for three consecutive years as follows:

2011 Outstanding Research Paper Award: “Ethics from the Perspectives of Undergraduate Accounting Students, Private Higher Education Institutions of Thailand.” APHEIT National Conference on Innovative Higher Education: Key Drivers Towards A Sustainable Development, Chulabhorn Research Institute, Bangkok, July 19,2011.

2012 Outstanding Research Paper Award: “Accounting Information Problems Which Are the Obstacles to SMEs Financing.” APHEIT National Conference, Sripratum University, Bangkok. Thailand, May 28, 2012. Published in APHEIT Journal (Association of Private Higher Education Institutions of Thailand Journal) Vol. 18 No.1 (May 2012): 186-198.

2013 Outstanding Research Paper Award: “Insufficient Accounting Information–an Obstacle to Thai SMEs Financing: From the Perspectives of SME Bank’s Credit Analysts.” APHEIT National Conference, Payap University, Cheingmai, Thailand, May 31, 2013.

The highlights of other research papers are as follows:

2002 “Financial Reports Reliability.” APHET Journal Vol. 9 No.1 (November 2002), pp. 12-26. 2006 “Factors Influencing Financial Report Reliability from the Perspectives of Thai Investment Analysts.” Journal of Accounting Professions Vol. 2, No.1 (May 2006), pp 34-52. 2010 “How the Roles and Duties of the Accounting Professionals Can Protect and Detect Fraud and Theft in the Organization ” APHET Journal Vol.16, No.2 (December 2010), pp. 1-14.

15 2010 “Qualities Desired in Accounting Graduates: From the Perspectives of Entrepreneurs in International Accounting Firms in Thailand.” Journal of Accounting Professions Vol. 16, No.1 (May 2010), pp 19-38. 2013 “The Importance, Necessity and Suitability of Accounting Ethics : From the Perspectives of Accounting Students and Lecturers in Private Higher Education Institutions in Thailand.” Asian Conference on Corporate Governance and Business Sustainability (ACCGBS 2013) Assumption University, Suvarnabhumi Campus, Thailand, 7-9 October 2013. 2013 “Business Ethics Education from the Perspective of Lecturers of School of Business Administration in Thailand.” International Conference on Business Tourism and Applied Science, University of London, UK., 8-9 August 2013.

Asst. Prof. Dr. Amara has also contributed to the research and academic services as paper reviewer for the Association of Private Higher Education Institute of Thailand Journal.

For her valuable contributions to research, Assumption University is pleased to confer the St. Thomas Aquinas Award for Research (Third Class) on Asst. Prof. Dr. Amara Tirasriwat on this auspicious date of December 24, 2013.

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