BIO & RESEARCH INTERESTs

Dr. Sisneros serves as the Patrick B. Dorr Associate Professor in the School of Accounting for the Spears School of Business at Oklahoma State University after holding visiting and/or assistant professor positions at University of Utah, Wichita State University, and University of Colorado Denver. His teaching experience includes financial and managerial accounting at the introductory and intermediate levels, financial statement analysis, and Ph.D. seminars. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Accountancy (summa cum laude) from Metropolitan State College of Denver and a Ph.D. in Accountancy (Finance minor) from Arizona State University. His research projects include the market valuation of accounting earnings components, earnings manipulation, the organizational choices of distressed companies and accounting pedagogy with publications in The Accounting Review, Review of Accounting Studies, Advances in Accounting, Review of Quantitative Finance and Accounting, Issues in Accounting Eduction, and Accounting and Financial Control. Dr. Sisneros previously worked as a controller for Central City Opera House Association and the CCOHA Endowment Fund. He serves on the PAC-15 Advisory Council and as planning committee member for the PhD Project, as faculty advisor for Beta Alpha Psi- Chi Chapter at Oklahoma State, and as a member of the School of Accounting Ph.D. Program Committee among other activities. Past service positions include Beta Alpha Psi- Theta Sigma Chapter where he was named Outstanding Faculty Advisor in 2017, co-chair of the Minority Affairs Committee at CU Denver, treasurer and chair of the Education Committee for the Wichita Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, and executive director for the NABA Accounting Career Awareness Program at Wichita State. Dr. Sisneros and his wife, Greta, have two daughters, Sydnee and Danee enrolled at OSU. In 2019, Dr. Sisneros was inducted into the PhD Project Hall of Fame recognizing his 20 years of service to the organization.

OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY APPOINTMENTS

  • Associate Professor
    Oklahoma State University, Accounting, Stillwater, Oklahoma, United States1 Jul 2025 - present

ACADEMIC POSITIONS

  • Assistant Professor
    Oklahoma State University, Accounting, Stillwater, Oklahoma, United States1 Jan 2018 - 30 Jun 2025
  • Assistant Professor
    University of Colorado Denver, Denver, Colorado, United States1 Jan 2011 - 1 Jan 2018
  • Visiting Assistant Professor
    University of Colorado Denver, Denver, Colorado, United States1 Jan 2010 - 1 Jan 2011
  • Assistant Professor
    Wichita State University, Wichita, Kansas, United States1 Jan 2007 - 1 Jan 2010
  • Visiting Assistant Professor
    University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, United States1 Jan 2006 - 1 Jan 2007
  • Graduate Assistant
    Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, United States1 Jan 2000 - 1 Jan 2006
  • Adjunct Instructor
    Metropolitan State College of Denver1 Jan 2000 - 1 May 2000

NON-ACADEMIC POSITIONS

  • Controller
    Central City Opera House Association and CCOHA Endowment Fund1 Jan 1998 - 1 Jan 2000
  • Plant Foreman
    Royal Crest Dairy1 Jan 1994 - 1 Jan 1998

DEGREES

  • Doctor of Philosophy, Accounting
    Arizona State University, United States, Tempe, Arizona2006

CAMPUS

  • Oklahoma State University - Stillwater

DEPARTMENT

  • Accounting

FIELDS OF RESEARCH