Professor Wacker is a natural teacher. Since he joined the College of Business in 1989, he has garnered praise and numerous accolades including the 2007 Outstanding Educator Award given by the Illinois CPA Society.

"I was very humbled to have been honored by such a prestigious organization," Wacker said.

The Outstanding Educator Award recognizes Illinois educators at a community college, college or university who excel in their leadership and teaching, and who have made continuous and outstanding contributions to accounting education in Illinois.

The Illinois CPA Society is a state professional association representing 23,000 accounting, finance and business professionals throughout Illinois and worldwide.

Wacker teaches taxation, international business policy, business ethics, and managerial and financial accounting. His research focuses on international taxation. He is the author of 40 articles that appeared in academic journals.

In 2006, Wacker was one of eight SIUC faculty members to receive an "Excellence Through Commitment Award" for superior teaching. He also received the 2006 College of Business Outstanding Undergraduate Teacher of the Year Award.

Born in Omaha, Neb., Wacker earned a bachelor's degree in 1973 from St. Louis University, a master's degree in 1974 from the University of Toronto and a doctoral degree in 1989 from the University of Houston.

RESEARCH INTERESTS

• International taxation

RECENT PUBLICATIONS

“The CPA Finally Meets St. Augustine. Effects of Philosophy on Pedagogy of American Graduate Business Students in Ethics – Gaudeamusne aut Oremus pro Agnis?, Scriptores Augustiani, Tomus LXI, Advenio, 2006, pp. 121-152.

“The New FTC Brackets – Life Gets Simpler…Well, Sort of," International Tax, December, 2005, pp. 46-58.

“Good-bye Extraterritorial Income Exclusion…Hello Domestic Manufacturing Deduction," International Tax, December, 2004, pp. 16-31.

"Tax Effects of Lower Capital Gain Rates on Foreign Tax Credit Shelters," Journal of International Economics and Business, Fall, 2004, pp. 45-51.

"US Taxation of International Dividends under JGTRRA," International Tax Journal, Winter, 2003, pp. 19-34.

"Last Call on Closing Out Foreign Sales Corporations (FSCs)," International Tax, December, 2002, pp. 36-40.

AWARDS

Outstanding Educator, Illinois CPA Society, 2007

Undergraduate Teaching Fellowship, Southern Illinois University at Carbondale. Grant awarded for the Summer of 2001.

Charles W. Groennert/Emerson Electric Teaching Excellence Professorship, School of Accountancy, Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, 2005–Present.

Excellence through Commitment Outstanding College Teacher, Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, 2006.

Undergraduate Teacher of the Year, College of Business, Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, 2005.

Graduate Teacher of the Year, College of Business, Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, 2004.