Education
Doctorate Degree
PhD in Accounting
University of Pennsylvania, 1996
Master's Degree
MA in Accounting
University of Pennsylvania, 1993
Master's Degree
MBA in Finance and Accounting
University of Pennsylvania, 1990
Bachelor's Degree
BES in Electrical Engineering
Johns Hopkins University, 1982
Featured scholarly/creative works
- Vargus, M. E., & Beneish, M. (2012). Insider Trading and Earnings Management in Distressed Firms. Contemporary Accounting Research, 29(1), 191–220.
- Lin, S., Pizzini, M., Vargus, M. E., & Bardhan, I. (2011). The Role of the Internal Audit Function in the Disclosure of Material Weakness. The Accounting Review, 86(1), 287–323. https://doi.org/10.2308/accr.00000016
- Vargus, M. E., Van der Stede, W., & Gibbs, M. (2004). Determinants and Subjectivity in Incentives. The Accounting Review, 79(2), 409–436.
- Vargus, M. E., & Beneish, M. (2002). Insider Trading, Earnings Quality and Accrual Mispricing. The Accounting Review, 77(4), 755–791.
- Hesford, J., Pizzini, M. J., Turner, M., & Vargus, M. E. (2025). Using Python in Management Accounting: Monte Carlo Simulation for Cost-Volume-Profit Analysis. Issues in Accounting Education, 40(3), 185–201. Retrieved from www.aaahq.org
Featured awards
- Award / Honor Nominee: Cook Prize for National Teaching Excellance, American Accounting Association. 2017
- Award / Honor Nominee: Cook Prize for National Teaching Excellance, American Accounting Association. 2016
- Award / Honor Nominee: Cook Prize for National Teaching Excellance, American Accounting Association. 2015
- Award / Honor Recipient: Notable Contribution to Management Accounting Literature, American Accounting Association. January 2007 - August 2007
- Award / Honor Recipient: Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation Award, American Accounting Association - MAS. 1996

Featured service activities
- Other
Town of Lakewood Village
- Other
Town of Lakewood Village
- Other
Town of Lakewood Village
- Member
TML Legislative Policy Committee on Annexation and Development Regulation
- Member
TML Policy and Resolutions Committee
- Other
LV Economic Development Corporation
