Adjunct Faculty Activities

Journal; Journal of Business, Finance, and Accounting; Review of Quantitative Finance and Accounting; Accounting Horizons; Research in Accounting Regulation; Journal of Financial Statement Analysis; Journal of Business Research; and others.. He is actively involved in committees and meetings of the American Accounting Association and the Financial Accounting and Reporting Section of the American Accounting Association. He is the PhD Program coordinator for the School of Accountancy.

Felipe B G Silva (PhD, Cornell University, ’18) is an assistant professor and CBIZ MHM Faculty Scholar, teaching the accounting and business strategy analysis capstone course of the School of Accountancy.His research interests revolve around macroeconomics, monetary policy, banking and financial intermediation, and political economy. His work has been published in academic outlets such as the Journal of International Money and Finance, Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, Annals of Finance, and Journal of Risk, and has been featured in the Washington Post, Bloomberg, and other media outlets in English, Portuguese, German, and Russian. His solo-authored paper, based on his doctoral dissertation, has been selected as a semifinalist for best paper award at the 2019 FMA Annual Meeting. Prior to his graduate studies, Professor Silva worked for 5 years in the private sector, including a brief career in the aerospace sector (Embraer) and later joining the financial services industry at Itaú Unibanco (Market Risk Division) and Banco Santander (Quantitative Researcher). He was also a founding partner of a start-up enterprise in the telecommunications sector, later sold to a major retailer. He holds a bachelor’s degree in Aeronautical Engineering from Instituto Tecnológico de Aeronáutica (ITA), Brazil, and an M.Eng. degree in Financial Engineering from Cornell’s Operations Research and Information Engineering Department. Outside of academia, Professor Silva enjoys spending time with his wife Anna and kids, Eric and George.

Tim Howald CPA, CFA (MAcc, University of Missouri-St. Louis ’91), Adjunct Professor, has more than 30 years of experience, primarily in the asset management field. He teaches Financial Accounting Concepts and Investments at the undergraduate level and Financial Statement Analysis in the online MSF program. He is currently the investment manager for a local insurance company. He began his career in the institutional trust department of a large regional bank, held the CFO position at the global investment management subsidiary of a Fortune 500 insurer, and served as an institutional asset management consultant. He has earned the right to use the Chartered Financial Analyst designation and served as President of the Nevada Chartered Financial Analyst Society. He is a licensed CPA in the state of Missouri and Colorado. He is a proud Mizzou (BSBA ’84) graduate and serves on the MU Alumni Association Finance Committee. He is also Treasurer and member of the Executive Committee of the Columbia Chamber of Commerce, Treasurer of the Fair Missouri Foundation, and is on the Board of the City of Columbia’s New Century Fund. Professor Howald returned to Columbia in 2016 after working in the Midwest and both coasts over the course of his career. He enjoys being back on campus and paying it forward to the next generation of Tigers.

Chad M. John (Masters in Forensic Accounting, Florida Atlantic University, ’10; BSAcc, University of Missouri ’92), CPA-CFF, CFE, Adjunct Professor, is in his fourth year teaching Forensic Accounting, a graduate level elective course in the School of Accountancy. Chad graduated from the University of Missouri with a BS in Accountancy. Chad brings to the classroom 22 years of experience investigating complex white collar crime as a Special Agent with the Federal Bureau of Investigation. The Forensic Accounting course Chad teaches provides students with not only an academic understanding of the skills required and opportunities available for forensic accountants, but also real-world experiences through expert guest speakers in the law enforcement and forensic accounting professions. The course includes a hands-on capstone case wherein the students perform a forensic investigation, requiring an interview of an identified suspect. Chad continues to accept public speaking invitations throughout