Spenser Seifert, CPA
University of South Carolina
Darla Moore School of Business
1014 Greene St.
Columbia, SC 29208
spenser.seifert@grad.moore.sc.edu
EDUCATION
Ph.D. in Business Administration, Accounting (In Progress)
University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC
Anticipated 2024
Master of Accountancy - Taxation
University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC
May 2018
Bachelor of Science in Business Administration – Accounting
University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC
May 2017, Summa Cum Laude, Honors College
Honors Thesis: The Ethical Infrastructure of Public Accountants’ Work Environments
UNIVERSITY EXPERIENCE
University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC
Research Assistant 2019 - Present
Graduate Assistant 2017 - 2018
RESEARCH ACTIVITIES
Works in Progress
“A Wink and a Nod: How Tax Professionals Enable their Client to Lie”
“The Impact of Project Origination and Outcome on Tax Professional Evaluations”
“The Ethical Infrastructure of Public Accountants’ Work Environments” with Donna Bobek
Schmitt and Ethan LaMothe
Research Grants
USC Magellan Scholar Research Grant for “The Ethical Infrastructure of Public Accountants’
Work Environments” (with Donna Bobek Schmitt), 2015
USC Magellan Mini Research Grant for “The Ethical Infrastructure of Public Accountants’
Work Environments” (with Donna Bobek Schmitt), 2015
Paper Presentations
“The Ethical Infrastructure of Public Accountants’ Work Environments,” University of South
Carolina Discovery Day, April 2016
SERVICE TO THE SCHOOL OF ACCOUNTING
President, Beta Alpha Psi, Spring 2017
Secretary, Beta Alpha Psi, Fall 2016
SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY
Site Leader, VITA, 2017, 2018, 2020
Volunteer Tax Preparer, VITA, 2016
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Dixon Hughes Goodman, LLP., Asheville, NC
Tax Associate, June 2018 to August 2019
Tax Intern, June 2017 – August 2017
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
AICPA
NC CPA Society
Certified Public Accountant, North Carolina, since 2019
HONORS & ACHIEVEMENTS
Darla Moore School of Business, Columbia, SC
Dixon Hughes Goodman Graduate Fellowship, 2017-2018
Thomas M. McCarthy Scholarship, 2016-2017
Warren Clarke Endowed Scholarship, 2015-2016
McKissick Scholar, 2014-2017
