Professor Barbara Chiappetta (1942-2018) received her BBA in Accountancy and MS in Education from Hofstra University and was an emeritus tenured full professor at Nassau Community College. For many decades, Barbara been an active executive board member of the Teachers of Accounting at Two-Year Colleges (TACTYC), serving 10 years as vice president and as president from 1993 through 1999.

Professor Chiappetta had been inducted into the American Accounting Association Hall of Fame for the Northeast Region. She has also received the Nassau Community College dean of instruction’s Faculty Distinguished Achievement Award. She was honored with the State University of New York Chancellor’s Award for Teaching Excellence. As a confirmed believer in the benefits of the active learning pedagogy, Barbara has authored Student Learning Tools, an active learning workbook for a 1st-year accounting course.