After serving as an adjunct instructor for the past seven years, Pam Cogan has joined the University of the Ozarks full-time as an assistant professor or accounting.
Cogan has more than 15 years of experience as an accountant and has taught as an adjunct accounting instructor at Ozarks since 2017. Among the classes she has taught include, Principles of Accounting, Principles of Financial Analysis, Cost Accounting and Federal Taxation.
“I have enjoyed learning and working in my chosen field of accounting for the last 15 years, and it will now be an honor to teach full-time those students who also desire to pursue a career in the field of accounting,” Cogan said. “I have found the use of real -world examples from my own accounting practice help students to remember concepts, terms, standards and principles that are often more difficult to grasp. My goal at the end of the semester is to have prepared my students for the next class and their first work experience.”
Cogan, who has a master’s degree in accounting from University of Phoenix, has owned and operated Pamela Cogan Bookkeeping & Tax Service in Clarksville since 2010. She is also a medicolegal death investigator and has served as the coroner for Johnson County since 2013.
She and her husband, Dave, have been married for 38 years and are both life-long residents of Clarksville. They have three adult children, Taylor (Lauren), Keaton (Kelci) and Laekyn (Hayden), as well as three grandchildren.
Cogan’s hobbies outside of work include, spending time with her grandchildren and family, hosting parties for friends, trips to Disney, and playing with their two cats, Bastet (Bassie) and Savannah (Savvy).
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