Dr. Richard (Rick) Gore
Professor of Accounting

970-247-7603
gore_r@fortlewis.edu

Expertise:

  • Business valuation
  • Financial accounting
  • Tax and financial planning

Education:

  • Ph.D., Business Administration, Washington State University, 1998
  • Bachelor of Science, Business Administration, San Diego State University, 1978

About Dr. Richard Gore

Rick Gore received The Roger Peters Distinguished Professor Award for the 2017-2018 academic year. This award represents the best levels of achievement in our faculty: excitement and enthusiasm for one’s pedagogical philosophy; theory and practice both in and out of the classroom; extensive service and leadership to students, colleagues, and the community. This award honors a career culmination. Dr. Gore has been part of the faculty at Fort Lewis College since 2006. He progressed from Associate to Full Professor and has taught a wide selection accounting courses during his time at FLC. He served as the faculty advisor Beta Alpha Psi for two years and represented SOBA for many years in the Faculty Senate. Dr. Gore currently serves as Treasurer on the Board of Directors for KSUT the Four Corners Public Ration Station. 

Highlights

In 2015, Dr. Gore published The Little Book of Financial Accounting, Kendall Hunt Publishing Company.

About the Book

The Little Book of Financial Accounting was written for introductory business students who need to understand accounting, but do not necessarily want to become accountants. The book strives to provide a more intuitive learning experience by focusing solely on the most important concepts and techniques and eliminating accounting jargon whenever possible. The book is also organized into short modules, which can be read in a single sitting (in contrast to extensive chapters of traditional textbooks). The book provides a framework for classifying and linking real-world economic events to the accounting reports. This helps students recognize that the purpose of accounting is to represent the economic reality for an enterprise. 

Dr. Gore Explains the Project

“I enjoyed writing the book in such a way that makes it possible for anyone to learn accounting. I wanted readers to see that accounting is essential for society and also easy and fun to learn.”

 

Journal Articles 

“Buyer and Seller at Odds: The Economic Consequences of Holding Appreciated Assets in a C Corporation,” Issues in Accounting Education, November 2013 

“Snowy Ridge Ski Resort: Fair Value Measurement and the Impairment of Long-term Assets,” Issues in Accounting Education, February 2010 

“Is Goodwill an Asset,” The CPA Journal, June 2010