the Spring semester 2017. Dugan has developed bankruptcy prediction model limitations and accounting-based estimation techniques for corporate risk His assessments reveal limitations in the accuracy of some widely accepted bankruptcy prediction models. The estimation techniques provide measures of degrees of risk inherent in corporate stock. Major publications Dugan has 71 publications in the scholarly literature as of December 2019 with approximately 1100 citations according to Google Scholar. Selected additional major publications include: M. Dugan, D. Minyard, and K. Shriver, “A Re-examination of the Operating Leverage – Financial Leverage Tradeoff Hypothesis,” Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance (Fall 1994), pp. 327–334. M. Dugan and K. Shriver, “An Empirical Comparison of Alternative Methods for the Estimation of the Degree of Operating Leverage,” The Financial Review (May 1992), pp. 309–321. C. Zavgren, M. Dugan, and J. Reeve, “The Association Between Probabilities of Bankruptcy and Market Responses – A Test of Market Anticipation,” Journal of Business Finance and Accounting (Spring 1988), pp. 27–45. M. Dugan and T. Forsyth, “The Relationship Between Bankruptcy Model Predictions and Stock Market Perceptions of Bankruptcy,” The Financial Review (August 1995), pp. 507–527. Awards and recognition Dugan received 10 teaching awards at the departmental, business school, university, and accounting professional levels, which includes his receipt of the Alabama State Society of CPAs 2009 Outstanding educator award. His 2010 publication entitled "The Impact of Academic Accounting Research on Professional Practice: An Analysis by the AAA Research Impact Task Force" received the Accounting Horizons Best Paper Award in 2010. In 2017, Augusta University awarded Dugan with their graduate school's outstanding research award for the recognition that his research brought to the university. Dugan received the 2020 Accounting Department Outstanding Alumnus Award from the University of New Orleans. Personal life Dugan is a divorced father of two children and resides in Evans, Georgia. References 1957 births Living people American accountants Accounting academics University of New Orleans alumni University of Tennessee alumni Augusta University faculty