Assistant Professor, Business
Phone: 916.577.2283
Email: msalazar@jessup.edu
Life Verse:
Philippians 1:9-10
Expertise
Accounting, Taxation, Banking, Consulting, and Strategic Management
Education
Ed.D., Dissertation in Mathematics Ed., Pensacola Christian College, Pensacola, FL, 2007
M.B.A., The Lundy-Fetterman School of Business, Campbell University, NC, 1995
M.A., Theology/Ministry, Luther Rice University, Metro-Atlanta, GA, 2000
B.S., Business Administration, University of North Carolina, Pembroke, 1994
A.A., Business Administration, West Valley College, Saratoga, 1992
Graduate of the North Carolina School of Banking, University of North Carolina, 1997
Additional Graduate studies in accounting & finance, Southeastern School of Banking, LSU, 1998-1999
Courses Taught
Financial Accounting
Managerial Accounting
*Cost Accounting, Federal Tax, Intermediate I & II, and Audit
Management Information Systems
Financial Management
Operations Management
Project Management
Strategic Management
*New accounting concentration courses to be offered in the coming semesters
Awards and Honors
82nd Airborne Division paratrooper of the year finalist 1986
Department of the Army, Certificate of Achievement (Best FIST team), 1987
United States Army Achievement Medal and National Defense Service Medal, 1988, 1991
John G Jorgenson Memorial Scholarship for Academic Excellence, 1992
Summa Cum Laude honors, University of North Carolina, Pembroke, 1994
Top graduate of the NC School of Banking, University North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 1997
Associations
American Institute of Certified Public Accountants
The Institute of Management Accountants
California Society of CPA’s
Work experience
Manuel has over 25 years of leadership experience in the military, education, and business fields. Manuel comes to Jessup from Grand Canyon University’s Ken Blanchard College of Business, where he served as an adjunct business professor. He has taught graduate and undergraduate college courses in financial, managerial, cost and tax accounting, as well as corporate and managerial finance. Dr. Salazar will be helping to build the new accounting concentration at WJU, among other business areas.
A native Californian, Manuel has enjoyed success in the areas of business and accounting, having worked as the corporate controller of Lumbee Guaranty Bank (the oldest Native-American owned bank in the United States-located in N.C.), where he led their accounting and financial operations. More recently, Manuel has worked in the accounting and tax industry for a local CPA firm. In addition to his business experience, he also has educational administration experience, having served nearly a decade as a Christian school principal and high school mathematics and economics teacher.
Biographical Information
I am excited to be a part of the WJU business team during this very special time in our school’s history. I am passionate about accounting and business and look forward to assisting our students flourish in their God-given vocations. I have been married for 24 years to my amazing wife Lisa, and we have four incredible children (Ashley, Jonathan, Brittany, and Matthew). We enjoy hiking, kayaking, and traveling as a family with our two favorite four-legged friends (Maya and Princessa).