Faculty/Staff
Business Administration Division

J. Richard Sealscott, CPA,
Assistant Professor of Accounting

Education

• Bowling Green State University, B.S., 1976
  
• University of Dayton, M.B.A., 1981
  

Bio
Assistant Professor Rick Sealscott is a practicing Certified Public Accountant. (Limited practice)  Rick has been preparing personal and corporate tax returns for over thirty years. He has undertaken financial statement audits, along with preparing reviewed and compiled financial statements.   He has served as a peer reviewer for the Ohio Society of CPA’s, completing over forty peer reviews of accounting firms in Ohio. He is also a Certified Fraud Examiner, having undergone numerous fraud examinations.  He is interested in developing a Forensic Accounting program at Defiance College.

Rick has over thirty years of experience in education.  His area of interest in education is public accounting.  He has taught auditing, accounting principles, personal taxes and business taxes.  He is a member of the American Institute of CPA’s, Ohio Society of CPA’s, National Association of Tax Preparers and the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners.
 
Rick, who resides in Van Wert, is married to Deb. They have three children, Emily (Ryan) Holliday of Hilliard, and twin boys Steven and Adam.

Contact
Phone: 419-783-2221
E-mail: rsealscott@defiance.edu