Dr. King (Hoover) is an Associate Professor of Accounting and Accounting Discipline Coordinator for the Helzberg School of Management at Rockhurst University. In the recent past, Dr. King has been Assistant Dean for Academic Affairs for the Helzberg School of Management (HSOM), the Director of Undergraduate Programs for the HSOM, the Director of the Online MBA program and the Division Chair for the Decision Science Division of the HSOM. At the University level she serves as the liaison for the Rockhurst University Regents Corporate Social Responsibility and Ethics Team, and she is a member of the Graduate Curriculum Committee, the Academic Affairs Committee, and several other committees and special tasks forces

In the profession area, Dr. King has been the President for the American Accounting Association (AAA) Midwest Region for the past two years, and serves of the AAA  Advance Placement Committee and AAA Membership Committee as well as the Midwest Region’s representative on the AAA Council. 

Dr. King has received awards for her research including the National Delta Epsilon Doctoral Research Award for her doctoral research and an Outstanding Paper Award at the Academy of Educational Leadership Conference. In addition, she has held the Hall Family Chair. She has co-authored supplements for leading textbooks in Accounting Information Systems and Cost Accounting - Accounting Information Systems by Romney & Steinbart an Addison Wesley Longman Publishing and Cost Accounting, by Horngren & Foster, a Prentice Hall Publication. Additionally, she has published research in the Journal of Educational Law,  Journal of Educational Leadership and she has presented and published research at the Midwest American Accounting Association, the American Academy of Accounting and Finance, the Academy of Business Disciplines, and other accounting and education professional organizations

Dr. King also takes an active role in the Kansas City Community, where she is or has recently been an active member of the boards of directors of several non-profit organizations including Support Kansas City, the Community of the Good Shepherd, the Center for Faith and Work and the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation.  Currently, she is raising funds for breast cancer by participating in The Breast Cancer 3 Day.  You can learn about her dedication to this cause by visiting: www.The3Day.org/KansasCity06/GailHoover

Her teaching philosophy is based on a passage from Kahlil Gibran's book The Prophet.

EAT YOUR OWN FRUIT

A disciple once complained to his Master:
‘You tell us stories, but you never
reveal their meaning to us.'
Said the Master:
‘How would you like it if someone offered
you fruit and chewed it up before giving
it to you?'
No one can find your meaning for you.
Not even the Master.

“My intent is to develop learning processes that allow students to learn through experience and offer students opportunities to discover knowledge. Through this approach students are not memorizing but applying the material and   learning how to learn. Thus, when presented with new situations, problems, issues, and challenges, they will accept the challenge, trust their abilities, and succeed.”