Background
Shastri, Karen Andrea was born in Baltimore. Daughter of Charles M. and Leona B. (Smidt) Connor.
accounting and finance educator
Shastri, Karen Andrea was born in Baltimore. Daughter of Charles M. and Leona B. (Smidt) Connor.
Bachelor of Business Administration magna cum laude, U. Baltimore, 1977; Master of Business Administration, U. Pittsburgh, 1982; Doctor of Philosophy, U. Pittsburgh, 1990.
Senior accountant, Grant Thornton, Baltimore, 1978-1981;
instructor, Robert Morris College, Pittsburgh, 1982-1985;
lecturer Katz Graduate School Business, U. Pittsburgh, 1981-1990;
instructor School Business and Administration, Duquesne U., Pittsburgh, 1985-1988;
assistant professor College Business & Economics, West Virginia University, Morgantown, 1988-1990;
assistant professor H. John Heinz III School Public Policy & Management, Carnegie Mellon U., Pittsburgh, since 1990. Instructor managerial accounting graduate students Czechoslavak Management Center, 1992. Consultant Feldstein, Grinberg, Stein & McKee, 1993, Meyer, Darragh, Buckler, Bebenek & Eck, 1989, 91, Rockwell International, 1986, 88, 89.
Mem.adv. board MUSA; speaker in field.
Tutor, trainer Literacy Campaign, McKees Rock, Pennsylvania, 1988-1991. Board directors Renewal, Inc., Pittsburgh, FEI, Pittsburgh. Member finance committee.
Member American Accounting Association, AICPA, Eastern Finance Association, Finance Management Association, Institute.Mgmt. Accts., Pennsylvania Institute Certified Public Accountants, Western Finance Association.
Married Kuldeep Shastri. 1 child, Joseph Kiran.