2017 Selfie

Hi! My name is Shannon Dolan and I'm excited to be your instructor for this course! I have a Master of Accounting degree, not a doctorate, so please just call me Shannon or, if you aren't comfortable with that, Ms. Dolan is fine.

I have taught for over 8 years, 7 of them at University of Oregon (UO) and 1+ years at OSU. Currently, in addition to teaching part-time for OSU, I am a part-time graduate student at OSU through E-Campus where I am enrolled in an Instructional Design Certification Program (I thought it might be helpful to learn how to teach 🙄). I also oversee the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA.... pronounced Veye-Tuh) program that I created last year at OSU.

Previously, I worked in the retirement industry providing compliance services for businesses' profit sharing 401(k) plans, starting almost 20 years ago when I was a staff accountant auditing 401(k) plans. I started teaching at UO as a side gig to make money while I established my own company, PSK Plans By Design, where I provided profit sharing 401(k) plan design consulting and compliance services (known as Third Party Administration (TPA), services) for small-medium size businesses. After a couple years, I started teaching full-time and the profit sharing 401(k) plan design consulting became the side gig.

I was born and raised in Oregon, and currently live in Eugene, Oregon with my husband. We love road cycling and mountain biking 🚴‍♂️ although we don't do as much as we would like.