Administrative and Faculty Bios

Patrick Wirtz, MBA, CPA

Associate Professor of Accounting

Professor Wirtz teaches the principles of accounting and other accounting courses. An active practitioner, Wirtz has been a CPA in the State of Michigan since l971.Additionally,he has conducted numerous courses for the Michigan Association of CPAs and currently serves on their Continuing Professional Education/ Committee.

Wirtz's current area of research is auditor independence. He earned both his bachelor's and master's degrees from the University of Detroit. Wirtz has been on the faculty at California Polytechnic and California State University. He joined the University in 1985.

wirtzpt@udmercy.edu