Biography

Dr. Denise W. Streeter returned to Howard, her alma mater, in 2015 after serving on the faculty at The Pennsylvania State University's York and World Campuses; and working as EVP/Chief Financial Officer (CFO) at National 4-H Council; as well as at national/local public accounting firms. She has earned degrees in accounting (HU, magma cum laude), economics (M.A.), and finance (M.S. and PhD) and has taught students of all ages, in various formats, at both the undergraduate and graduate levels, and on three continents.  

Dr. Streeter earned tenure at Howard in 2022 and was recognized as a Faculty Scholar (2021), an Alumni Exemplar of the Howard University School of Business (2015), and Outstanding Woman of 4-H (2007).  She is listed in Who's Who among Black Americans (1991) for her layperson research on the First 100 Black CPAs. She has published research in accounting, finance, and pedagogy journals and secured grant funding of over $1.5 million to date from various sources. 

Dr. Streeter is currently an Associate Professor in the Department of Finance and Accounting at Howard University. She also serves as Program Director for the Financial Planning/Wealth Management concentration, which is a registered program with the CFP Board.  To extend the students’ learning experiences, she supports them as Oversight Professor with the Society for Financial Education and Professional Development (SFEPD) and a Certified IRS Tax Preparer on Howard’s Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) Team.  In addition, Dr. Streeter is a member of the Financial Planning Association (FPA) with a new student club known as “Howard Wealth Advisors” that will connect with FPA and serve the community along with local financial advisors to continue Howard’s legacy of “truth and service”.

Along with her husband, Chris, she is the proud "coach" to their three young adults, two daughters-in-love, and two glorious grandchildren.

Areas of expertise

• Accounting & Financial Social Justice
• Corporate and Household Finance
• Financial Markets and Institutions
• Financial Planning/Wealth Management
• Investments

Education

• Ph.D.; Finance; Old Dominion University; Norfolk, Virginia; 2013
• MA; Economics; Old Dominion University; Norfolk, Virginia; 2012
• MS; Finance; The Johns Hopkins University; Baltimore, Maryland; 2005
• BBA; Accounting (magna cum laude); Howard University; Washington, DC; 1984

Courses Taught

• Corporate Finance:
  • Business Finance/ Finance Principles
  • Financial Management (BBA & MBA)
  • Financial Statement Analysis
• Financial Markets and Institutions (BBA & MBA)
• Financial Planning and Wealth Management
  • Principles of Personal Financial Planning
  • Wealth Management and Estate Planning
  • Psychology and Development of Financial Plans
• Investments:
  • Investment Banking
  • Principles of Investments
  • Investment Analysis and Portfolio Management (MBA)
• Managerial Economics

Selected Research

• Streeter, D.W. (2021). The Response of EU-based Commercial Banks to Credit Stimuli, Journal of Finance and Accountancy, Vol 30, 2 – 19.
• Hammond, T., Streeter, D.W., and Musundwa, S. (2021). Using Qualitative Research to Effect Change: African/ American Accountants in Black and White. Critical Perspectives on Accounting. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cpa.2021.102358.
• Streeter, D. (2018). The Response of U.S.-based Commercial Banks to Credit Stimuli,  Banking and Finance Review, North America, Vol 10, (1), 82-111. Available at: http://www.bankingandfinancereview.com/bfr/index.php/bfr/article/view/749/165.
• Mukherji, S., Etta-Nkwelle, M, and Streeter, D. (2018).  Active Learning with a Trading  Simulation. Journal of Financial Education. Vol 44 (1), 101-126. Available at:  https://www.jstor.org/stable/26573538?seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents.
• Streeter, D.W., Najand, M., V. R. Dondeti, and Benton, J. (2015). A Study of the Lead-Lag Relationship between Price Change and Trading Volume in Futures Markets using High-Frequency Data. International Journal of Bonds and Derivatives, Vol 1(4), 284-301.  
• Hammond, T. A., and Streeter, D.W. (2013). African Americans and Certified Public Accounting (chapter 11). In R. K. Fleischman, W. N. Funnell, & S. Walker (Eds.), Critical Histories of Accounting: Sinister Inscriptions in the Modern Era. United Kingdom: Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group.  
• Hammond, T. and Streeter, D.W. (1994). Overcoming Barriers: Early African- American Certified Public Accountants.  Accounting Organizations and Society, 19(3), 271 - 288.  
• Streeter, D. W. (1990). The History of Black Accountancy: The First 100 Black CPAs, Washington, DC: National Association of Black Accountants.