Professor, Special Assistant to the Provost and Director of the First Year Experience program at Loyola University New Orleans, Melanie McKay, Ph.D., is teaching accountants the communications skills they will need to succeed with a newly published book, The Accountant’s Guide to Professional Communication. McKay co-wrote the book with Elizabeth Rosa, a business and accounting professor at Allentown College of St. Francis de Sales in Pennsylvania.

The Accountant’s Guide is the only comprehensive text of its kind in the field that uses real world examples and covers all areas of the profession. It is a textbook for current students but can be useful for entry-level professionals. To create the book, the authors consulted professionals in the accounting field and those who teach accounting and writing.

McKay, who is also an associate professor of English, has published articles and made numerous presentations at academic conferences on the subject of professional writing.