A life-long scholar of business and economics-related topics,

Dr. Pettigrew is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA); Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Business Administration with a specialty in Advanced Accounting; Master's in Business Administration (MBA);

and Bachelor of Science (BS) in Accounting. With over 30 years of working experience in accounting and several years as a successful professor of accounting and business at several online and on-campus universities and colleges in the USA, Dr. Pettigrew hopes to motivate more students to consider careers in accounting and finance.

Publications include: Accounting 101: Easy Bookkeeping and Accounting for Beginners; The Zen of Bookkeeping and Accounting: Basic Accounting for Pre-College and New Learners; and Investigating Differences in Annual Profitability Rates in Developed and Emerging Markets: A Multiple Case Study.