Joseph Foy

I am a full-time Assistant Professor and currently serve as the Associate Director of the Online Business Programs at the School of Professional Studies.  I have a long-term affiliation with CUNY (City of New York), since the mid-1980's.  In 1999, I started formally teaching accounting courses in CUNY as an Adjunct.  Since then, I have taught in the SPS, John Jay, City Tech, Brooklyn College and Kingsborough Community College.  I have also taught in the University of South Florida and written coursework for Ave Maria University, Florida.  From 2016-2019, I was a full-time Assistant Professor at SUNY Old Westbury.  In summary, over the past twenty years, I have taught a variety of undergraduate and graduate accounting classes, including basic and intermediate financial accounting, computerized accounting, financial investigations, auditing, forensic accounting, forensic interviewing, financial statement analysis, individual taxation, partnership, LLC and SCorp taxation, Estate and Gift taxation, and tax fraud.  My teaching philosophy centers around experiential learning.  My goal in many of my classes is to help connect what students read in the textbook to what transpires in real life.  In accounting, that can be challenging to make those connections.  Fortunately, I have had many successes which I intend to pass on to you. 

I am a former Special Agent for the Criminal Investigation Division of the IRS. I started in the IRS as a Revenue Agent (auditor) in 1991.  I transferred to the Criminal Investigation Division in 1994 and worked as a field agent for nine years investigating tax evasion cases.  From 2002 through the beginning of 2012, I served as the lead IRS Criminal Investigation spokesperson for the New York Field office. I worked intensely with the media, making occasional appearances on television and radio, and frequently quoted in newspapers commenting on financial fraud.  From 2012 through September 2014, I was a Centralized Case Reviewer in the St. Pete, Florida Field Office, reviewing other Special Agent's completed tax evasion investigations as part of a quality control mechanism prior to potential federal prosecution.

I hold a Doctorate of Professional Studies from Pace University in New York.  I have a Masters in Taxation from Long Island University and I am a graduate of Queens College with a BA in Accounting Information Systems.  I am a Certified Public Accountant in the states of Maryland and Florida.