The Scholar Behind the Strategy
Public-sector audit executive, legal-trained business scholar, and university educator with more than 20 years of experience — publishing interdisciplinary research and delivering results across business, law, and higher education.
Dr. Jarvis Tyrell Curry, Ph.D. is a public-sector audit executive, university educator, and interdisciplinary scholar whose work spans internal audit, fraud risk, AI governance, consumer finance, digital commerce, and organizational strategy.
With more than 20 years of experience across government, defense contracting, health care, insurance, law, and higher education, Dr. Curry brings rare depth to every engagement. He holds a Ph.D. in Business and Strategic Management (GPA 4.0), an LL.M. in Taxation Law from Villanova Law School, a J.D. in Intellectual Property from Thomas Jefferson School of Law, and an MBA in Finance and Supply Chain Management from Arizona State University. He is a Certified Internal Auditor (CIA), Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE), and Certified Associate in Project Management (CAPM). Currently, he serves as faculty at California State University Sacramento, Sierra College, University of the Cumberlands, and Bay Atlantic University — teaching accounting, business law, analytics, finance, governance, sustainability, and strategy.
Dr. Curry believes that the gap between knowledge and results is a design problem — and he has spent his career solving it.
Credentials & Background
- Degrees
- Ph.D., Business & Strategic Management · University of the Cumberlands (2022, GPA 4.0) LL.M., Taxation Law · Villanova Law School (2018) J.D., Intellectual Property & General Law · Thomas Jefferson School of Law (2015) MBA, Finance & Supply Chain Management · Arizona State University (2016) B.A., Business Information Systems · Ashford University (2012)
- Certifications
- Certified Internal Auditor (CIA) · IIA, 2023 Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE) · ACFE, 2019 Certified Associate in Project Management (CAPM) · PMI, 2016
- Academic Appointments
- Part-Time Faculty · CSU Sacramento (2026–Present) Part-Time Faculty · Sierra College (2026–Present) Adjunct Professor · University of the Cumberlands (2023–Present) Adjunct Professor · Bay Atlantic University (2022–Present)
- Professional Experience
- Audit Executive · State of California Auditor · Defense Contract Audit Agency Law Clerk · Monterey County Public Defender Publishing Services Specialist · Reed Elsevier
- Professional Memberships
- Academy of Management · Academy of Marketing Science · American Bar Association · AICPA · American Marketing Association · ACFE · AACSB · GFOA · IIA · PMI · Sigma Beta Delta
- ORCID
- 0000-0001-9464-3792
Teaching at Four Institutions
2026–Present
Part-Time Faculty, Accounting
California State University, Sacramento
Sacramento, CA
Teaching accounting courses integrating auditing, internal controls, regulatory compliance, data analytics, and ethical decision-making.
2026–Present
Part-Time Faculty, Business Law
Sierra College
Rocklin, CA
Teaching business law covering contracts, agency, employment law, regulatory compliance, consumer protection, and business ethics.
2023–Present
Adjunct Professor, Graduate Business Programs
University of the Cumberlands
Williamsburg, KY
Teaching HR management, corporate governance, health care ethics, and business sustainability; mentoring graduate students in research and professional development.
2022–Present
Adjunct Professor, Business & Management
Bay Atlantic University
Washington, D.C.
Teaching graduate courses in business analytics, marketing analytics, corporate finance, innovation management, and global strategy.
Four Active Research Streams
Research examining how delegated authority, information, and emerging technology reshape behavior, accountability, and value creation in markets and organizations.
AI Governance & Continuous Assurance
Developing governance models for autonomous AI systems — examining continuous assurance, algorithmic substitution in public decision work, and the evidence needed to investigate agent-enabled fraud.
Consumer Finance & Vulnerability
Studying how confidence, emotional attachment, personalization, and inferred vulnerability affect financial judgment — including synthetic fiduciary trust in relational AI.
Digital Commerce, Privacy & Trust
Investigating how consumers interpret online reviews, privacy practices, platform design, provenance, and AI as relational signals in digital markets.
Creative & Cultural Industries
Using film, media, and tourism to study cultural distance, identity, audience response, and economic value — from lead-actor foreignness to digital performer replicas.
Peer-Reviewed Research & Professional Writing
Curry, J. T. (2026). Beyond the spectrum: Unveiling the uncharted influence of ultraviolet colour narratives in contemporary cinema.
Colour Turn, 2(1)
Curry, J. T. (2025). Modeling the dynamic interplay between financial literacy, resilience, and emotional well-being across diverse demographics.
Cogent Economics & Finance, 13(1)
Curry, J. T. (2025). Panel evidence and bibliometric insights on creative industries, human capital, and broadband in Latin America.
Cogent Business & Management, 12(1)
Holmes, D., & Curry, J. T. (2026). The Agile State.
Internal Auditor
Curry, J. T. (2025). Cybersecurity governance and risk management in smart manufacturing.
ISACA Journal, 2025(4)
Curry, J. T. (2025). Behavioral analytics could've detected and prevented Evergrande fraud.
Fraud Magazine, Jan/Feb
Curry, J. T. (2026). Culinary contrasts in Shameless and reflections on American identity.
Routledge — Food and American TV
Curry, J. T. (2025). Regulatory and managerial perspectives for navigating digital finance and investments in Asia.
Springer Singapore — Business and Management in Asia
"The gap between knowledge and results is a design problem. My job is to close it."
Students learn best when they can observe how a knowledgeable professional frames a problem, tests evidence, exercises judgment, and explains a decision. Every engagement I take on is built around one question: what does success actually look like for this person or organization? From there, I design backward — identifying the knowledge gaps, the skill deficits, and the strategic blind spots that stand between where they are and where they need to be. My research follows the same discipline: methodologically rigorous, transparent, socially consequential, and appropriately restrained in its claims.
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