Dr. Winter, who came to UW-Lin 1988, is originally from New England. He received his undergraduate degree in economics from St. Anselm College. He earned an MBA at Northeastern University where he was a teaching assistant in accounting. He moved to Wisconsin where he taught for seven years at UW-Rock County and four years at UW-Whitewater. During this time he was pursuing his Ph.D. in Accountancy at UW-Madison which he completed in 1988. He is also licensed as a CPA.
Dr. Winter was elected chair of the Department of Accountancy in 1993. His main teaching responsibility at UW-La Crosse is Intermediate Accounting I. His research interests include all aspects of individual decision making, including ethical decisions, as well as financial accounting topics like interest capitalization and post employment benefits. He is the co-author of Conceptual Practice Approach to Intermediate Accounting.