University of Alaska Fairbanks Athletics

Cooper has been at the University of Alaska Fairbanks since the summer of 2007 when she joined as an adjunct instructor teaching Accounting Principles. After two summers of adjust work, Cooper joined UAF as an accounting instructor in 2009. Since then, she has taught courses including Principles of Financial Accounting, Principles of Managerial Accounting, Intermediate Accounting, Managerial Cost Accounting and Professional Development. Before UAF, Cooper spent Fall 2005 as an adjunct instructor at the University of Alaska Anchorage and before UAA, she spent 2002-03 at Wayland Baptist University as an adjunct instructor. 

She currently serves on the James Pruitt Endowed Chair of Management and was named a 2015 and 2016 CPA Practice Advisor, 40 Under 40 in the Accounting Profession selection. Alongside her two CPA honors, Cooper was the 2016 GNAC Faculty Mentor of the Year.

A Faculty Athletics Representative (FAR) is a member of the faculty at an NCAA institution who has been designated by the institution to serve as a liason between the institution and the athletics department, and also as a representative of the institution in conference and NCAA affairs. The role of the FAR is to ensure that the academic institution establishes and maintains the appropriate balance between academics and intercollegiate athletics.