The February episode Southern Oregon University's Faculty & Staff Spotlight podcast is a conversation with Al Case, an associate professor of businss at SOU – and the university's official sports photographer.

Case received his bachelor's degree in accounting and master's degree in accounting with a tax emphasis, both at Brigham Young University. He then worked mostly in corporate tax areas for Deloitte, a prominent business services firm, before moving on to work in the tax departments of two multi-billion-dollar, high-tech companies.

He and his family moved to Ashland in 2000 to find a better work/life balance, and a year later he began teaching at SOU. He continues to teach a variety of accounting courses, focusing more on tax planning than typical accounting professors. He taught himself photography along the way, and became the university's official sports photographer after his work was noticed by the Athletics Department.

Case sees some parallels betwee his teaching and his photography – helping his students to see the story behind the numbers, just as viewers may see the fuller story behind his photos. "I'm tryng to get them to see the big picture, as well as the details," he says.

Case is interviewed in this 14th installment of "Faculty & Staff Spotlight," an SOU News podcast series in which a student multi-media host in SOU's Office of Communications shines a light on SOU faculty and staff members who make an impact on students and their campus community. This year's podcast host is Codi Kirksey, a Music Innovation major from Ashland, Oregon.