Professor Younkins is the founder of the university's undergraduate major in Political and Economic Philosophy. He is also the founding director of the university's Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.) and Master of Science in Accountancy (M.S.A.) programs. In addition to earning state and national honors on the Certified Public Accountant (CPA) and Certified Management Accountant (CMA) exams, respectively, Dr. Younkins also received the Outstanding Educator Award for 1997 from the West Virginia Society of Certified Public Accountants. Professor Younkins has written a number of articles in free-market-oriented journals and is the author of   Capitalism and Commerce: Conceptual Foundations of Free Enterprise  (2002). Many of Ed's articles can be found at   Le Quebecois Libre.  
In addition to teaching a range of accounting courses, he has taught Conceptual Foundations of Business, The Ethical Environment of Business, and The History of Economic Thought.