Dr. Pomare earned her Doctorate of Business Administration, specializing in accounting, from Heriot-Watt University in 2013. She joined Mount Allison University in 2015 and is now a full Professor of Accounting.

Dr. Pomare’s recent research focuses on greenouse gas emissions and corporate social responsibility reporting, auditing fees and audit quality, and gender in financial decision-making.  Her work has been published in leading international accounting journals including Review of Accounting Studies, The British Accounting Review , Journal of Accounting and Public Policy, and Journal of Accounting and Organizational Change.   She has also presented her research at major accounting conferences,  including the annual meetings of the American Accounting Association, the European Accounting Association, the Canadian Academic Accounting Association and the British Accounting and Finance Association. Some of her interdisciplinary research has appeared in Journal of Social Issues, Journal of Nonverbal Behaviour, and European Journal of Social Psychology.

Dr. Pomare has received several awards in recognition of her research and service, including an Atlantic School of Business Best Paper Award, an Emerald Literati Award for Outstanding Author Contribution, and a Mount Allison Excellence in Environmental Sustainability Award. 

Dr. Pomare's teaching experience include corporate finance, capital markets and investments, portfolio management, financial and managerial accounting, taxation, and the integration of data analytics applications into accounting education. She also has a certificate in Financial Services Advice from the Canadian Securities Institute and has developed continuing educations courses for Certified Financial Planners, including Socially Responsible Investing, in collaboration with the Canadian Institute of Financial Planning.   With the support of colleagues and students, she also organizes annual Community Volunteer Income Tax programs (CVIT) from the Canada Revenue Agency on the Mount Allison University campus.