Biography

A native Virginian, Jim completed his undergraduate and masters degrees in accounting at the University of Virginia’s McIntire School of Commerce.  He received his Ph.D. from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Prior to graduate school, Jim worked in the assurance practice for one of the Big 4 public accounting firms.

At the Mason School, Jim is an Assistant Professor of Accounting.  His research focuses on both financial accounting and auditing issues.  Jim teaches Advanced Financial Reporting & Analysis and Principles of Accounting to undergraduate students.  He previously taught at UVa and UNC.

Areas of Interest/Expertise

• Financial reporting and disclosure
• Auditing

Scholarly Papers

• Auditor Resignations and the Importance of Monitoring Client Acceptance Risk, Current Issues in Auditing (forthcoming 2012), with Paul Walker.
• Accounting Choice and the Fair Value Option, Accounting Horizons 25 (September 2011): 487-510, with Katherine Guthrie and Jan Sokolowsky.
• An Ex Post Examination of Auditor Resignations. Accounting Horizons 25 (June 2011): 267-283, with Tony Catanach, Susan Perry Williams, and Paul Walker.
• Integrating Research into an Undergraduate Accounting Course. Issues in Accounting Education 26 (May 2011): 287-303.
• The Valuation Differences Between Stock Option and Restricted Stock Grants for U.S. Firms. Journal of Business Finance & Accounting 38 (April/May 2011): 395-412, with Wayne Landsman and Brad Lindsey.
• An Exploratory Examination of Auditor Liability Caps, with Jeff Payne and Paul Walker.
• The Trading Volume Reaction to Material Weakness Disclosures.