Office: RSB 338
Phone: (804) 287-1923
Fax: (804) 289-8878
Email: mgeiger@richmond.edu
Website: http://www.richmond.edu/~mgeiger/

Teaching:
Financial Reporting
Accounting Theory & Policy

Research:
Auditor Reporting
Earnings Management
Business Ethics

Education:
BSBA, Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania
MS, PhD, The Pennsylvania State University

Selected Publications:
The Hiring of Accounting and Finance Officers from Audit Firms: How Did the Market React? with C. Lennox and D. North, Review of Accounting Studies (2008); Costs Associated with Going-Concern Modified Audit Opinions: An Analysis of the Australian Audit Market, with P. Carey and B. O’Connell, Abacus (2008); Does Hiring a New CFO Change Things? An Investigation of Changes in Discretionary Accruals (with D. North) The Accounting Review (2006); Auditor Decision-Making in Different Litigation Environments: The PSLRA, Audit Reports and Audit Firm Size (with K. Raghunandan and D.Rama) Journal of Accounting and Public Policy (2006); Audit Firm Size and Going Concern Reporting Accuracy (with D. Rama) Accounting Horizons (2006); The Effects of National Culture on Student Perceptions of Earnings Management, Transactions in Ethics, Honesty and Integrity (2005); The Auditor-to-Client Revolving Door and Earnings Management, Journal of Accounting, Auditing and Finance (2005); Audit Fees, Non-audit fees and Auditor Reporting on Stressed Companies, Auditing: A Journal of Practice and Theory (2003); Auditor Tenure and Audit Reporting Failures, Auditing: A Journal of Practice and Theory (2002)

Academic and Professional Activities:
American Accounting Association; AICPA; Pennsylvania Institute of CPAs

Awards:
Honorary Professor of Accounting & Finance, Deakin University, Melbourne, Australia (2003-5); Robins School of Business Outstanding Scholarship Award (2002); Distinguished Research Paper Award, Allied Academies (2001); University of Rhode Island Departmental Outstanding Research Awards (1997, 1996, 1993)

Designations:
Certified Public Accountant (CPA)