Loren Margheim

margheim@sandiego.edu
(619) 260-4834
Olin Hall 222

Office Hours

Tuesday, Thursday:
2:15 to 3:30 p.m.

Wednesday:
1 to 3:30 p.m.

Chair, Accountancy Programs
Professor of Accountancy

Ph.D. Arizona State University, Accounting
Master of Accountancy University of Denver, Financial Accounting
B.S.B.A. University of Denver, Accounting

Loren Margheim, professor of Accounting, joined the USD School of Business Administration faculty in 1984. He received his CPA certificate in 1979. Prior to entering academics, Margheim worked as a medicare program auditor and has since spent a year serving as faculty member in residence for Arthur Andersen & Co., an international accounting firm.

Margheim's specialties are in corporate financial reporting and auditing. His research has generally focused on factors that affects the behavior of auditors while performing audits. Specifically, he has performed research that has identified factors that cause auditors to engage in dysfunctional behaviors during their audits. He has also extensively examined how the work performed by a corporation's internal auditors affects the work of their external CPA's. His research papers have been presented at numerous professional meetings and have appeared in such journals as Journal of Accounting Research, Advances in Accounting, Auditing: A Journal of Theory and Practice, and Accounting Horizons. In 1997 Margheim was appointed associate editor of Advances in Accounting in recognition of his research expertise in behavioral accounting issues.

Margheim has regularly served on numerous committees such as the School of Busines Administration Undergraduate Studies Committee, Rank and Tenure Committee and, currently the Long Range Planning Committee. He is also very involved with the accounting faculty including the current issues of curriculum redesign and assessment of graduating student skills. He is also currently serving as the chair of the Accounting Faculty Recruiting Committee.

Selected Current Research

Journal Article, Academic Journal

Margheim, L., Hora, J., Kelley, T. (2008). The Preferred Stock Dilemma of Appllo Technology: The Impact of SFAS #150. Global Perspectives on Accounting Education, 5

Margheim, L., , . (2006). Organic Foods: The Financial Reporting of Discontinued Operations. Journal of the International Academy for Case Studies, 12:1

Margheim, L., Kelley, T., Pattison, D. (2005). An Empirical Analysis of the Effects of Auditor Time Budget Pressure and Time Deadline Pressure. The Journal of Applied Business Research, 21:1

Conference Proceeding

Margheim, L., Hora, J., Pattison, D. (2007). A First Look at the Educational Competencies Desired by Mid-Sized CPA Firms. Proceedings of the Southwest Region of the Decision Science Institute -- San Diego Annual Meeting