Larry Kalbers, Ph.D.
R. Chad Dreier Chair in Accounting Office: Hilton 203
Phone: 310.338.2758
Email: lkalbers@lmu.edu
Areas of Expertise - Accounting Ethics and the Public Interest
- Auditing
- Financial Statement Analysis
Biography Lawrence Kalbers is the R. Chad Dreier Chair in Accounting and the Director of the Center for Accounting Ethics, Governance, and the Public Interest at Loyola Marymount University. Before joining the faculty in 2005, he was a professor of accounting, the Director of the School of Professional Accountancy, and the Associate Dean of the College of Management at the C.W. Post Campus of Long Island University. Kalbers also taught at Wittenberg University, Penn State University, and John Carroll University. Kalbers gained auditing and accounting experience working for J.K. Lasser & Co., Ernst & Ernst, Kalbers and Sturges, Inc., Ernst & Young, and as a sole practitioner. He also served as treasurer for several not-for-profit organizations. He holds a current CPA permit from New York and Ohio. Kalbers is a member of the American Institute of CPAs, the American Accounting Association, the Institute of Internal Auditors, and the California Society of CPAs.
Education
- PhD: The Pennsylvania State University (1989)
- MS: Kent State University (1975)
- BS: Wittenberg University (1974)
Recent Publications
- Kalbers, L.P. (2009) “Fraudulent Financial Reporting, Corporate Governance, and Ethics: 1987-2007,” Review of Accounting and Finance , 8(2), 187-209.
- Kalbers, L. P. and Cenker, W. J. (2008). “The Impact of Exercised Responsibility, Experience, Autonomy, and Role Ambiguity on Job Performance in Public Accounting," Journal of Managerial Issues , 20(3), 327-347.