Lawrence Kalbers, Ph.D., CPA, is a Professor of Accounting and holds the R. Chad Dreier Chair in Accounting Ethics. He joined Loyola Marymount University in 2005. He served as associate dean for faculty and academic programs in the College of Business Administration from 2018-2023 and as the chair of the Department of Accounting from 2015-2019. He earned a B.A from Wittenberg University, an M.S. from Kent State University, and a Ph.D. from Penn State University. His teaching interests are in the areas of accounting and business ethics, auditing, and financial reporting. His research interests include audit committees and corporate governance, professionalism, auditor burnout, auditor organizational commitment, destructive leadership behavior, and professional ethics.