Faculty & Staff Directory


  • Ph D, University of Tennessee (Business Administration) - 2015
  • MS, Wake Forest University (Accountancy) - 2008
  • BS, Wake Forest University (Accountancy) - 2007

Research Interests

  • Effects of current and proposed audit regulation
    Constraints on audit quality
    The influence of corporate governance on financial reporting

Teaching Interests

  • Financial Accounting and Reporting

  • Biggerstaff, L., Cicero, D., Goldie, B.,  Reid, L. C. (2021). CFO Effort and Public Firms' Financial Information Environment. Contemporary Accounting Research, 38 (2),  1068-1113.  | more information
  • Carcello, J. V., Neal, T. L., Reid, L. C.,  Shipman, J. (2020). Auditor Independence and Fair Value Accounting: An Examination of Non-Audit Fees and Goodwill Impairments. Contemporary Accounting Research, 37 (1),  189-217.  | more information
  • Reid, L. C., Carcello, J. V., Li, C.,  Neal, T. L. (2019). Impact of Auditor and Audit Committee Report Changes on Financial Reporting Quality and Costs: Evidence from the United Kingdom. Contemporary Accounting Research, 36 (3),  1501-1539.  | more information
  • Ayres, D. R., Neal, T. L., Reid, L. C.,  Shipman, J. E. (2019). Auditing Goodwill in the Post-Amortization Era: Challenges for Auditors. Contemporary Accounting Research, 36 (1),  82-107.  | more information
  • Reid, L. C.,  Carcello, J. V. (2017). Investor Reaction to the Prospect of Mandatory Audit Firm Rotation. ACCOUNTING REVIEW, 92 (1),  183-211.  | more information

  • 2019 - Cowan Faculty Research Award, Wake Forest University School of Business
  • 2017 - Katz Excellence in Teaching Award, University of Pittsburgh
  • 2016 - Katz Excellence in Teaching Award, University of Pittsburgh
  • 2014 - AAA/Deloitte/J. Michael Cook Doctoral Fellow, University of Tennessee