Colin Reid Associate Professor of Accounting

Holekamp 206
540-458-8624
reidc@wlu.edu
Curriculum Vitae

Professor Reid primarily teaches courses in the area of financial accounting. His current teaching focus is corporate financial reporting as well as introductory accounting. He has experience teaching various topics of intermediate accounting. He has also taught corporate governance to both undergraduate and graduate students.

Professor Reid’s scholarship explores the relationship between corporations and various stakeholders including auditors, boards of directors, institutional investors, employees, and others. His work has been published in various academic journals including Contemporary Accounting Research and Auditing: A Journal of Practice & Theory. His co-authored research on audit team turnover won the American Accounting Association award “Best Paper for a New Faculty Member” for the Northeast Region.

Professor Reid’s teaching and scholarship are both informed by his professional experiences. He worked as an auditor for PwC and is a licensed CPA. He is also the co-founder of a small business where he has continued to learn about the many different aspects of building and operating a business. Prof. Reid serves on the finance committee for two local not-for-profit organizations in Lexington.

Prior to joining W&L, Professor Reid was an Assistant Professor at Northeastern University. He earned his Ph.D. from the Haslam College of Business at the University of Tennessee.

Education

Ph.D., University of Tennessee

M.Acc., Baylor University

B.B.A., Baylor University

Research

Auditing, Corporate social responsibility, Corporate governance