M. David Piercey

Assistant Professor of Accounting

Office: SOM 335
Phone: 413-545-5585
Email: piercey@som.umass.edu
Syllabus: SOM 541

Ph.D. University of Illinois 2006
M.Acc. Brigham Young University 1999
B.S. Brigham Young University 1999

Selected Publications:

“Motivated Reasoning and Verbal vs. Numerical Probability Assessment: Evidence from an Accounting Context.” Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, forthcoming.

With M. Peecher. “Judging Audit Quality in Light of Adverse Outcomes: Evidence of Outcome Bias and Reverse Outcome Bias.” Contemporary Accounting Research, Spring 2008: 243-274.

Academic and Professional Activities:

Professor Dave Piercey presents his research at various conferences and symposia. Recent conference presentations include the Contemporary Accounting Research conference, the International Symposium on Auditing Research (2 papers), the American Accounting Association Annual Meeting, and the AAA Auditing Conference.

Additionally, he has presented his research to faculty workshops at Cornell University, Georgia State University, Indiana University, Michigan State University, the University of Alberta, the University of Illinois, the University of Massachusetts, the University of Washington, the University of Waterloo, and Washington University.

He is an ad hoc reviewer for The Accounting Review, Auditing: A Journal of Practice & Theory, Behavioral Research in Accounting, and various conferences sponsored by the American Accounting Association.

Awards:

Tied for first as top-rated paper among submissions to the International Symposium on Auditing Research, 2008

Accounting, Behavior, & Organizations Outstanding Dissertation Award, American Accounting Association, 2007

Deloitte & Touche Doctoral Fellowship, 2003-2005

University of Illinois College of Business and Department of Accounting Teaching Awards, 2003, 2005

AAA Deloitte J. Michael Cook Doctoral Consortium Fellowship, 2005

Marvin and Nancy Dennis Doctoral Fellowship, 2003-2005