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David Murphy, Ph.D, C.P.A., C.G.F.R.M.


Email: murphy.d@lynchburg.edu
Phone: 434.544.8387
Office: Schewel 306

Professor of Accounting and Economic Crime Chair, Department of Accounting

Degrees and Certifications:

  • Ph.D. in Business Administration (Accounting)
    Washington State University, 1989
  • M.B.A.
    Washington State University, 1980
  • B.A. in Business Administration (Accounting)
    Central Washington University, 1976
  • Certified Public Accountant, Commonwealth of Virginia
  • Certified Financial Planner
  • Certified Fraud Specialist
  • Chartered Fraud Investigator

Experience:

  • Faculty, Lynchburg College
  • Faculty, University of Idaho
  • Faculty, Oklahoma State University
  • Visiting professor, Central Washington University and the University of Wyoming
  • Academic Director, U.S. AID-funded master's degree program in governmental auditing and financial management at the Bolivian Catholic University (UBC/Harvard University)
  • Chief of Party for the Accounting Reform Project in Uzbekistan
  • Regional Training Director for Central Asia
  • Consultant on anti-corruption and governmental auditing to the governments of Bolivia, Peru, the Philippines, and Bulgaria
  • Consultant on curriculum development to universities in Central Asia, Bolivia, Peru, Chile, Mexico, and Oman
  • Before becoming a professor, I worked as an information systems manager and hospital controller, as an auditor and senior information systems consultant for an international CPA firm, and for five years as a self-employed CPA

Other Information:

Teaching Areas

  • Accounting Information Systems
  • Forensic Accounting
  • Fraud and White Collar Crime
  • Intermediate Financial Accounting I and II
  • Managerial Accounting (MBA Program)
  • Personal Financial Planning and Risk Management (MBA Program)
  • Retirement Planning and Employee Benefits (MBA Program)

Publications

  • "Personal Financial Planning Attitudes: A Preliminary Study of Graduate Students," (with P. Umansky), Management Research Review 33 no. 8 (2010).
  • "Getting in the Financial Planning Game," (with P. Umansky), Disclosures (Journal of the Virginia Society of CPAs) 23 no. 4 (2010): 8-11.
  • "Fraud Investigation with Strategic Partnerships," PI Magazine (January/February 2010): 22-24.
  • "The Evolution of Public Sector Financial Management in Bulgaria," International Journal of Managerial and Financial Accounting 1 no. 4 (2009): 370-378.
  • "PI's and the Fight against White Collar Crime," PI Magazine (February 2008): 20-27.
  • "Corruption in Government: Causes and Cures," The Specialist (January 2008): 2.
  • "Global Leadership Potential in Mexican Firms," Management Research News 29 no. 3 (2006): 80-91.
  • "Public Sector Corruption in Bolivia," Journal of Government Financial Management (Fall 2004): 44-52.

Honors and Awards

  • Sydnor Professor for Teaching Excellence in Business Administration, 2007.
  • Fulbright Fellow, Peru, 1993.
  • Listed in Guide to America's Top Financial Planners, 2008 and 2009.

Professional Affiliations and Service

  • Department Chair, Accounting Department, Lynchburg College 2002 - present
  • Program Coordinator, Economic Crime Prevention and Investigation Program, 2008 - present
  • Member of the Editorial Board of Contabilidad y Negocios (Lima, Peru)
  • Member of the Editorial Board of the International Journal of Managerial and Financial Accounting
  • Member, Research Committee, National White Collar Crime Center
  • Member, The Institute for Financial Crime Prevention
  • Member, Virginia Society of Certified Public Accountants, Emerging Issues Committee
  • President, College of Chartered Fraud Investigators, 2006 - present
  • Senior Fellow, University of Alabama Education Policy Center
  • Member, Beta Alpha Psi
  • Member, Beta Gamma Sigma
  • Member, Virginia Society of CPAs
  • Member, American Institute of CPAs
  • Member, Institute for Financial Crime Prevention