Dongliang Lei • Department of Accounting & Law Website Dr. Lei joined the Accounting and Law Department as an associate professor at William Paterson University in 2018. Dr. Lei was certified as a public accountant in New York State in 2007 and he had worked as an auditor for over five years. His working experience equips Dr. Lei with skills and knowledge beneficial to his teaching and research. Dr. Lei has been teaching a full array of accounting and related courses at the undergraduate and graduate levels, including financial accounting, managerial accounting, tax accounting, and auditing. Professional Interests Accounting Research Languages (other than English) Chinese Degrees PhD Accounting, Baruch College, City University of New York New York, NY BS Bachelor of Science in Accounting, Brooklyn College, The City University of New York Brooklyn, NY Specialization Accounting Licenses and Certifications 12/31/2007 CPA, State of New York State Representative Publications Auditor-Client Disagreements, Auditor Resignations, and Audit Fees Charged by Successor Auditors; , Journal of Applied Business Research; Volume 36, 2020 https://clutejournals.com/index.php/JABR/article/view/10321 Experimental Evidence for the Effects of Organizational Culture on Managers’ IT Capital Expenditure Decisions; Journal of Applied Business and Economics; Volume 23, 2021 Managerial ability and stock price crash risk – the role of managerial overconfidence; , Review of Accounting and Finance; Volume 20, 2021 https://doi.org/10.1108/raf-05-2020-0111 The Role of Financial Reporting Quality in Selecting New Audit Committee Members; , Journal of Corporate Accounting and Finance; Volume 33, 2022 https://doi.org/10.1002/jcaf.22524 The effect of financial reporting regimes on audit report lags and audit fees: evidence from firms cross-listed in the USA; Journal of Financial Reporting and Accounting; Volume 22, 2024 https://doi.org/10.1108/jfra-09-2021-0261 Representative Presentations Auditor Resignations, And Audit Fees Charged By Successor Auditors International Academic Conference on Business Clute Institute New York, NY 2019 The role of Financial Reporting Quality in Selecting New Audit Committee Members International Academic Conference on Business Clute Institute New York, NY 2019 Email 973 720 2190 4076 Valley Road By appointment