Galen R. Sevcik

• Ph.D., Accounting, University of Minnesota, 1991
• M.B.A., Accounting and Finance, University of Minnesota, 1980
• B.A., Mathematics, Carleton College, 1975

• financial accounting
• financial statement analysis and valuation
• managerial accounting

Galen R. Sevcik, Ph.D., CPA, CMA is a Professor in the School of Accountancy of the J. Mack Robinson College of Business at Georgia State University. Galen received a B.A. with a major in mathematics from Carleton College before receiving an M.B.A. and doctorate degree from the University of Minnesota. Before joining Georgia State University, he was a faculty member at the University of Arizona and a visiting professor at the University of Texas at Austin. Prior to receiving a Ph.D., Galen worked for FMC Corporation as a financial analyst and for PricewaterhouseCoopers (then Coopers & Lybrand) as an auditor.

Galen has received numerous teaching honors and currently teaches graduate courses in financial statement analysis and managerial accounting. Galen’s research, which focuses on auditor pricing and independence, has been published in leading accounting journals including, The Accounting Review, Behavioral Research in Accounting, Contemporary Accounting Research, Auditing: A Journal of Practice & Theory, and Accounting, Organization and Society. Galen is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, Institute of Management Accountants, Minnesota Society of CPAs, and the American Accounting Association.