Bryan Cloyd

C. Bryan Cloyd joined Lehigh’s faculty in August 2015 as the Joseph R. Perella and Amy M. Perella Chair in the Department of Accounting. His research focuses on tax policy, the effects of taxation on business decisions, and tax professional judgment.

Prior to joining Lehigh, Dr. Cloyd was the John E. Peterson, Jr. Professor of Accounting at Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University, where he taught various courses on income taxation and a Ph.D. Seminar in Accounting Research Methods. His research has been published in journals such as The Accounting Review, Journal of Accounting Research, Journal of Law & Economics, National Tax Journal, Journal of the American Taxation Association, Journal of Accounting & Public Policy, and Tax Notes.

Dr. Cloyd is a former Editor of the Journal of the American Taxation Association.  He has served on the editorial boards of The Accounting Review, Advance in Taxation, Accounting Horizons, and Journal of Behavioral Decision Making. In 2009 he received the American Taxation Association’s Ray M. Sommerfeld Outstanding Tax Educator Award.

Educaion

University of Kentucky, B.S.

Indiana University, Ph.D.

Research Interests

Tax Policy

Financial Accounting for Income Taxes

Judgment and Decision Making