Christine Gimbar

Academic Degrees

• PhD, Accounting & Information Systems, Virginia Tech
• MAcc, Accounting & Information Systems, Virginia Tech
• BS, Accounting, University of Scranton

Professional Certifications

• Certified Public Accountant

Biography

Christine Gimbar recently graduated from Virginia Tech's Pamplin College of Business with a doctoral degree in accounting and information systems. Gimbar holds a bachelor's degree in accounting from the University of Scranton and a master's of accounting from Virginia Tech. After obtaining her undergraduate degree, Gimbar worked for PricewaterhouseCoopers in New York, New York, and McLean, Virginia where she gained extensive audit experience as a manager on large, public clients in the entertainment, media and hospitality markets. Gimbar is a licensed CPA in New York and Virginia.

Since returning to academia, Gimbar's research interests include various aspects of audit quality, such as auditor-client interactions, the audit review process and fraud identification. Her research has been published in The Accounting Review, Behavioral Research in Accounting, Current Issues in Auditing, Managerial Auditing Journal and the International Journal of Auditing. Her teaching interests and experiences include auditing and financial accounting.