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Dr. Margaret O'Reilly-Allen

Chairperson

Dr. O’Reilly-Allen has been a member of the Rider Community since 1991. She teaches the laptop based undergraduate introductory financial and managerial accounting courses, Cost Management and the graduate course Issues in Financial Reporting.   She has also led business study tours to Spain and Italy. She is also the Director of the Accounting Internship Program.

O’Reilly-Allen has been a past recipient of two Davis Research Fellowships and researches primarily in the areas of the information content of various auditor reports and teaching effectiveness. Her work has appeared in publications including Journal of Accounting, Auditing and Finance, The CPA Journal, American Business Review, and the International Journal of Finance.

She is a member of the American Accounting Association and the Pennsylvania Institute of CPAs and is a past editor of the Pennsylvania CPA Journal.

Background Information

  • Doctor of Philosophy, 1997, Drexel University, Accounting, Quantitative Methods
  • Master of Business Administration, 1987, Drexel University, Finance
  • Bachelor’s of Business Administration, 1982, Temple University, Accounting

Refereed Articles

  • O'Reilly-Allen, M. & McMullen, D. A. (2002).  Internal Control Reporting and Users Perceptions of Financial Statement Reliability. American Business Review, 100-107.
  • O'Reilly-Allen, M. (2002).  How to Have an Audit without Breaking the Bank. Non-Profit World.
  • O'Reilly-Allen, M. & Poteau, R. (2002).  The Board Room - Are Business Professionals Undermining Your Board. Non-Profit World.

Non-Refereed Articles/Reviews

  • Zikmund, P. & O'Reilly-Allen, M. (2007).  I am an Auditor, Darn It, Not An Investigator ... Right? Pennsylvania CPA Journal.
  • O'Reilly-Allen, M. & Poteau, R. (2002).  The New Governmental Reporting Model. Business Journal.

Cases

  • O'Reilly-Allen, M. (2003). Cases for each chapter of E-Learning Coursework on-line. In Weygant & Kieso (Ed.) Managerial Accounting. Wiley Publishers.

Presentation of Refereed Papers
International

  • O'Reilly-Allen, M. (2004, March). The Effect of Instructional Technology on Learning.   Presented at International Applied Business Research Conference, San Juan, Puerto Rico.

National

  • O'Reilly-Allen, M., Wygal, D., & Haywood-Sullivan, M. E. (2006, August). Leveraging Stakeholders Sources to Promote Skills Development.   Presented at American Accounting Association Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C., District of Columbia.
  • O'Reilly-Allen, M. (2002, November). The Effect of Internal Control Reports on Financial Analysts and Bankers Perception of Reliability of Financial Statement.   Presented at Annual Meeting of Decision Science Institute , San Diego, California.

Regional

  • O'Reilly-Allen, M. & Vinciguerra, B. (2002, April). An Examination of Factors Influencing Managers and Auditors Assessments of Earnings Management Intentions.   Presented at American Accounting Association Northwest Regional Meeting, Providence, Rhode Island.

Presentation of Non-Refereed Papers
National

  • Haywood-Sullivan, M. E., O'Reilly-Allen, M., & Wygal, D. E. (2003, August). Pursuing Technology and Skill Building Objectives: Articulating Cost Management Course Redesign with Evolving Program Objectives. American Accounting Association Annual Meeting, Honolulu, Hawaii.

Web Publications
2007 -  "I'm an Auditor, Darn It, Not an Investigator ... Right?" Posted as a pod cast and featured article on Accounting Web.com website on Monday, September 24, 2007. With Paul Zikmund, CFE, CFD, Adjunct Professor of Accounting, Rider University.

Honors:
2006:  Davis Fellowship, Rider University, College of Business Administration.
2004:  Research Leave, Rider University.