Our Faculty
Bruce A. Leauby, Ph.D., CPA, CMA, CFE
Associate Professor of Accounting
Contact Information
Office: College Hall 308D
Phone: 215.951.1490
Email: leauby@lasalle.edu
Profile
Accounting Professor Bruce A. Leauby’s main goal is helping students learn how to learn. While his focus is on accounting, auditing, and taxes, his goal is to excite and instill a love for lifelong learning. He believes in “connecting” with his students both inside and outside of the classroom because personal contact provides more motivation to engage and learn. Dr. Leauby’s prior business experience includes international CPA firm experience in auditing and consulting in addition to controllership responsibilities at a large regional private company. Currently, he practices tax and advisory services on a limited scale and actively consults in transportation industry. He is active with the Pennsylvania Institute of CPAs, working with the forensic and fraud and business valuation state-wide committees.
Areas of Expertise
- Financial Accounting
- Auditing
- Taxation
Education
- Ph.D., Drexel University
- M.S., Pennsylvania State University
- B.S., Bloomsberg University
Teaching
- Financial Accounting
- Auditing
- Taxation
Publications
Leauby, Bruce A., Szabat, Kathryn A. and Jayne D. Maas, “Concept Mapping – An Empirical Study in Introductory Financial Accounting,” Accounting Education: an international journal, Volume 19, Issue 3, 2010, pp. 279-300.
Leauby, Bruce A., and Jack Zook, “Going Green with Propane School Bus Offers Great Tax Advantages,” The CPA Journal, Volume LXXX, No. 3, March 2010, pp. 51-55.
Leauby, Bruce A., Lauriello, Kim and Mary Jean Welsh “Watching the Watchers: A Close Look at PCAOB after Five Years,” The Pennsylvania CPA Journal, Volume 81, No. 1, Spring, 2010, p. 20-23. (Reprinted in The Journal Entry (Utah CPA organization) – July/August 2010, 28-30.
Leauby, Bruce A., and Jack Zook, “Tax Planning for 2009,” School Bus Fleet, Volume 55, No. 9, October, 2009, P.54-56.
Leauby, Bruce A., and Chuck Lunden, “Going Down but Not Gone: Underpricing in the 2008 IPO Market: Valuators should be cautious when using 2008 IPO data to derive marketability discounts,” The Value Examiner, July/August, 2009, p.7-11.
Leauby, Bruce A., and Jack Zook, “Tax Planning for School Bus Contractors 2008 and Beyond,” School Bus Fleet, Volume 55, No. 2, February, 2009, P.32-36.
