Faculty

Assistant Professor of Accounting

Phone: 994-4301

Office: 436 Reid Hall

E-mail: COB Directory

Curriculum Vita

Perry W. Solheim is a doctoral candidate in accounting from the University of Utah. He received a bachelor’s degree in economics and philosophy from Claremont McKenna College and a bachelor’s degree in accounting from Fort Lewis College in Durango, Colorado.
Prior to pursuing a career in academia, Solheim was the controller for the Growth Fund of the Southern Ute Indian Tribe in Durango, Colorado. He has worked in public accounting as an auditor, as well as in various accounting roles with private enterprises. Solheim is a CPA licensed in the state of Colorado.

Solheim's research interests include a broad range of accounting subjects. His dissertation explores the motivations and consequences of a firm changing fiscal year-end. His current research, conducted with co-authors Taylor Randall and Michael Lemmon at the University of Utah, includes an examination of companies which have significant supply chain relationships with Wal-Mart. He is also keenly interested in the relationships between a company’s environmental performance and reporting and its operational and market performance. Solheim has taught introductory accounting at the University of Utah and he will be teaching financial accounting and research methods courses at the MSU College of Business.