Santa Clara University

Michael Calegari

Associate Professor

Michael Calegari is an Associate Professor of the Department of Accounting at Santa Clara University.

Dr. Calegari's teaching and research interests are mainly in financial statement analysis and taxation. His research has been published in several leading accounting and tax journals, including The Accounting Review, Journal of Accounting and Economics, Contemporary Accounting Research, National Tax Journal, and the Journal of the American Accounting Association. In 2004, Dr. Calegari was co-recipient of the Deloitte Teaching Innovation Award from the American Taxation Association.

Born in Oakland, Dr. Calegari attended schools in San Leandro and Hayward, received a B.S.B.A. from the University of San Francisco in 1980, an M.S. in Taxation from Golden Gate University in 1986, and a Ph.D. from the University of Arizona in 1996.

Dr. Calegari began his professional career as a certified public accountant in 1980. He worked as a CPA in the Bay Area for about 10 years, when he left the profession to get his Ph.D. at Arizona. Before joining Santa Clara University in 2000, Dr. Calegari was an associate professor at Georgia State University. After joining Santa Clara University, he has served as chair of the accounting department during the years 2003-2008 and has taught the lead course in the popular Certificate of Advanced Accounting Proficiency Program for the past six years.