Cal Christian

Cal Christian, PhD, CPA is Professor at East Carolina University (ECU) teaching Accounting Information Systems and Corporate Governance and Accounting Ethics. He is a registered CPA in the states of North Carolina and Mississippi and has over 10 years of experience in both the public accounting profession with the former international accounting firm of Ernst & Whinney in Houston, TX, and Jackson, MS, and in industry with LDDS (the predecessor to WorldCom) and the Mississippi law firm of Holcomb, Dunbar. Cal has his PhD from Florida State University and his BAccy from the University of Mississippi.

Cal is in his 25^th year at ECU and has had many service responsibilities. In 2025, Cal received The James R. Talton Jr. Leadership Award, which is awarded by ECU annually to one member of the ECU community that embodies the characteristics of a servant leader. Cal has served as Chair of the Accounting Department, a faculty senator for over 10 years and currently serves as ECU’s NCAA Faculty Athletic Representative.  Cal has also been involved within the CPA profession as a North Carolina Association of CPAs (NCACPA) Board Member and within the Greenville, NC Community as President of the Eastern NC Ronald McDonald House.

Cal teaches continuing education classes for the NCACPA, AICPA, CPA firms, and publicly traded companies—and has been recognized as an NCACPA Outstanding Conference Speaker. Cal has been named an ECU College of Business Fellow and has been awarded the University of North Carolina Board of Governor’s Outstanding Teaching Award and The College of Business ECU Scholar/Teacher.