Dr. Peltier-Rivest conducts research and teaches courses on corruption and fraud prevention & detection at the John Molson School of Business. His teaching focuses on the role of management in the prevention and detection of occupational fraud & corruption. In addition, his teaching specifically helps to recognize and analyze the red flags of fraud during audit missions. Dr. Peltier-Rivest's research has been published in such journals as the Journal of Financial Crime; the Journal of Forensic Accounting; Fraud Magazine; the Journal of International Accounting, Auditing and Taxation; Advances in International Accounting; and the Quarterly Journal of Business and Economics. He has also presented his research at various international conferences and has served as an external advisor on anti-fraud related issues, including for the Office of the Auditor General of Canada.

Dr. Peltier-Rivest received his Master’s Degree in Accounting (M.Acc.) from Florida State University in 1993. He earned his Ph.D. in accounting and finance from the same university in December 1996. He worked as Assistant and then Associate Professor of Accounting at the Université du Québec à Montréal. He also served as Director of the Bachelor’s Degree Program in Management Accounting for two years at the same institution. At Concordia University, in addition to his contributions as Professor, he worked as Executive Director of the Centre for Academic Leadership for nearly two years. At the John Molson School of Business, he served as Associate Dean, Academic Relations, for almost two years and as Chairman of the Department of Accountancy for nearly six years. He also obtained the Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE) professional designation in 2005.

Education

Ph.D. (Florida State University)
M.Acc. (Florida State University)
CFE (Certified Fraud Examiner)

Areas of expertise

Corruption 
Fraud detection & prevention
Forensic accounting
Earnings manipulations
Agency theory