He received his B.A. in Accounting from the College of Business and Economics, Western Washington University, Bellingham, WA, in 2001; his Master of Accounting from Leventhal School of Accounting, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, in 2002; and his Ph.D. from the Mays Business School, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, in 2012. Bret teaches Accounting External Reporting. His courses of study included: SAS Programming, Statistics, Econometrics, Capital Markets Research in Accounting, Analytical Accounting Research, Behavioral Accounting Research, Theoretical Corporate Finance Research, and Empirical Corporate Finance Research.