27 faculty and 2 courses in Accounting at Brigham Young University.
- David Wood, Professor h-index 81
- Michael Drake, Distinguished Professor h-index 31
Notable: “Investor Information Demand: Evidence from Google Searches Around Earnings Announcements” (2012) · 694 citations
- Scott Summers, Professor h-index 24
Notable: “Fraudulently Misstated Financial Statements and Insider Trading: An Empirical Analysis.” (1998) · 502 citations
- Brian Spilker, Professor h-index 13
Notable: “The Influence of Client Preferences on Tax Professionals' Search for Judicial Precedents, Subsequent Judgments and Recommendations” (1999) · 134 citations
- John Barrick, Associate Professor h-index 11
Notable: “Biofuel blending reduces particle emissions from aircraft engines at cruise conditions” (2017) · 420 citations
- Melissa Lewis-Western, Professor h-index 11
Earnings quality, with a particular interest in earnings management. Her research studies how institutional factors (e.g., regulation) and incentives impact executives’ decisions, and the consequences of such decisions. Her research has
Notable: “How Does Intentional Earnings Smoothing Vary With Managerial Ability?” (2017) · 240 citations
- Jon Kerr, Associate Professor h-index 11
Notable: “Weaving network theory into effectuation: A multi-level reconceptualization of effectual dynamics” (2019) · 135 citations
- Jeffrey Pickerd, Associate Professor h-index 10
Notable: “Individual Accounting Faculty Research Rankings by Topical Area and Methodology” (2011) · 81 citations
- Abigail Allen, Associate Professor h-index 9
Es on the political economy and economic consequences of the accounting standard setting process in both the private and governmental sectors. Specifically, her research investigates the impacts of regulator backgrounds, constituent prefere
Notable: “The ChatGPT Artificial Intelligence Chatbot: How Well Does It Answer Accounting Assessment Questions?” (2023) · 117 citations
- Ryan Sommerfeldt, Assistant Professor h-index 5
- Jonathan Liljegren, Associate Teaching Professor h-index 4
Notable: “Audit Sampling Research: A Synthesis and Implications for Future Research” (2013) · 52 citations
- Melissa Larson, Professor / Director h-index 4
Interventions to enhance student success in the classroom. Melissa is married to Greg Larson, who is also an alumnus of the BYU accounting program. They have four children and a daughter-in-law. In her free time, Melissa enjoys spen
Notable: “Student’s Choice: In-Person, Online, or on Demand? A Comparison of Instructional Modality Preference and Effectiveness” (2023) · 10 citations
- Troy Lewis, Teaching Professor h-index 1
Notable: “A Case Integrating Financial and Tax Accounting Using the Balance Sheet Approach to Account for Income Taxes” (2017) · 7 citations
- Hannah Judd, Assistant Professor h-index 1
Es primarily on how taxes and business strategies intersect with financial reporting and capital markets. Specifically, she studies firms’ tax-related disclosures as revealing information about underlying business strategies, as well as how
- Aaron Jacob, Associate Professor
- Amanda Pope, Associate Teaching Professor
- Bill Heninger, Associate Professor
- Bill Tayler, Professor
- Brittley Eldredge, Assistant Teaching Professor
- Cassy Budd, Associate Director / Teaching Professor
- Doug Prawitt, Distinguished Professor
- Jake Thornock, Professor
Interest in taxation, tax havens, earnings information content and information technologies. His research has been accepted for publication at the Journal of Accounting & Economics, Journal of Accounting Research, The Accounting
- Jeff Wilks, Distinguished Professor
Notable: “OEMs, Incentives, and Variable Consideration: Case Study” (2017)
- Josh Lee, Professor
Centered around capital markets and voluntary disclosure with an emphasis on textual analysis and machine learning. His research has been accepted for publication at the Journal of Accounting & Economics, Journal of Accounting Research
- Spencer Pierce, Professor
- Steve Smith, Associate Director / Professor
Es on judgment and decision-making in accounting, with a primary emphasis on management control systems and performance evaluation. His research has been published in academic journals such as The Accounting Review, Review of Accounting Stu
- Tim Seidel, Professor
Es on auditor independence and audit quality as well as a variety of financial accounting topics such as accounting standard changes, disclosure, and earnings management behavior. Education Ph.D. Business Administration, Accounting, Univers
Faculty counts are directory headcounts; the named list may be a subset. h-index shown only for ORCID-backed or high-confidence OpenAlex matches. Data as of 2026-07-02.