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Ryan Sommerfeldt

Assistant Professor,
School of Accountancy
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Biography

Ryan Sommerfeldt is an assistant professor in the School of Accountancy at BYU Marriott School of Business, where he currently teaches courses in managerial accounting. Prior to joining the faculty at BYU, he was a faculty member at Washington State University. He earned his bachelor’s and master’s degrees from BYU, and his doctoral degree from The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Prior to earning his doctoral degree, Ryan worked on the advisory team at Squire and Company, PC, and owned and operated a landscaping company. His research lies at the intersection of managerial accounting and audit and has been published in top-tier journals in accounting such as The Accounting Review, Management Science, Contemporary Accounting Research, Journal of Business Ethics, and Issues in Accounting Education. His research specifically focuses on the effects of management controls designed to deter and detect misreporting, factors that influence the rationalization of misreporting, and factors that motivate and incentivize employee performance. In his free time, he enjoys playing sports and spending time with his wife and four children.

Group Affiliations

  • Institute of Management Accountants — 2023
  • AAA - Accounting Behavior and Organizations Section — 2018
  • AAA - Management Accounting Section — 2017
  • American Accounting Association — 2017
  • Junior Accounting Scholars Organization — 2020–2024
  • AAA - Auditing Section — 2017–2021

Selected Publications

Experience

Professional

  • Audit intern, Grant Thornton, 2015–2015
  • Advisory team, Squire & Company, PC, 2013–2014

Awards

  • Best Paper, Academy of Management, 2024
  • Notable Contribution to the Literature Award, AAA Accounting Information Systems Section, 2024
  • Outstanding Paper Award, AAA Management Accounting Section, 2024
  • Outstanding Reviewer Award, AAA Management Accounting Section, 2024
  • Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation Award - Runner-up, AAA Management Accounting Section, 2022
  • Outstanding Reviewer Award, AAA Management Accounting Section, 2022
  • Outstanding Reviewer Award, AAA Management Accounting Section, 2021
  • Marvin and Nancy Dennis Doctoral Fellowship in Accountancy, The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2020
  • University Fellowship, The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2020
  • Deloitte Foundation Doctoral Fellowship Award, Deloitte, 2019
  • MAS PhD Mentorship Program Recipient, AAA Management Accounting Section, 2019
  • Outstanding Reviewer Award, AAA Management Accounting Section, 2019
  • Marvin and Nancy Dennis Doctoral Fellowship in Accountancy, The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2018
  • Richard A. Erley Fellowship, The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, College of Business, 2018
  • Fred H. Figge Distinguished Teaching Assistantship Award, The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2017
  • University Fellowship, The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2017
  • Teachers Ranked as Excellent, The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2017

Languages

  • Spanish

BYU Citizenship

  • Accounting Research Symposium Committee — Committee/Council Member — 2024
  • PhD Prep Track Committee — Committee/Council Member — 2024