Scott Summers

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Biography

Scott L. Summers is the Andersen Foundation Alumni Professor in the Marriott School of Management at Brigham Young University having joined the faculty in 1999. Dr. Summers is active in the accounting information systems and strategic and emerging technologies communities, having served as both the AAA-IS President and the AAA-SET President among other roles. He focuses on accounting information systems processing and controls, with specific expertise in database and internal control. Dr. Summers participated in the development of the COBIT 4.0 and 4.1 standards and their accompanying guidelines. Dr. Summers received his PhD from Texas A&M University. He has had his research published in many journals including: The Accounting Review, Accounting Horizons, Contemporary Accounting Research, Review of Accounting Studies, Journal of Information Systems, Information Science, IEEE Systems Man and Cybernetics, Communications of the ACM, Decision Support Systems, and Behavioral Research in Accounting.

Education

• PHD, ACCOUNTING, TEXAS A + M UNIV COL STAT, 1995
• BS, ACCOUNTING, BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY, 1990
• MAcc, ACCOUNTING, BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY, 1990

Selected Publications

• "Accounting Information Systems (15th ed.)", Accounting Information Systems, 15th Edition, Pearson, Hoboken, New Jersey, 2020
• "The effects of different types of internal controls on employee self-control", Journal of Strategic Innovation and Sustainability, North American Business Press, Dover, DE, 2019
• "Ranking accounting journals by topical area and methodology", Journal of Information Systems, 2019
• "The effects of preventive and detective controls on employee performance and motivation", Contemporary Accounting Research, Edition 2, Volume 29, Pages 432-452, 2012
• "Publication benchmarking data based on faculty promoted at the top 75 US accounting research institutions", Issues in Accounting Education, Edition 3, Volume 27, Pages 647-670, American Accounting Association, 2012
• "Accounting doctoral program rankings based on research productivity of program graduates", Accounting Horizons, Edition 1, Volume 25, Pages 149-179, 2011
• "Individual accounting faculty research rankings by topical area and methodology", Issues in Accounting Education, Edition 3, Volume 26, Pages 471-505, 2011
• "Accounting program research rankings by topical area and methodology", Issues in Accounting Education, Edition 4, Volume 25, Pages 631-654, 2010
• "The Application of Model Checking for Securing e-Commerce Transactions", Communications of the ACM (CACM), Volume 49, Pages 97-101, ACM, 2006
• "The Application of Model Checking for Securing E-Commerce Transactions", Communications of the ACM, Volume 49, Pages 97-101, Association for Computing Machinery, 2006
• "Model checking for e-commerce control and assurance", Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cyberneti, Volume 35, Pages 445-450, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Press, 2005
• "Model checking for design and assurance of e-business processes", Decision Support Systems (DSS), Volume 39, Pages 333-344, 2005

Experience

Other

• Professor, Brigham Young University, 2011

Awards

• Best Paper - Accounting Horizons 2011, American Accounting Association, 2012
• Best Paper - Issues in Accounting Education 2011, American Accounting Association, 2012
• Best Paper - Issues in Accounting Education 2010, American Accounting Association, 2011

Languages

• Spanish