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Brant Christensen

Associate Professor and Deloitte Fellow,
School of Accountancy
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Biography

Dr. Brant Christensen is an Associate Professor of Accounting. He earned his Ph.D. in Accounting from Texas A&M University and was on the faculty at the University of Missouri and the University of Oklahoma before joining BYU. He has taught undergraduate and graduate audit courses.

Dr. Christensen’s teaching and research are heavily influenced by his time spent in PwC’s audit practice in Columbus, Ohio, and he maintains an active CPA license (Ohio). His studies have been published in leading academic journals including The Accounting Review; Contemporary Accounting Research; Accounting, Organizations, and Society; Auditing: A Journal of Practice and Theory; The Journal of the American Taxation Association; and Accounting Horizons. He serves currently as an Editor at Auditing: A Journal of Practice and Theory and on the editorial boards of The Accounting Review and Contemporary Accounting Research. He has also been awarded competitive research grants from The Center for Audit Quality, the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, and the Institute of Management Accountants. Finally, Dr. Christensen is a 2013 Deloitte Foundation Doctoral Fellow and received the 2020 Hurley Roberson Award for Teaching Excellence.

Education

  • Accounting, Texas A&M University, 2015
  • Accounting, Brigham Young University, 2009
  • Accounting, Brigham Young University, 2009

Selected Publications

Experience

Academic - Post-Secondary

  • Associate Professor (with Tenure), University of Oklahoma, 2021–2022
  • Assistant Professor, University of Oklahoma, 2018–2021
  • Assistant Professor, University of Missouri, 2015–2018

Languages

  • German

Certificates and Licenses

  • Certified Public Accountant (CPA, Ohio) — American Institute of Certified Public Accountants — 2010

Professional Citizenship

  • Auditing: A Journal of Practice and Theory, Editor, Associate Editor, 2021–0
  • The Accounting Review, Editorial Review Board Member, 2021–0
  • Contemporary Accounting Research, Editorial Review Board Member, 2020–0
  • Auditing: A Journal of Practice and Theory, Editorial Review Board Member, 2017–0