Deadlines
School of Accountancy Conference 2021
Presenters
Melissa Larson
Melissa LarsonMelissa Larson graduated from BYU with her Master's in Tax in 1998. After graduation she worked for Larson & Company, a local CPA firm in Sandy, Utah where she obtained her CPA license. After two years of working for the firm (and 2 children later), Melissa returned to teach Accounting at BYU. For the past 20 years Melissa has taughtundergraduate and graduate courses at Utah Valley State College, BYU Provo, University of Utah, UC Berkeley and BYU Hawaii. In addition, from 2009-2011 Melissa worked at Grant Thornton, Salt Lake City as a Senior Tax Manager.
Melissa has a passion for teaching and helping the students develop their intellect, character and testimonies. Melissa has been awarded departmental, college and university teaching awards. Melissa is currently pursuing a PhD here at BYU in instructional psychology and technology.
Melissa is married to Greg Larson (also an alumni of the BYU accounting program) and has 4 children—Cameron (21), Connor (19) Hayden (17) and Ava (15) Melissa enjoys spending time with her family, traveling and learning about new cultures, being outdoors, reading, skiing and does not enjoy running, but does it anyway.