The University’s Accounting Department ranked No. 4 in the world for accounting education research published in the most recent six years in a listing considered the gold standard in accounting disciplines. The recently released 2021 Brigham Young University Accounting Rankings also recognized several accounting faculty members individually for their research publication success.
The Brigham Young University report ranks accounting programs and faculty throughout the world based on their success in publishing in 12 top-tier, peer-reviewed accounting journals.
Several Scranton faculty members were ranked internationally.
•Douglas M. Boyle, D.B.A., associate professor and chair of the Accounting Department and director of the DBA program, was ranked No. 7. Boyle, who was also selected as the 2022 Institute of Management Accountants (IMA) Research Foundation Distinguished Scholar in April, was ranked for all methods, auditing and experimental research.
•James F. Boyle, D.B.A., assistant professor of accounting and director of the MAcc program ranked No. 18.
•Brian W. Carpenter, Ph.D., professor of accounting, ranked No. 18 (tied). Carpenter was ranked for all methods.
•Jeh-Hyun Cho, Ph.D., assistant professor of accounting, was ranked for all methods, managerial and archival.