Dr. Douglas F. Prawitt earned his Ph.D. at the University of Arizona and is the LeRay McAllister/Deloitte Professor of Accountancy at BYU. His teaching and research in BYU’s graduate accounting and MBA programs focus on professional judgment and on auditing. Dr. Prawitt has published award-winning articles in Journal of Accountancy, CPA Journal, and Internal Auditor, and has co-authored 2 leading auditing textbooks. Doug’s research has been published in premier academic journals, including Journal of Accounting Research, The Accounting Review, Organizational Behavior & Human Decision Processes, Contemporary Accounting Research, Auditing: A Journal of Practice & Theory, and others.

He has won several teaching, research, and ‘best research paper’ awards, as well as BYU’s 2006 Award for Distinction in Graduate Education, the Auditing Section’s 2014 Innovation in Auditing and Assurance Education Award, the 2016 BYU Marriott School Outstanding Faculty Award, and the AAA’s 2016 Outstanding Accounting Educator Award. Professor Prawitt has chaired BYU’s equivalent of a faculty senate, as well as the BYU’s university-level promotion and tenure committee. He is active in the profession, having served a 3-year term as a member of the AICPA’s Auditing Standards Board, and is currently serving as a member of the COSO Board.