Biography
Mark F. Zimbelman graduated Magna Cum Laude in December 1984 from BYU’s accounting program. Prior to his career in academia, Mark gained over five years experience working as an auditor in public accounting and one year as a controller in industry. After earning his doctorate from the University of Arizona in 1996, Mark worked for three years at the University of Oklahoma where he was awarded a teaching award and several fellowships. His teaching and research interests are in auditing and the prevention and detection of fraud with a research focus on understanding and improving decision making in accounting and auditing. He has developed a national reputation for his research on auditors’ detection of financial statement fraud, which he has published in the top-tier accounting research journals including The Accounting Review, Journal of Accounting Research, Contemporary Accounting Research and Review of Accounting Studies among others. In 2013, Mark was awarded the BYU Marriott School's Scholarly Excellence Award and received the Mary and Ellis Professorship. Mark has five children and several grandchildren. He competes by racing bicycles for a hobby.
Research Interests
Auditing and the detection and prevention of fraudTeaching Interests
Auditing and Fraud ExaminationLicenses and Certifications
- American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, Certified Public Accountant (1985 - Present)
Honors and Awards
- Mary and Ellis Professorship, Marriott School of Management (2013 - Present)
- Marriott School Ethics Teaching Award, BYU Marriott School of Business (2019 - 2019)
- Marriott School of Business Scholarly Excellence Award, Brigham Young University (2012 - 2012)
- Selvoy J. Boyer Fellowship, Marriott School of Management (2000 - 2010)
- John and Mary Nichols Fellowship, University of Oklahoma (1999 - 2003)
- Conoco Research Fellowship, University of Oklahoma (1998 - 2000)
- Arthur Andersen Fellowship, University of Oklahoma (1998 - 1999)
- Outstanding Educator, University of Oklahoma (1997 - 1998)
Memberships
- American Accounting Association (1996 - Present)
- American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (1985 - Present)
Professional Citizenship
- Editorial Review Board Member, Accounting, Organizations and Society (2012 - Present)
- Editorial Review Board Member, Auditing: A Journal of Practice and Theory (2000 - Present)
- Editorial Review Board Member, The Accounting Review (2009 - 2017)
- Editorial Review Board Member, Contemporary Accounting Research (2009 - 2010)
- Committee/Council Chair, Auditing Section Doctoral Consortium of the American Accounting Association (2007 - 2009)
- Reviewer, Ad Hoc Reviewer, Journal of Accounting Research (2006 - 2009)
- Reviewer, Ad Hoc Reviewer, The Accounting Review (2002 - 2008)
- Reviewer, Ad Hoc Reviewer, Contemporary Accounting Research (2001 - 2008)