Biography
Michael Drake is Glenn D. Ardis Professor of Accounting in the School of Accountancy at the BYU Marriott School of Business. He earned bachelors and masters degrees in accounting at BYU and his doctorate in accounting at Texas A&M University. Prior to joining BYU Marriott in 2011, he was on faculty at the Fisher College of Business at The Ohio State University. Before that, he worked as an auditor for Arthur Andersen and Ernst & Young.
Michael currently teaches the core financial reporting course in the MBA and eMBA programs, financial statement analysis in the Masters of Accountancy program, and an empirical research seminar to pre-doctoral students.
Michael's research is focused on understanding how financial information impacts capital markets and has been published in various top-tier academic journals including the Journal of Accounting Research, the Journal of Accounting and Economics, The Accounting Review, and Management Science.
Licenses and Certifications
Honors and Awards
- BYU Marriott Teaching Excellence Award, BYU Marriott School of Business (2021 - Present)
- K. Fred Skousen Professorship (2021 - Present)
- Glenn D. Ardis Chaired Professorship (2020 - 2021)
- Distinguished PwC Fellowship (2016 - 2020)
- FARS Best Paper Award, AAA (2019 - 2019)
- MBA Core Professor of the Year, BYU Marriott School of Business (2019 - 2019)
- Accounting Horizons Best Paper Award (2018 - 2018)
- MBA Core Professor of the Year, BYU Marriott School of Business (2018 - 2018)
- MBA Core Professor of the Year, BYU Marriott School of Business (2017 - 2017)
- BYU Young Scholar Award (2016 - 2016)
- Marriott School of Management Scholarly Excellence Award, Marriott School of Management (2016 - 2016)