Chad Simon
Larry and Laurie Walther Endowed Professor in Accounting
Department(s):- School of Accountancy

Education
Awards
Dean's Award for Excellence & Impact - 2023
Undergraduate Faculty Mentor of the Year - 2020
Biography
Dr. Simon received his PhD from the University of Georgia in 2008. He received his BS (Accounting) and Master of Accountancy degrees from Brigham Young University. He served from 2020-2025 as the Associate Dean of Academic Affairs in the Huntsman School and teaches courses in financial accounting and auditing. Dr. Simon's research has been accepted for publication in The Accounting Review, Auditing: A Journal of Practice and Theory, Review of Accounting Studies, and other journals. He and his wife, Jennifer, have six children, three girls and three boys.
Journal Articles
Academic Journal
- Simon, C., Smith, J.L, Zimbelman, M., (2018). The Influence of Judgment Decomposition on Auditors’ Fraud Risk Assessments: Some Tradeoffs. The Accounting Review; American Accounting Association, 93:5, 273-291.
- Messier, W.F, Robertson, J.C, Simon, C., (2015). The effects of client management concessions and ingratiation attempts on auditors' trust and proposed adjustments. Advances in Accounting, 31:1, 80-90.
- Campbell, J.L, Hansen, J., Simon, C., Smith, J.L, (2015). Audit Committee Stock Options and Financial Reporting Quality after the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. Auditing: A Journal of Practice & Theory
- Messier, W.F, Simon, C., Smith, J.L, (2013). Two Decades Of Behavioral Research On Analytical Procedures: What Have We Learned?. Auditing: A Journal of Practice & Theory, 32:1, 139-181.
- Burton, F.G, Emmett, S.A, Simon, C., Wood, D.A, (2012). Corporate Managers’ Reliance on Internal Auditor Recommendations. Auditing: A Journal of Practice and Theory/American Accounting Association, 31:2, 151-166.
- Simon, C., (2012). Individual Auditors’ Identification of Relevant Fraud Schemes. Auditing: A Journal of Practice and Theory/American Accounting Association
- Wood, D.A, Messier, W.F, Reynolds, J.K, Simon, C., (2011). The Effect of Using the Internal Audit Function as a Management Training Ground on the External Auditor’s Reliance Decision. The Accounting Review/American Accounting Association, 86:6, 2131–2154.
An asterisk (*) at the end of a publication indicates that it has not been peer-reviewed.
