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Brian Knox, Ph.D.

Portrait of Brian Knox

Associate Professor

Department of Accountancy

bknox@boisestate.edu
Office: MBEB 3117

Dr. Brian D. Knox joined Boise State University in 2017 after obtaining a Ph.D. in Accounting from the University of Pittsburgh. He is a CPA (Idaho) and has worked as a tax preparer, a compliance auditor, and an accountant at a Fortune 500 company. Dr. Knox’s research focuses on how accounting information and incentives affect the behavior of managers and employees.

Education

  • Ph.D. in Accounting, University of Pittsburgh.
  • Master’s in Accounting, Southern Utah University.
  • Bachelor of Science in Accounting, Arizona State University.

Teaching Areas

  • Managerial Accounting
  • Financial Accounting
  • Accounting Ethics
  • Knox, B.D., Omer, T.C., and Stallings, M.A. (2026). Do big prizes attract talent or big heads? The role of prize concentration, relative skill information, and narcissism in public and private tournament choice. Accounting, Organizations and Society, 117, p.101650.
  • Knox, B. D. (2023). Machine Learning Activity-Based Costing: Can Activity-Based Costing’s First-Stage Allocation Be Replaced with a Neural Network? Journal of Emerging Technologies in Accounting, 20(2), 95–117.
  • Wood, D. A., M. Achhpilia, M. T., Adams, et al. including B. D. Knox. (2023). The ChatGPT artificial intelligence chatbot: How well does it answer accounting assessment questions? Issues in Accounting Education, 38(4), 81-108.
  • Knox, B. D. (2020). Semantic Processing Theory Could Help Explain the Effectiveness of Creativity Incentives: A Numerical Experiment. Journal of Management Accounting Research, 32(3), 155-178.
  • Knox, B. D. (2020). Employee Volunteer Programs Are Associated with Firm-Level Benefits and CEO Incentives: Data on the Ethical Dilemma of Corporate Social Responsibility Activities. Journal of Business Ethics, 162(2), 449–472.