Wayne Thomas is the Senior Associate Dean for Faculty and Research Innovation and the David C. Steed Chair of Accounting at the University of Oklahoma, where he teaches Introductory Financial Accounting, Intermediate Accounting, and MBAs. He received his bachelor’s degree in Accounting from Southwestern Oklahoma State University, and his master’s and PhD in Accounting from Oklahoma State University.
Wayne has won teaching awards at the university, college, and departmental levels, and he has received the Outstanding Educator Award from the Oklahoma Society of CPAs. In addition to Financial Accounting for Managers, he also co-authors McGraw Hill’s best-selling Intermediate Accounting, with David Spiceland, Mark Nelson, and Jennifer Winchel, and Financial Accounting with David Spiceland and Don Herrmann.
His primary research interests include accounting information in capital markets, techniques used by managers to manipulate earnings, the importance of financial disclosures, and financial statement analysis. He previously served as an editor of The Accounting Review and has published articles in a variety of journals, including The Accounting Review, Journal of Accounting and Economics, Journal of Accounting Research, Review of Accounting Studies, and Contemporary Accounting Research. He has won several research awards, including the American Accounting Association’s Competitive Manuscript Award and the University of Oklahoma’s highest research award, being named a George Lynn Cross Research Professor.
Wayne is married to Julee, and they have four kids: Olivia, Jake, Eli, and Luke. He enjoys sports (basketball, tennis, golf, biking, and ping pong), crossword puzzles, the outdoors, and spending time with his family.