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.
Jennifer Winchel is the Carman G. Blough Associate Professor of Accounting at the University of Virginia’s McIntire School of Commerce, where she teaches courses at both the undergraduate and graduate levels.
She received her BA degree from Illinois Wesleyan University, her MAS from Northern Illinois University, and her PhD from the University of Texas at Austin. Prior to joining UVA, she was a faculty member at the University of South Carolina’s Darla Moore School of Business. While at SC, she won the Alfred G. Smith Award for excellence in teaching. She has public accounting experience as an audit manager for PwC.
Jennifer’s research focuses on decision making in financial accounting. Her research has been published in scholarly journals such as The Accounting Review; Contemporary Accounting Research; and Accounting, Organizations, and Society. She has presented her research at a number of universities and scholarly conferences. In her free time, Jennifer enjoys various activities with her husband and son. She especially loves traveling with her son for soccer.