作者简介
David Spiceland is profes-sor of accounting at the Uni-versity of Memphis,where he teaches intermediate accounting and other financial accounting courses at the undergraduate and master's levels.He received his BS degree in finance from the University of Tennes-see,his MBA from Southern Illinois University,and his PhD in accounting from the University of Arkansas.
Professor Spiceland's primary research interests are in earnings management and educational research.He has published articles in a variety of journals includ-ing The Accounting Review,Accounting and Business Research,Journal of Financial Research, and Journal of Accounting Education.David has received university and college awards and recognition for his teaching,research, and technological innovations in the class-room.David is lead author of McGraw-Hill's best-selling Intermediate Accounting text.
David is the Memphis Tigers' No.1 basketball fan.He enjoys playing basketball,is a former all-state line-backer,and an avid fisherman.Cooking is a passion for David,who served as sous chef for Paula Deen at a Mid-South Fair cooking demonstration.Wayne Thomas is the John T.Steed Chair in Accounting at the University of Oklahoma,where he teaches introductory financial accounting to nearly 600 students per year.He received his bach-elor's degree in accounting from Southwestern Oklahoma State University,and his master's and PhD in accounting from Oklahoma State University.
Wayne Thomas's primary research interests are in markets-based accounting research,financial disclosures,financial statement analysis,and interna-tional accounting issues.He previously served as an editor of The Accounting Review and has published articles in a variety of journals including The Account-ing 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 Ameri-can Accounting Association's Competitive Manuscript Award.Professor Thomas has won teaching awards at the university, college,and departmental levels,and has received the Outstanding Educator Award from the Oklahoma Society of CPAs.
Wayne enjoys playing sports (basketball,tennis,golf,and ping pong),solving crossword puzzles,and coaching little league sports.He has participated in several adven-ture races,like you'll read about in the Great Adventures continuing problem at the end of each chapter.Don Herrmann is the Deloitte Pro-fessor of Accounting at Oklahoma State University,where he teaches financial accounting and inter-mediate accounting,and is direc-tor of the doctoral program.He received his bachelor's degree in business from John Brown University, his master's degree in accounting from Kansas State University,and his PhD in accounting from Oklahoma State University.
Don Herrmann's research interests are in earnings forecasts,segment reporting, financial state-ment analysis,and international accounting issues.He is past president of the American Accounting Asso-ciation International Section and has served on the editorial and review board of the top research journal in the field of accounting,The Accounting Review. He has published articles in a variety of journals includ-ing The Accounting Review,Journal of Accounting Research, Accounting Horizons,Journal of Business,Finance,and Accounting, and the Journal of Account-ing and Public Policy.Don Herrmann and Wayne Thomas often work together,having co-authored over 15 research articles.Professor Herrmann has received teaching awards at the department,college,and uni-versity levels, including Professor of the Year in the University Greek System.
Don, like his co-authors,is a big sports fan.He played tennis on scholarship in college and enjoys playing soccer,basketball,running,biking,and swim-ming.He also coaches soccer,basketball,and little league baseball in his home town.
