Wayne Thomas joined the University of Oklahoma in 2000. He teaches intermediate and financial accounting at both the undergraduate and graduate levels. He has received numerous teaching awards at the department, college, university, state, and national levels, including being named Outstanding Accounting Educator by the Oklahoma Society of CPAs and receiving the Cook Prize from the American Accounting Association for undergraduate teaching excellence.
Thomas is the co-author of several textbooks. His research interests include accounting information in capital markets, earnings manipulation techniques, the importance of financial disclosures, and financial statement analysis. His work has been published in The Accounting Review, Journal of Accounting Research, Journal of Accounting and Economics, Contemporary Accounting Research, Review of Accounting Studies, Accounting, Organizations and Society, and several other journals. He has served as an editor for The Accounting Review and as an associate editor for the Journal of International Accounting Research. He received the Competitive Manuscript Award from the American Accounting Association and was named a George Lynn Cross Research Professor, the University of Oklahoma’s highest research designation.
Thomas has been married to Julee since 1990, and they have four children and two grandchildren. He enjoys tennis, golf, biking, the outdoors, volunteer activities, and most of all, spending time with his family.
The University of Oklahoma Michael F. Price College of Business has experienced significant growth over the past five years, becoming OU’s second-largest college with over 5,800 students. The college offers highly ranked undergraduate, master’s, executive and doctoral programs across six academic divisions. More information is available at price.ou.edu
