Intermediate Accounting (9th Edition) – Spiceland/Nelson/Thomas – eBook

About The Author

J. David Spiceland

Dr. David Spiceland is an ex-Professor at the School of Accountancy where he taught financial accounting at the graduate, undergraduate, and doctoral levels for over 35 years. David got his B.S. degree in finance from the University of Tennessee, got his MBA from Southern Illinois University, and earned his Ph.D. in accounting from the University of Arkansas. He also is a CPA.

Dr. Spiceland is a textbook author whose several books include the best-selling Financial Accounting, and Intermediate Accounting, both with McGraw-Hill. He has published articles in a variety of professional and academic journals. Professor Spiceland has received many college and university awards and recognition for his research, service, teaching, and technological innovations in the classroom.

Mark W. Nelson

Dr. Mark W. Nelson is the Anne and Elmer Lindseth Dean and Professor of Accounting at the Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management in Cornell’s SC Johnson College of Business. He earned his BBA from Iowa State University, his MA from The Ohio State University, and his Ph.D. from The Ohio State University.

Three residential MBA programs, four Executive MBA programs, and two MPS programs are all under the direction of Mark Nelson at Johnson. In that capacity, he is in charge of the operations of the Johnson employees in Ithaca and New York City, as well as the collaborations with Queens University, Tsinghua University, Weill Cornell Medicine, and Cornell Tech. He also supervises the research and instruction of the Johnson faculty. Mark Nelson is a Cornell SC Johnson College of Business executive team member and is responsible for the college's overall operations and several research centers and institutes.

Dean Nelson has emphasized accounting judgment and decision-making in his classes and intermediate financial accounting and financial reporting. He has won 10 teaching accolades at Cornell and Ohio State, including the first-ever Cook Prize for graduate teaching quality from the American Accounting Association. Along with Spiceland and Thomas, he coauthored Intermediate Accounting.

Wayne Thomas

Dr. Wayne Thomas is the Chair in Accounting at the University of Oklahoma, where he teaches intermediate accounting and introductory financial accounting. He got his BS in accounting from Southwestern Oklahoma State University, and his MS and Ph.D. in accounting from Oklahoma State University. Dr. Thomas has won many teaching awards at the college, university, and departmental levels, and has received the Outstanding Educator Award from the Oklahoma Society of CPAs. Professor Wayne is also a co-author on McGraw-Hill’s best-selling Financial Accounting, with Don Herrmann and Dr. David Spiceland.

His primary research interests are in markets-based accounting research, financial disclosures, financial statement analysis, and international accounting issues. Wayne has won several awards, including the American Accounting Association’s Competitive Manuscript Award.