Intermediate Accounting

About the Author

David Spiceland

Mark Nelson

Mark Nelson is the Anne and Elmer Lindseth Dean and Professor of Accounting at Cornell University’s S. C. Johnson Graduate School of Management. He received his BBA degree from Iowa State University and his MA and PhD degrees from The Ohio State University.

Professor Nelson has won ten teaching awards, including an inaugural Cook Prize from the American Accounting Association. Professor Nelson’s research focuses on decision making in financial accounting and auditing. His research has been published in the Accounting Review; the Journal of Accounting Research; Contemporary Accounting Research; Accounting, Organizations and Society; and several other journals. He has received the American Accounting Association’s Notable Contribution to Accounting Literature Award, as well as the AAA’s Wildman Medal for work judged to make a significant contribution to practice.

Professor Nelson served three terms as an area editor of The Accounting Review and is a member of the editorial boards of several journals. He also served for four years on the FASB’s Financial Accounting Standards Advisory Council.

Wayne Thomas

Jennifer Winchel

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.