Welcome! My name is Lucas Swider, I’m an accounting PhD candidate at the University of Oklahoma. 

My research focuses on the judgment and decision-making of accounting professionals, taxpayers, and investors. I’m particularly interested in how interaction with emerging technologies and features of accounting standards or the tax system influence behavior.

In my dissertation, I use an experiment to investigate the extent to which people are willing to rely on tax advice provided by artificial intelligence (AI) advisors. The study provides insights for regulators contemplating oversight over rapidly advancing AI technology in tax services and sheds light on the public’s perception of CPAs amidst this technological evolution. I have been awarded the Bullard Dissertation Fellowship Award from the University of Oklahoma for this work.

Before pursuing my PhD, I worked at KPMG where I provided technology consulting and compliance services to clients across various industries and regularly participated on audits of publicly traded companies as a tax expert. Subsequently, I've had the honor of serving as an accounting lecturer at the University of Oklahoma, University of Wisconsin-Parkside, and University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. I’m an AICPA Accounting Doctoral Scholar and a licensed CPA in the state of Wisconsin.