David E. Stout is currently the Director of the Master of Accounting (MAcc) programs at Villanova University. From 2003-2017 David was the John S. and Doris M. Andrews Professor of Accounting at Youngstown State University. Previously, he was the John M. Cooney Professor of Accounting at Villanova University. Prior to this, he served as a faculty member at Rider University.

David earned his Ph.D. in accounting (1982) from the Katz Graduate School of Business, University of Pittsburgh. He served previously as editor of Issues in Accounting Education and as editor-in-chief of the Journal of Accounting Education. Professor Stout has published over 100 articles in professional and academic journals, including Advances in Accounting Education, Issues in Accounting Education, the Journal of Accounting Education, The Accounting Educators' Journal, Advances in International Accounting, Behavioral Research in Accounting (BRIA), The CPA Journal, Educational and Psychological Measurement, the IMA Educational Case Journal, Managerial Finance, Management Accounting, Management Accounting Quarterly, Financial Practice and Education, Strategic Finance, and Advances in Accounting. David is past president of the Teaching, Learning & Curriculum (TLC) Section of the AAA, past president of the Academy of Business Education (ABE), and past president of the Ohio Region, American Accounting Association (AAA). During the period 2011-2014, he served as a member of the AAA Board of Directors. In 2007, he received the R.

Lee Brummet Award for Distinguished Accounting Educators, Institute of Management Accountants (IMA), and the Ohio Outstanding Accounting Educator Award, which is co-sponsored by the Ohio Society of CPAs and the AAA's Ohio Region. In 2008, David received the Distinguished Achievement in Accounting Education Award from the AICPA, and the Distinguished Service Award for Educators given by the IMA. Also in 2008, David was inducted into the Hall of Honor, TLC Section of the AAA and was selected by Ohio Magazine as one of Ohio's Outstanding College and University Teachers. In 2012, he was a co-recipient of the Jim Bulloch Award for Innovations in Management Accounting Education, an award given annually by the Management Accounting Section (MAS) of the AAA and sponsored by the Institute of Management Accountants (IMA). In 2015, Professor Stout was the recipient of the 2015 American Accounting Association (AAA) Outstanding Educator Award. From 2010-2016, he served as a member of the joint curriculum task force of the Management Accounting Section (MAS) of the AAA and the IMA, which was charged with the responsibility of developing curricular recommendations for accounting education. In 2016, David received the Lifetime Service Award from the AAA for his contributions to accounting education. In 2017, he received the AAA Ohio Region President's Award for Lifetime Exemplary service to the region.