Sara Toynbee is an associate professor of accounting at The University of Texas at Austin’s McCombs School of Business. She teaches Financial Accounting Concepts and Research to students in the integrated MPA program.

In her research pursuits, Toynbee explores financial reporting issues, including how institutional features of the Securities and Exchange Commission influence the effectiveness of its regulatory oversight, and topics related to challenges facing accounting standard setters and regulators in designing financial reporting guidance. Her research has been published in The Accounting Review, the Journal of Accounting and Economics, the Review of Accounting Studies, and Management Science. Her research has also been highlighted in various media outlets, including Bloomberg, Big Ideas, Columbia Law School’s Blue Sky Blog on Corporations and the Capital Markets, and the Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance.

Toynbee earned a Ph.D. in accounting from the University of Washington in Seattle. She received a Bachelor of Commerce with First Class Honors (accounting) and a Bachelor of Arts (Spanish) from the University of Canterbury in her home country of New Zealand.