College of Business: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Professor of Finance and Robert and Karen May Faculty Fellow

Ph.D., Finance, University of Chicago, 1999
MBA, International Business, Columbia University, 1985
M.S., Operations Research, Columbia University, 1985
B.S., Mathematics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1983

Professor of Finance, University of Illinois, 2011
Associate Professor of Finance, University of Illinois, 2006-2011
Assistant Professor of Finance, London Business School, 1999-2006
Senior Trader, Global Derivatives, Caxton Corporation, 1989-1994
Director, Quantitative Research, Mabon Securities, Inc., 1979-1983

Johnson, T. 2012. Inequality Risk Premia. Journal of Monetary Economics, 59: 565-580

Deuskar, P. , Johnson, T. 2011. Market Liquidity and Flow-Driven Risk. Review of Financial Studies, 24: 721-753 SSRN Abstract

Johnson, T., Chebonenko, T. , Cunha, I. , D'Almeida, F. , Spencer, X. 2011. Endogenous Leverage and Expected Stock Returns. Finance Research Letters, 8: 132-145 SSRN Abstract

Excellence in Graduate Teaching Award, University of Illinois College of Business Alumni Association, 2012
Ross Award for Best Paper, "Endogenous Leverage and Expected Stock Returns", Finance Research Letters, 2012