College of Business: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Professor of Accountancy and KPMG Distinguished Professor of Accountancy

Ph.D., Business, University of California at Berkeley, 1990
M.B.A., Finance, York University, 1986
M.A., Economics, York University, 1984
B.B.A., Accounting, University of Pireaus, 1977

KPMG Distinguished Professor of Accountancy, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2006 to present
Professor of Accountancy, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2005 to present
Interim Department Head of Accountancy, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2011-2012
Associate Professor of Accountancy, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1998-2005
Visiting Professor of Accounting, University of Warsaw, International Management Center, 1999-2000, 2002
Visiting Professor of Accounting, The Athens Laboratory of Business Administration, 2000-2001
Assistant Professor of Accountancy, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1990-1998
Lecturer, Haas School of Business, University of California at Berkeley, 1989-1990
Accountant, Texaco, 1979-1981

Oltheten, E. , Sougiannis, T., Travlos, N., Zarkos, S. Forthcoming. Greece in the Eurozone: Lessons from a Decade of Experience. Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance SSRN Abstract

Chen, X. , Lu, H., Sougiannis, T. 2012. The Agency Problem, Corporate Governance, and the Behavior of Selling, General, and Administrative Costs. Contemporary Accounting Research, 29: 252-282

Cao, Y., Myers, L., Sougiannis, T. 2011. Does Earnings Acceleration Convey Information? Review of Accounting Studies, 16: 812-842

Sougiannis, T. 2011. Discussion - The Effect of R&D Inputs and Outputs on the Relation between the Uncertainty of Future Operating Performances and R&D Expenditures. Journal of Accounting, Auditing and Finance, 26: 145-149

KPMG Distinguished Professor of Accountancy, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2006 to present

Teaches courses in financial accounting.

Research focuses on the use of accounting numbers in stock market valuations, the choice of financial accounting rules, and accounting regulation. Has consulted for the Law and Economics Consulting Group, Inc.