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, 2003-2023
Professor, Department of Accountancy, University of Illinois, 2005-2011
Associate Professor, Department of Accountancy, University of Illinois, 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, Department of Accountancy, University of Illinois, 1990-1998
Lecturer, Haas School of Business, University of California at Berkeley, 1989-1990
Accountant, Texaco, 1979-1981

Chen, X. , Lu, H., Sougiannis, T. Forthcoming. The Agency Problem, Corporate Governance, and the Behavior of Selling, General, and Administrative Costs. Contemporary Accounting Research

Lu, H., Sougiannis, T. Forthcoming. The Agency Problem, Corporate Governance, and the Asymmetrical Behavior of Selling, General, and Administrative Costs. Contemporary Accounting Research

Sougiannis, T. Forthcoming. 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

Sougiannis, T., Cao, Y., Myers, L. Forthcoming. Does Earnings Acceleration Convey Information? Review of Accounting Studies

KPMG Distinguished Professor of Accountancy, University of Illinois, 2006-2011

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.