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Thomas Howard

Professor and Joseph A. Silvoso Director
Accountancy
College of Business

Office:
303C Cornell Hall
University of Missouri
Columbia, MO 65211
Office Hours:
M: 9:00 AM - 9:30 AM, W: 9:00 AM - 9:30 AM, and by appointment
M: 11:00 AM - 11:30 AM, W: 11:00 AM - 11:30 AM
 Phone: (573) 882-3225
 E-Mail: howardtho@missouri.edu

Educational Background

Prior to his appointment as Professor and Joseph A. Silvoso Director, he most recently served as the PricewaterhouseCoopers Professor and Director of the Douglas J. Von Allmen School of Accountancy at the University of Kentucky.  He has a Ph.D. and an MBA from Arizona State University and a BSBA from Drake University.  He is a Certified Public Accountant and a Certified Fraud Examiner.  In December 2000 he received the FSA/Joseph A. Silvoso Faculty Merit Award for distinguished contributions to the Federation, to the profession of accounting, and to accounting education.  Professor Howard has published articles in a number of journals including the Accounting Review, Journal of Accounting Research, Contemporary Accounting Research and others.  He has been the editor of Issues in Accounting Education, and has served on the editorial boards of the Journal of Accounting Education, Advances in Accounting, and Accounting Education: A Journal of Theory, Practice, and Research.  Professor Howard previously served as the director of the Culverhouse School of Accountancy at the University of Alabama, as director of graduate programs in the School of Accountancy at the University of Missouri, and on the faculty at Arizona State University West.  He has been the recipient of teaching awards and has offered workshops in the teaching and interpretation of governmental accounting issues and in auditing for fraud.

Publications


"Reasons Research Papers are Rejected at Accounting Education Journals," Issues in Accounting Education (Forthcoming) with D. Stout and J. Rebele.

"Reasons Accounting Case/Instructional Resource Papers are Rejected for Publication," Journal of Accounting Education (forthcoming) with D. Stout.

"The UniCast Company: A Case Illustrating Internal Auditor Involvement in Consulting," Issues in Accounting Education (November 2000) with R. Houston.

"The Difference Between Earnings and Operating Cash Flow as an Indicator of Financial Reporting Fraud," Contemporary Accounting Research, (Winter, 1999, V. 16-4, pp. 749-786) with R. Ingram and T. Lee.

"The Association Between Course Objectives and Grading Methods in Introductory Accounting Courses," Issues in Accounting Education (November 1998, pp. 815-832) with R. Ingram.

"Don't Forget the Cash Flow," The CFE White Paper (March/April, 1996, pp. 23-25, 38, 40) with R. Ingram.

"An Analysis of the Organizational Interaction of Accounting Departments: Revisited," The Accounting Educators' Journal (Winter 1992, pp. 53-68) with L. Nikolai.

"On the Use of Electronic Spreadsheet Assignments in the Cost Accounting Class," Journal of Research on Computing In Education, (Summer, 1988, pp. 384-391) with J. Stewart.  This paper was also published in The Proceedings of the Sixth International Conference on Accounting Education, Kyoto, Japan (October, 1987).

"Trustee Perceptions of Audit Committees in Hospitals." Financial Accountability and Management (Winter, 1986, pp. 295-309) with L. Pumphrey.

"Teaching Ideas for the Commencement of the Governmental Accounting Course," Journal of Accounting Education (Fall, 1985, pp. 179-185).

"Information For Municipal Bond Investment Decisions: Syntheses of Prior Research, An Extension and Policy Implications," Research in Governmental and Non-profit Accounting (Volume 1, 1985, pp. 213-263) with E. Wilson.

"The Association Between Municipal Market Measures and Selected Financial Reporting Practices: Additional Evidence," The Journal of Accounting Research (Spring, 1984, pp. 207-244) with E. Wilson.

"Attitude Measurement and Perceptions of Accounting Faculty Publication Outlets," The Accounting Review (October, 1983, pp. 765-776) with L. Nikolai.

"TEFRA's Corporate Minimum Tax: A Congressional Inconsistency," The Tax Executive (October, 1983, pp. 1-12) with J. Parker and G. Brueggen.

"Intertopical Sequencing of Examination Questions: An Empirical Evaluation," Journal of Accounting Education (Fall, 1983, pp. 89-95) with B. Baldwin.  An earlier version of this paper was presented at the Western AIDS, March, 1983.

"Leasing as a Means of Shifting Tax Savings to Non-taxable Organizations," Journal of the American Taxation Association (Spring, 1983, pp. 14-22) with J. Parker.

"A Value-Added Tax: Why? - Why Not?"  Business Journal (Winter, 1983, pp. 7-9) with K. Brugger and I. Greenberg.

"Municipal Financial Reports for the 1980's," Public Budgeting and Finance (Winter, 1981, pp. 80-84) with D. Johnson.

"Attitude Research: Some Further Considerations," The Accounting Review (July, 1981, pp. 613-620).

"Improving Cost Allocation Results Using the Reciprocal Method," Appalachian Business Review, (Spring, 1980, pp. 2-7) with P. McKenzie.

"On the Role of Financial Statements in the Prediction of Interest Rates for Municipal Bonds," The Governmental Accountants Journal (Winter, 1979-1980, pp. 58-62).

"Factors to Consider When Incorporating the Closely Held Business," The Northern California Review of Business and Economics (Winter, 1980, pp. 22-25) with J. Rozendaal.