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Bob May

Professor Emeritus

Department:     Accounting

Additional Titles:     KPMG Professor in Accounting

Research Areas:     Accounting - Financial, Accounting - Managerial, Auditing, Capital Markets, Financial Reporting, Financial Statement Analysis

Staff Profile

May, Robert G.,

KPMG Peat Marwick Professor in Accounting, Department of
Accounting.

Robert May received his B.A. and Ph.D. from Michigan State University.
His research and teaching interests include auditing, financial
reporting, and capital markets.

ACADEMIC LEADERSHIP & AWARDS

1996

“Eyes of Texas” Award

 

1976

AICPA Outstanding Contribution to the Accounting Literature Award

 

2006

DFW Executive MBA Class of 2006 Outstanding Professor Award

 

1993

American Accounting Assoc. Innovation in Accounting Education Award

 

1993

MBA Award for Excellence in Teaching in the Core

 

1991

American Accounting Assoc. Innovation in Accounting Education Award

 

Publications

Robert G. May, James J. Jiambalvo, and Charles L. McDonald. 1994. Principles of Accounting. Cincinnati, OH: South-Western.

 

Ho, Joanna L. and Robert G. May. 1993. Auditors' Causal Probability Judgments in Analytical Procedures for Audit Planning. Behavioral Research in Accounting 5, 78, 22, 6 charts.

 

Robert G. May and Joanna L-Y Ho. 1993. The Conjunction Fallacy in Auditor Judgment Processes. Behavioral Research in Accounting 5, 78-100.

 

Urton Anderson, Robert G. May, and Carolyn Miles. 1988. Development and Classroom Testing of Micro-Computer Software to Support Teaching Variables Sampling. Auditing 3, 156-173.

 

Urton Anderson, Robert G. May, and Carolyn A. Miles. 1988. Variables Sampling Software: Development and Classroom Testing. Issues in Accounting Education 3, 156-174.

 

Robert G. May, William L. Felix, Marcia S. Niles, and John R. Thorson. 1985. Something New in Audit Education. Journal of Accounting Education3, 5-14.

 

Robert G. May and Gary L. Sundem. 1976. Researching for Accounting Policy: An Overview. The Accounting Review 51, 747-763.

 

Robert G. May, Gerhard G. Mueller, and Thomas H. Williams. 1975. A Brief Introduction to Managerial and Social Uses of Accounting. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, Inc.

 

Robert G. May, Gerhard G. Mueller, and Thomas H. Williams. 1975-1980.A New Introduction to Financial Accounting. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, Inc.

 

Robert G. May and Gary L. Sundem. 1974. Cost of Information and Security Prices: A Reply. The Accounting Review 49, 791-793.

 

Robert G. May and Gary L. Sundem. 1973. Cost of Information and Security Prices: Market Association Tests for Accounting Policy Decisions. The Accounting Review 48, 80-94.

 

Robert G. May. 1971. The Influence of Quarterly Earnings Announcements on Investor Decisions as Reflected in Common Stock Price Changes. Journal of Accounting Research, Empirical Research in Accounting 9, 119-163.

 

Alvin A. Arens, Robert G. May, and Geraldine Dominiak. 1970. A Simulated Case for Audit Education. The Accounting Review 45, 573-578.