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Bruce Behn

Bruce Behn

Deloitte Professor in Accounting

Department:

Accounting & Information Management

Program:

Executive Education, Physician Executive MBA

Biography

Bruce K. Behn is the Deloitte LLP Professor at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville Haslam College of Business. He joined the Department of Accounting and Information Management in 1994 and served in a number of capacities over the years within the department (including Department Head) and the college. Behn worked for Rockwell International in Uithoorn, The Netherlands as the international financial coordinator for Allen-Bradley Europa B.V., Allen-Bradley Company as controller and financial analyst and KPMG Peat Marwick as senior auditor. He is currently on the Association of International Certified Professional Accountants Board (AICPA), chair of the Accounting Hall of Fame Committee, Vice-Chair of the AACSB Accounting Accreditation Policy Committee and is a Council Member for the Tennessee Society of Certified Public Accountants and the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. He recently was on the International Accounting Education Standards Board (and Transition Advisory Group) and chaired the Pathways Commission. Behn is a past President of the American Accounting Association (AAA), the International Accounting Section (AAA) and the Federation of Schools of Accountancy (FSA), as well as the past chair of the AICPA’s Pre-certification Education Executive Committee. Behn has also been the recipient of a number of honors including the AAA’s Innovation in Accounting Education award, UT’s Alumni Outstanding Teaching award, AICPA’s Special Recognition award, FSA/Joseph A. Silvoso Faculty Merit award, AAA (IAS Section) Outstanding International Accounting Educator award and the Tennessee Society of CPAs Outstanding Educator award.

Expertise:

Financial Reporting, International Accounting

Education:

Arizona State University, Ph.D.,

Arizona State University, M.B.A.,

University of Wisconsin-Madison, B.S.,

Awards/Honors
  • Deloitte LLP Professor: 2013 - Present
  • Physician Executive MBA, Outstanding Faculty Award, University of Tennessee, 2018
  • FSA/Joseph A. Silvoso Faculty Merit Award, 2018
  • SECU Academic Leadership Development Program, 2017-2018.
  • Physician Executive MBA, Outstanding Teaching Award, University of Tennessee, 2016
  • Outstanding International Accounting Educator Award, The International Accounting Section of the American Accounting Association, 2015
  • CBER Faculty Fellow, University of Tennessee: 2005 - 2013
  • Ergen Professor of Business: 2005 - 2013
  • Outstanding Service Award, American Accounting Association, 2013
  • AICPA Special Recognition Award, American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, 2013
  • Beta Alpha Psi’s Business Information Professional of the Year: 2012
  • Aerospace Executive MBA, Outstanding Teaching Award, University of Tennessee, 2012
  • Robinson Outstanding Teaching, Research, and Service Award, University of Tennessee, 2012
  • Executive MBA, Outstanding Teaching Award, University of Tennessee, 2011
  • Linda and Herbert Rhea Excellence in Teaching Award, University of Tennessee, 2011
  • Quest Scholar, University of Tennessee, 2011
  • Pugh & Co., P.C., Accounting Faculty Excellence Award, University of Tennessee, 2010
  • Executive MBA, Outstanding Teaching Award, University of Tennessee, 2008
  • Linda and Herbert Rhea Excellence in Teaching Award, University of Tennessee, 2008
  • Outstanding Service Award, International Section, American Accounting Association, 2008
  • Bank of America Leadership Award, University of Tennessee, 2008
  • UT Alumni Outstanding Teacher Award, University of Tennessee, 2008
  • Aerospace Executive MBA, Outstanding Teaching Award, University of Tennessee, 2007
  • Richard D. Sanders Award for Leadership in Executive Education, University of Tennessee, 2006
  • Physician Executive MBA, Outstanding Teaching Award, University of Tennessee, 2005
  • Physician Executive MBA, Outstanding Faculty Member, University of Tennessee, 2004
  • Accounting Educator of the Year, Tennessee Society of CPAs, 2003
  • Physician Executive MBA, Outstanding Faculty Member, University of Tennessee, 2002
  • William B. Stokely Distinguished Scholar: 2002 - 2005.
  • Gregory H. Dobbins Outstanding Teaching & Research Award, University of Tennessee, 2002
  • Innovations in Teaching Award, University of Tennessee, 2001
  • Physician Executive MBA, Outstanding Teaching Award, University of Tennessee, 2000
  • Physician Executive MBA, Outstanding Faculty Member, University of Tennessee, 2000
  • Pugh & Co., P.C., Accounting Faculty Excellence Award, University of Tennessee, 2000
  • Innovation in Accounting Education Award, American Accounting Association, 1999
  • Accounting Scholar Award (2000-2001), University of Tennessee, 1999
  • Physician Executive MBA, Outstanding Faculty Member, University of Tennessee, 1998
  • Pugh & Co., P.C., Accounting Faculty Excellence Award (Teaching), University of Tennessee, 1998
  • S. Herbert Rhea, Faculty Innovators Award, University of Tennessee, 1998
  • Allen H. Keally Teaching Award, University of Tennessee, 1997
  • Undergraduate Faculty Advising Award, University of Tennessee, 1996
  • Outstanding Graduate Teaching Assistant, Arizona State University, 1990
  • Outstanding Graduate Student in Finance, Arizona State University, 1990
  • Evans Scholarship, Evans Scholars Foundation, 1976