Richard F. Kochanek, Ph.D., is an emeritus professor of accounting in the School of Business at the University of Connecticut. Professor Kochanek received his B.B.A. and MBA degrees from the University of Massachusetts and his Ph.D. from the University of Missouri. He joined the accounting faculty at the University of Connecticut in 1972. Although he has taught a variety of undergraduate and graduate courses, his primary teaching responsibility has been the accounting principles course. Professor Kochanek has received every outstanding teaching award the University of Connecticut offers. These include outstanding accounting professor, outstanding professor in the School of Business, the United Technologies Corporation outstanding undergraduate teaching award, outstanding MBA professor, and the Alumni Award for the outstanding teacher at the University of Connecticut. He was one of the first four faculty named as "University Teaching Fellows." Professor Kochanek has published in The Accounting Review, Accounting Horizons, Management Accounting, The CPA Journal, and Financial Executive. He is a recipient of the Competitive Manuscript Contest Award of the American Accounting Association. Professor Kochanek has been a faculty intern with Price Waterhouse, and has conducted executive seminars in financial reporting issues for banks, insurance companies, manufacturing companies, and public accounting firms.
