Bruce K. Behn, Ph.D., CPA is the Ergen Professor of Business and CBER faculty fellow at The University of Tennessee (UT).  He joined the faculty in 1994 after completing his doctorate at Arizona State University.  Dr. Behn has a MBA from Arizona State University and a bachelor’s degree from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.  Prior to obtaining his Ph.D., he 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 has published articles in The Accounting Review, Journal of Accounting Research, Contemporary Accounting Research, Accounting Horizons, Journal of Accounting, Auditing, and Finance and a number of other journals and has served as the co-editor for the Journal of International Accounting Research and the associate editor of Issues in Accounting Education.  He is past President of the International Accounting Section of the American Accounting Association and the Federation of Schools of Accountancy.  Dr. Behn has also been the recipient of a number of teaching awards including the American Accounting Association's Innovation in Accounting Education award, UT’s Alumni Outstanding Teaching award, and the Tennessee Society of CPAs Outstanding Educator of the Year.