Brian J Bushee

Brian Bushee is the Geoffrey T. Boisi Professor of Accounting at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. With a diverse background in academia and industry, he joined Wharton in 2000 after holding positions at Harvard Business School and the University of Chicago. Bushee's professional experience includes roles as a Senior Credit Analyst at CoreStates Financial Corp. and a National Office Researcher at Coopers and Lybrand L.L.P. He holds a Ph.D. from the University of Michigan and an A.B. from Duke University. Professor Bushee's research focuses on the impact of information intermediaries, such as institutional investors, sell-side analysts, and the business press, on corporate disclosure decisions and stock market pricing of information. He teaches an MBA elective on Problems in Financial Reporting and has taught introductory financial accounting courses at Wharton, Harvard, and Chicago. Bushee is also involved in the Wharton Seminar for Business Journalists and various Wharton Executive Education Programs. His teaching excellence has been recognized with the MBA Excellence in Teaching Award and the Helen Kardon Moss Anvil Award, highlighting his outstanding contributions to education at Wharton.