Oktay Urcan

Oktay Urcan is a Professor of Accountancy and the Academic Director of iDegrees at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. He holds the Josef and Margot Lakonishok Faculty Fellowship and the Fred & Virginia Roedgers Faculty Fellowship in Accountancy. Urcan joined the university in 2014 after serving as an assistant professor at London Business School. His research focuses on archival financial accounting, particularly the relevance of accounting information in debt markets and accounting disclosures. He teaches courses such as "Accounting for Mergers and Acquisitions: Foundations" and "Financial Accounting: Advanced Topics." Urcan has received multiple accolades for his teaching excellence, including being listed among the Teachers Ranked as Excellent at Illinois.