Richard FrankelRichard Frankel is Nicholas Dopuch Professor of Accounting at Washington University in St. Louis. Professor Frankel has taught at Washington University in St. Louis since 2005. Prior to that, he was a professor at the MIT Sloan School of Management ad the University of Michigan. At Michigan and MIT, he received the MBA Student Awards for Teaching Excellence. His principal teaching interest is financial accounting and reporting. His research focuses on valuation using accounting numbers and on corporate managers' use of conference calls, earnings forecasts, and pro-forma earnings. Read More Read Less