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Haresh Sapra is the Charles T. Horngren Professor of Accounting at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business specializing in the real effects of accounting disclosure and measurement rules. He is currently a co-editor of the Journal of Accounting Research.

Sapra is applied theorist who is best known for his research on the impact of mark-to-market accounting on bank stability and the role of accounting conservatism on debt contracting. . His current research on the impact on loan loss provisioning models such as the Current Expected Credit Loss Model (CECL) on banking regulation has received a lot of attention.

An award winning teacher who has won numerous teaching awards in all the degree programs at Chicago Booth, Sapra has been named one of the top-ranked professors in BusinessWeek's Guide to the Top Business Schools. Sapra is an avid marathon runner and has completed over thirty marathons with a personal best time of 2:53:06.3

Education
Sapra graduated from the University of Houston with a Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting in 1991. In 2000, Sapra earned a PhD in Business Administration from the University of Minnesota.

Career
Haresh B. Sapra has been a member of the faculty at the University of Chicago since 2000. He has been a visiting professor at Imperial College London. Currently, Sapra is the Charles T. Horngren Professor of Accounting at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business.