Education/Professional Certification:

JD, Boston College; AB, Mount Holyoke College

Areas of Expertise:

Professor Pancak is interested in real estate law issues. Her current research focuses on brokerage, and she develops prelicensing and continuing education course materials for real estate licensees. Other areas of interest include real estate agency, personal finance, and online education.

Biography:

Katherine Pancak is Professor in Residence of Finance and Real Estate at the University of Connecticut at Stamford. Her specialties are real estate law and distance education. She teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in finance and real estate, including Financial Management, Personal Finance, and Real Estate Principles.

Professor Pancak has been on the forefront of using technology in the classroom. She incorporates an online class site into all of her traditional courses, not to replace traditional learning, but to supplement it and to make the learning experience more flexible for today's students. She also developed and taught the first online graduate business course for the University, as well as an online undergraduate course. Both of these courses have been highly acclaimed by students and are always oversubscribed. The School of Business has honored Professor Pancak for her dedication to her students, by naming her the recipient of the the 2004 and 1998 School of Business Undergraduate Teaching Awards and the 2001 School of Business Innovation in Teaching Award.

In addition to teaching, Professor Pancak conducts research on real estate law topics and has been published in a variety of real estate journals and law reviews, including the Journal of Real Estate Research, the Journal of Real Estate Finance and Economics, the Real Estate Law Journal, and the Boston College Environmental Law Review. She is the author of Connecticut Real Estate: Law and Practice, Consulting Editor of Real Estate Fundamentals, and former President of the Connecticut Real Estate Educators Association.

Professor Pancak has a distinguished record of service to both the University and Connecticut real estate professional community. She is currently the Stamford Campus Business School Undergraduate Liaison, and a member of the the Stamford Campus Coordinating Council. She has conducted over 30 semi-annual Real Estate Instructors Seminars for Connecticut real estate prelicensing and continuing education instructors, “teaching the teachers” about real estate trends, regulatory changes, and creative pedagogy. She has developed numerous instructional materials for real estate educators, including a two real estate courses that won the National Award for Best Continuing Education Program by the Association of Real Estate Licensing Law Officials. An advisor to the Connecticut Real Estate Commission, Professor Pancak has developed extensive material for the state Commission, including legal interpretations of and policies on licensing law issues, as well as annual handbooks on the state licensing law. Professor Pancak was awarded the 2003 School of Business Service/Outreach Award and the 1997 Finance Department Outstanding Service Award.

Professor Pancak received her undergraduate degree in Economics cum laude from Mount Holyoke College, and her law degree cum laude from Boston College Law School. Prior to joining the University faculty, she was a practicing corporate real estate attorney with the law firm of Robinson & Cole in Connecticut.