Associate Professor with tenure · Rutgers Business School
Accounting insight for an era of intelligent systems.
Hussein Issa studies how artificial intelligence, automation, analytics, and emerging technologies can strengthen auditing, accounting, and public-sector reporting. His work connects rigorous academic inquiry with practical questions of trust, judgment, and accountability.
2,600+Google Scholar citations
15Peer-reviewed publications
11Research, teaching & service awards
2013Rutgers Ph.D. in AIS
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Research agenda
Where emerging technology meets accountable decision-making.
A research program spanning artificial intelligence, continuous auditing, automation, public-sector transparency, and education.
Audit analytics, exception detection, and fraud
Robotic process automation
Blockchain and digital accountability
Continuous auditing and control monitoring
Government reporting and transparency
AI ethics and equitable systems
Accounting education and curriculum innovation
Selected scholarship
Ideas with reach.
Blockchain-based conceptual model for enhanced transparency in government records: A design science research approach
E. M. Alotaibi, H. Issa, and M. Codesso
International Journal of Information Management Data Insights
Find on ScholarThe ChatGPT Artificial Intelligence Chatbot: How Well Does It Answer Accounting Assessment Questions?
D. A. Wood, M. P. Achhpilia, et al., including H. Issa
Issues in Accounting Education
Find on ScholarRobotic process automation (RPA) implementation case studies in accounting: A beginning to end perspective
C. Zhang, H. Issa, A. Rozario, and J. S. Soegaard
Accounting Horizons
Find on ScholarAcademic leadership
Building the institutional capacity to use AI well.
Alongside research and teaching, Hussein helps shape AI strategy, academic technology, editorial standards, and emerging-technology programs at Rutgers and across the accounting field.
View service and leadership- 2025–presentDean’s Special Advisor for AI InitiativesRutgers Business School
- 2025–presentMember, Academic Technology Advisory CouncilRutgers University
- 2025–presentMember, IUGBE Executive Steering CommitteeRutgers Business School
- 2025–presentAssociate EditorJournal of Emerging Technologies in Accounting
Research · Teaching · Collaboration