Dean’s Special Advisor for AI Initiatives
Rutgers Business School
Service & leadership
Institution-building for responsible innovation.
Editorial leadership, university AI strategy, professional service, and field-building across accounting information systems and emerging technology.
Appointments
Current and past leadership.
Roles are shown as listed in the December 2025 CV and are included in this private preview for time-sensitive review.
Member, Academic Technology Advisory Council
Rutgers University
Member, IUGBE Executive Steering Committee
Rutgers Business School
Associate Editor
Journal of Emerging Technologies in Accounting
Member, AI Academic Working Group
Rutgers University
Chair, AI Taskforce
Rutgers Business School
Associate Editor
International Journal of Accounting Information Systems
Coordinating Editor
Information Systems Frontiers
Chair, Technology Committee
Rutgers Business School
Member, Special Programs Committee
Rutgers Business School
Past President
AAA Strategic and Emerging Technologies Section
President
AAA Strategic and Emerging Technologies Section
President-Elect
AAA Strategic and Emerging Technologies Section
Vice President, Academic Affairs
AAA Strategic and Emerging Technologies Section
Secretary/Treasurer
AAA Strategic and Emerging Technologies Section
AAA Mid-Atlantic Region Coordinator
Government and Nonprofit Section
Chair, Midyear Meeting
AAA Strategic and Emerging Technologies Section
Chair, Web Publication Committee
AAA Strategic and Emerging Technologies Section
Special Editor, Government Reporting special section
Journal of Emerging Technologies in Accounting
Member, Web Publication Committee
AAA Strategic and Emerging Technologies Section
Chair, Membership Committee
AAA Strategic and Emerging Technologies Section
Recognition
Awards across research, teaching, and service.
Research
Government and Non-Profit Section Best Paper Award
AAA GNP Midyear Meeting
Research
Best Faculty Paper Award
AAA Strategic and Emerging Technologies
Research
Public Interest Section Best Paper Award
AAA AIS/SET Midyear Meeting
Research
Best Paper Award
AAA Strategic and Emerging Technologies
Teaching
Dean’s Meritorious Teaching Innovations Award
Rutgers Business School
Teaching
Junior Faculty Teaching Excellence Award
Rutgers Business School
Teaching
Professor of the Year Award
Beta Alpha Psi
Teaching
Academic Teaching Excellence Award
Rutgers Business School
Service
Dean’s Meritorious Service Award
Rutgers Business School
Service
Distinguished Service Award
AAA Strategic and Emerging Technologies Section
Service
Dean’s Meritorious Award for Outstanding Contribution to the RBX Initiative
Rutgers Business School
Sponsored work
Grants and research partnerships.
RPA Implementation in Accounting Firms
H. Issa and A. Zhang
Sponsored research project with a New York City accounting firmDoes a Credit-Bearing CPA Review Course Improve Exam Results?
H. Issa and A. Sannella
Rutgers University Research CouncilProfessional community
Memberships & affiliations
- American Accounting Association
- AAA AIS, Auditing, Government and Nonprofit, and Strategic and Emerging Technologies sections
- ISACA
- Association of Government Accountants
- American Institute of Certified Public Accountants
- Continuous Auditing and Reporting Lab, Rutgers Business School
Languages
Language skills
- English — fluent
- French — fluent
- Arabic — fluent
- Russian — intermediate
- Wolof — basic