Dr. Alan He is an assistant professor of accounting at the Judd Leighton School of Business and Economics. Joining the Leighton faculty in 2025, Dr. He is excited to bring his prior working experience, especially his tax planning experience as a business owner, to the students at IUSB. Dr. He is also a certified management accountant (CMA).

Dr. He is an active researcher. His primary research interest is in behavioral managerial topics and teaching cases that enrich accounting courses. His research has been published in Journal of Forensic Accounting Research.

Teaching Interests

Individual Taxation
Entity Taxation
Financial Accounting
Managerial Accounting

Research Interests

Incentives and performance feedback
Target setting
Subjective evaluation
Teaching cases

Courses taught at IU South Bend

Bus-A 201: INTRO TO FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING
Bus-A 202: INTRO TO MANAGERIAL ACCOUNTING
Bus-A 207: INTRO TO MANAGRL ACCT-HONORS

Awards

2023 AAA Best Paper Award