Dr. Anthony Hannah

Associate Professor

Office: College of Business T-253
Accounting, Economics, and Finance
College of Business
ahannah1@clayton.edu
Phone: (678) 466-4530

Biography

Dr. Anthony Hannah is an Associate Professor of Accounting in the College of Business at Clayton State University. He plays an active role in university service, contributing to multiple college and institutional committees. In addition to his teaching and service commitments, Dr. Hannah serves as the faculty advisor for the Accounting Club and as the faculty coordinator for the university’s Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) Program, which provides valuable community tax services and experiential learning opportunities for students.

Dr. Hannah’s research interests include accounting culture, data analytics, accounting information systems and ERP system selection, financial reporting, and management decision-making. His work integrates theory and practice to enhance organizational decision processes and advance the understanding of accounting systems within diverse cultural and technological contexts.

Education

DBA, Accounting, Jacksonville University, 2018

MBA, Accounting, Saint Leo University, 2010

BS, Accounting, Albany State University, 2006

Intellectual Contributions

Lou X Orchard, Dustin Micah Grant, Anthony Hannah, "Teaching a HyFlex Class for the First Time: What to Expect" , Journal of Research in Business Education (published by the National Business Education Association) – June 2025

Iryna Hayduk, Reza Kheirandish, Anthony Hannah, Labor Market Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic in Clayton County, SAM – May 2023

Leon Prieto, Simone Phipps, Stacey Reynolds, Anthony Hannah, Facilitating a Culture of Sustainable Innovation: A Cooperative Advantage Perspective, Strategic HR Review – January 2023

Anthony Hannah, Mario V. Norman, Kimberly Johnson, Increasing Cultural Competency to Reduce Bias in the Business Ecosystem, Journal of Business Diversity – May 2023

Anthony Hannah, Mario V. Norman , Kimberly Johnson, The Influence of Cultural Competency in Accounting, Strategic HR Review / Emerald Publishing – September 8 2022

Contracts, Grants, and Sponsored Research

Anthony Hannah, Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) Program, United Way --> IRS, Other, 2500, Funded – January 2024 to April 2024

Anthony Hannah, Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) Program, United Way --> IRS, Other, 3500, Funded – January 2023 to April 2023

Reza Kheirandish, Iryna Hayduk, Anthony Hannah, Md Rokonuzzaman, CREST Grant, Federal, 40000, Funded – January 2022 to December 2022

Anthony Hannah, President Mini-Grant: Increasing African American and Minority Certified Public Accountants, Clayton State University, Clayton State University, 3000, Funded – December 2021 to June 2022

Presentations

Anthony Hannah, Mario V. Norman, Kimberly Johnson, Increasing Cultural Competency to Reduce Bias in the Business Ecosystem , Academy of Business Research Fall 2022 Conference, Academy of Business Research – November 2 2022

Anthony Hannah, A Framework for Business Analytics in Entrepreneurship, USASBE 2021, United States Association for Small Business and Entrepreneurship. – December 2021

Anthony Hannah, VITA Service Learning, Community Engagement and Tax Compliance During COVID-19, SEALSB, Southeastern Academy of Legal Studies in Business – November 2021

Reza Kheirandish, Anthony Hannah, Iryna Hayduk, Brian Hunt, Carin Lightner-Laws, Kamran Moghaddam, Russell Spears, Creating an EXCEL/Analytics Spine in the BBA Curriculum, SAM International Business Conference, Society for Advancement of Management (SAM) – March 20 2021

Service to the University & University System of Georgia

University, Faculty Affairs Committee, Committee Chair – Fall 2025 to Present

University, Faculty Senate, Committee Member – August 2022 to December 2025

University, Student Affairs Committee, Committee Member – Fall 2023 to Fall 2025

University, University Hearing Panel, Committee Member – August 2020 to December 2025

College, Curriculum Committee, Committee Member – March 2021 to Present

College, Strategic initiative Incorporating Analytics into BBA, Committee Member – August 2020 to Present

Teaching Interest

Tax Accounting
Financial Accounting
Management Accounting
Accounting Information Systems
Internship/Co-Op

Research Interest

Accounting, Big Data, Tax Analytics
Accounting Culture
Accounting Demographics & Ethics
Business Ecosystems
Enterprise Resource Planning
ERP System selection
Financial Reporting
Financial Management & Transformation
Management Decision-Making