Biography and education
Vic Anand joined Texas State University in the summer of 2025. Previously, he worked at the Gies College of Business at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign from 2017 - 2025, and Goizueta Business School of Emory University from 2012 - 2017. He completed his PhD in Accounting at Cornell University. He also holds an MBA from Carnegie Mellon and an SB in mechanical engineering from MIT. Anand's professional experience includes serving as a senior analyst with Science Applications International Corp., a senior consultant with Deloitte Consulting, and a financial analyst and manufacturing engineer with Ford Motor Company.
Anand's research is in managerial accounting and focuses on the use of goals and targets in accounting settings, and cost systems.
Anand's research is in managerial accounting and focuses on the use of goals and targets in accounting settings, and cost systems.
Featured scholarly/creative works
- Anand, V. V. (2023). Capacity planning with limited information. Production and Operations Management, 32(9), 2740–2757. https://doi.org/10.1111/poms.14004
- Anand, V. V. (2023). Mitigating the Demotivating Effects of Frequent Unfavorable Feedback about Goal Progress. Journal of Management Accounting Research. https://doi.org/10.2308/JMAR-2021-044
- Anand, V. V. (2020). Using Python for Text Analysis in Accounting Research. Foundations and Trends in Accounting. https://doi.org/10.1561/1400000062
- Anand, V. V., & Mendoza, K. (2019). Data Analytics for Accountants Using Python and Tableau. Self-published. Retrieved from https://vanand74.github.io/Data-Analytics-Textbook
- Anand, V. V. (2019). Data Analytics for Accountants Using SQL, Excel, and Tableau. Self-published. Retrieved from https://vanand74.github.io/Accounting-Analytics-Textbook
Featured awards
- Award / Honor Recipient: List of teachers ranked as excellent by their students, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. December 2024
- Award / Honor Recipient: List of teachers ranked as excellent by their students, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. December 2023
- Award / Honor Recipient: List of teachers ranked as excellent by their students, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. December 2022
- Award / Honor Recipient: Innovation in Accounting Education Award, American Accounting Association. 2021
- Award / Honor Recipient: List of teachers ranked as excellent by their students, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. December 2021
Featured service activities
- Member
AAA Managerial Accounting Section committee for planning the teaching symposium at the midyear meeting (2021)
- Member
AAA Managerial Accounting Section, Data Analytics Task Force
- Speaker
LEADership, Education, and Development program at Goizueta Business School, Emory University
- Member
Best paper award committee for AAA Managerial Accounting Section Midyear Meeting