Academic Degrees
PhD, Accounting, Emory University, 2019
MS, Accounting, Michigan State University, 2011
BS, Accounting, Shanghai University of Finance and Economics, 2009
Professional Certifications
Certified Public Accountant
Chartered Financial Analyst
Biography
Bright (Yue) Hong is an assistant professor at the School of Accountancy & MIS in the Driehus College of Business. Prior to joining DePaul, Hong was a visiting assistant professor of accounting at the University of Iowa and worked in financial accounting advisory service for Ernst & Young in New York City. Hong's current research interests focus on individual judgment and decision-making in auditing and financial reporting.
Her most recent research, which used the compatibility principle to improve audit judgments, was published in The Accounting Review, one of the top three journals in the field. She has received the Research Advisory Board Grant and the Access to Audit Personnel Grant from the Center for Audit Quality. Hong encourages her students to become independent thinkers and problem solvers in and outside of the classroom.