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LeAnn Luna

LeAnn Luna

Jan R. Williams Professor

Phone 865-974-6080

Email leann@utk.edu

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Location Room - A148, Cherokee Mills , United States

Department:

Accounting & Information Management

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Biography

LeAnn Luna, is the Jan R. Williams Professor of Accounting holds a dual appointment with the Department of Accounting and Information Management and with the Boyd Center for Business and Economic Research. Her primary research interest is state and local tax policy with a focus on sales and use taxes and the state corporate income tax. Her research on e-commerce and Section 529 college savings plans has been cited by more than 150 newspapers. Dr. Luna has published in journals including, Journal of Accounting and Economics, National Tax Journal, Journal of the American Taxation Association, Public Finance Review, and a number of other journals.  She currently teaches federal tax research and contributes to a tax textbook.  Dr. Luna is a CPA and received a B.B.A. in accounting from Southern Methodist University, a Master of Taxation from the University of Denver College of Law, and her Ph.D. from the University of Tennessee.

Expertise:

Taxation

Education:

2000, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Ph.D., Accounting

1988, University of Denver College of Law, M.T., Taxation

1987, Southern Methodist University, B.B.A., Accounting

Awards/Honors
  • Rhea & Ivy Excellence in Teaching Award, 2014
  • National Tax Journal Referee of the Year Award, 2012
  • College of Business Stokely Scholar, 2009-2011
  • University of Tennessee Quest Scholar of the Week, March 7, 2011
  • College of Business Faculty Spotlight, October 2010
  • Named State Tax Notes “Person to Watch in the Next Decade,” January 11, 2010
  • Dixon Hughes Academic Promise Award, 2007
  • Named Impact Professor - University of North Carolina-Wilmington Fall 2002, 2003, 2004; Spring 2003, 2004, 2005