American Taxation Association

2009 Announcement & Call	2009 pdf file
2009 Student Application	2009 pdf file or 2009 Word doc	Due date: November 14, 2008
2008 Additional travel funding	Ernst & Young JATA Conference Travel Grants	Click here for information on the EY Travel Grants (appl. deadline 1/30/09)

Chair:	Susan Porter
Assistant Chair:	Raquel Alexander
	Link to Committee information
	PhD Students - photos

Assigned Readings for ATA Doctoral Consortium

for Panel Discussion “Getting ready for the job market – choosing the right school”	Butler, Alexander W. and Crack, Timothy Falcon, The Academic Job Market in Finance: A Rookie's Guide - 2006 Supplement (July 21, 2006). Available for download at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=918709 Butler, Alexander W. and Crack, Timothy Falcon, The Academic Job Market in Finance: A Rookie's Guide (September 7, 2004). Available for download at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=588561
for Reviewing Manuscripts	Advance Readings for John Robinson's Reviewing Manuscripts session. Click here to download the readings list and readings (zipped together).

FINAL PROGRAM
2009 KPMG/ATA Tax Doctoral Consortium
Orlando, Florida
Thursday, February 19, 2009

7:30 – 8:30         Continental Breakfast
8:30 – 8:35         Introduction:

8:35 – 9:25         Reviewing Manuscripts - John Robinson, University of Texas at Austin (PowerPoint slides)
9:25 – 9:45         Breakout groups answering questions regarding the review process
9:45 – 10:00       Break

10:00 – 11:00     Teaching using the case method – Mary Margaret Frank, University of Virginia (PowerPoint slides)
11:00 – 11:20     Breakout groups answering questions regarding teaching
11:20 – 11:35     Break

11:35 – 12:30     Panel Discussion –Getting ready for the job market – choosing the right school (PowerPoint slides)
(Yvonne Hinson, Wake Forest University;  Steve Gill, San Diego State University;  Sue Porter, University of Virginia;  and Ryan Wilson, University of Iowa)

12:30 – 1:30       Lunch

1:30 – 2:25         Importance of networking – insights into the ATA and the NTA – LeAnn Luna, University of Tennessee (PowerPoint slides)
2:25 – 2:45         Breakout groups answering questions about experiences with networking
2:40 – 3:00         Break

3:00 – 3:50         If I could do it over again. . . – Connie Weaver, Texas A&M (PowerPoint slides)
3:50 – 4:10         Breakout groups answering questions regarding managing your career
4:10 – 4:30         Break

4:30 – 5:30         Submitting your research – Tom Omer, Texas A&M, Associate Editor, The Accounting Review

6:00                    Off site Dinner – Wolfgang Puck’s – Downtown Disney