Objectives

The purpose of the Auditing Section of the American Accounting Association is to give greater attention to the area of auditing. To fulfill this purpose, the Section has established objectives in three areas:


Education—to discuss, test, and disseminate various ways of teaching auditing and audit-related topics.


Research—to encourage, facilitate, and publicize research interests and projects in the audit area.


Profession—to create an opportunity for closer association between the profession and those who instruct in the field.

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President

Jennifer Joe
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Past President

Allen Blay
Florida State University

Vice President - Practice

Margot Cella
Center for Audit Quality

Vice President-Academic

Chad Stefaniak
University of South Carolina

Treasurer

Steve Perreault
Providence College

Secretary

Kenneth Bills
Michigan State University

Council Representative

Chad Simon
Utah State University

Editor

AJPT
Kenneth Bills
Michigan State University
AJPT
Brant Christensen
Brigham Young University
Co-Editor, Practice, Current Issues in Auditing
Steven Davis
Ernst & Young Foundation
AJPT
Matthew Ege
Texas A&M University - College Station
AJPT
Anna Gold
Vrije University Amsterdam
AJPT Editor
Emily Griffith
University of Wisconsin-Madison
AJPT
Jacqueline Hammersley
University of Georgia
AJPT Editor
Christopher Koch
University of Mainz
AJPT
Tamara Lambert
Lehigh University
AJPT Editor
Linda Myers
University of Tennessee-Knoxville
AJPT
Vic Naiker
The University of Melbourne
AJPT
Nathan Newton
Florida State University
AJPT Editor
Jaime Schmidt
The University of Texas at Austin
AJPT
Sarah Stein
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
AJPT Editor
Quinn Swanquist
University of Alabama
AJPT
Kim Westermann
California Polytechnic State University - San Luis
Senior Editor-Auditing: A Journal of Practice & Theory
Michael Wilkins
University of Kansas
Academic Co-Editor, Current Issues in Auditing
Nicole Wright
James Madison University
Yuping Zhao
University of Houston

Historian

Karla Zehms
University of Wisconsin-Madison

Chairperson

AAA Annual Meeting-Co-Chair
Nathan Berglund
Mississippi State University
Nominations Committee-Chair
Allen Blay
Florida State University
AAA Annual Meeting-Co-Chair
Melissa Carlisle
Case Western Reserve University
AAA Annual Meeting-Co-Chair
Zachary Kowaleski
The University of Texas at Austin

Section Committee Member

Nominations Committee
Denise Downey
Villanova University
Nominations Committee
Chris Hogan
Michigan State University
Nominations Committee
Stephani Mason
DePaul University

Journal

Auditing: A Journal of Practice & Theory

Auditing: A Journal of Practice & Theory (AJPT) is available electronically to members of the Auditing Section. If you are a AAA member and would like to join the Auditing Section, please contact AAA Headquarters.

AJPT Citation Indices (Updated 02/2020):
Impact Factor: 2.108
5-yr Impact Factor: 3.854
CiteScore: 4.00
SNIP: 1.706
SJR: 1.822

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Current Issues in Auditing

Current Issues in Auditing is published by the Auditing Section of the American Accounting Association. To promote timely, widespread dissemination of ideas to the academic and practice communities, the journal is published online and is free to all interested parties.

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Midyear Meeting

 

2024 Auditing Section Midyear Meeting was a Great Success! 

Check back here for updates for our 2025 meeting