The Accounting Educator

The Newsletter of the Teaching and Curriculum Section
American Accounting Association
Vol. XII No. 3 – Spring 2003

REPORT OF THE PROGRAM CHAIR
ANNUAL MEETING, 2003

TIM FOGARTY

The T&C Section received 90 research papers and 8 panel or special presentation proposals for the 2003 Annual Meeting in Hawaii. This larger-than-average level of interest probably reflected the desire on the part of the membership to go to this year's meeting location. Accordingly, my job was to facilitate the process. To do this, I decided that all sessions allocated to the Section would be used for research papers. This maximizes the number of our members that can be on the program. AAA allocated the Section 10 Concurrent Sessions, and 7 Forum slots. Therefore, 37 papers were accepted for inclusion. The membership will be happy with the resulting sessions, with both familiar and cutting-edge research.

It may go without saying (but should not be neglected) that this was possible only through the tireless efforts of a large number of reviewers. The depth of talent in this Section allowed this participation opportunity to be shared so that nobody had to review more than a single paper. All people that volunteered for moderator or discussant slots were accommodated.

The special sessions were reviewed by the Program Chair for inclusion on the program outside of the T&C Section allotment. One panel was chosen for these purposes. Furthermore, the subject matter of another proposal (the AAA's continuation as a publisher of education research) has been commandeered by others.

In short, T&C will be well represented in Hawaii. Come join the fun!


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