The 2000 American Accounting Association Doctoral Consortium was held June 13-18 at the Granlibakken Resort in Tahoe City, California. The Consortium was attended by 71 students, including four representatives from the AAANZ (Accounting Association of Australia and New Zealand), from the EAA (European Accounting Association), KAA (Korean Accounting Association) and TAA (Taiwan Accounting Association).

The planning committee (resident faculty) consisted of: Mark DeFond (University of Southern California), Jonathan Glover (Carnegie Mellon University), Patrick Hopkins (Indiana University), Raffi Indjejikian (University of Michigan), Lillian Mills (University of Arizona), Katherine Schipper (Duke University, chair) and Linda Vincent (Northwestern University). In addition to organizing the consortium itself the planning committee was responsible for two evening sessions concerned with career development.

The program speakers consisted of: Mary Barth (Stanford University), Ronald Dye (Northwestern University), Peter Easton (Ohio State University), David Guenther (University of Colorado), Chandra Kanodia (University of Minnesota), Lisa Koonce (University of Texas, Austin), David Larcker (University of Pennsylvania), James Leisenring (Financial Accounting Standards Board), and Grace Pownall (Emory University).

Also attending were Kathy Shoztic, representing Deloitte &Touche LLP, Jennifer Francis (2001 Consortium Director), Jan Williams (AAA President) and Dee Strahan (meeting co-ordinator). Jan Williams attended several sessions and spoke at the closing dinner. Kathy Shoztic welcomed Consortium participants at the start of the Consortium and spoke of the long-standing support of the Deloitte & Touche Foundation for this activity.

The objective of the AAA doctoral consortium is "to improve the quality of future accounting education and research by enriching the experience of outstanding doctoral candidates….." Students' evaluations of the program indicate that this objective was achieved.

As in the past, resident and visiting faculty, and the AAA President Jan Williams, were very generous with their time and energy before and during the consortium. Consortium participants-both faculty and students-also owe a great deal to the AAA's headquarters staff, particularly Debbie Gardner and Diane Hazard, and the AAA's meeting planner, Dee Strahan. Their efforts are essential to the functioning of the Consortium and contributed greatly to its success.

Although each school or university who sends a student to the Consortium pays a fee, the cost of the Consortium is heavily subsidized by Deloitte & Touche LLP. Every current and past participant in the AAA Consortium has benefited greatly from their very generous and long-standing support.

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