American Accounting Association

1999 - 2000

Minority Faculty Development Committee

Charge:

To coordinate Association activities with respect to minority recruitment and development. Specifically:

  1. To identify issues of broad concern to minority faculty members and suggest ways the Association can help address these issues.
  2. To explore ways in which potential minority candidates can be encouraged to apply to accounting programs and pursue professional careers in accounting education, including liaison with the KPMG Ph.D. project, NABA, INROADS and other groups interested in minority issues, and suggest ways the AAA can assist or work with them or can benefit from their work.
  3. Provide the Executive Committee, through the designated liaison person, reports on the committee's activities for each Executive Committee meeting (dates to be determined).

Chair:

Ida B. Backmon
Department of Accounting
School Business & Economics
North Carolina A&T State University
Greensboro, NC 27411
Phone: (910) 334-7581, Ext. 6004
Fax: (910) 334-7093
Email: robinsi@athena.ncat.edu

Members:

Quinton Booker, Jackson State University
Ruth W. Epps, Virginia Commonwealth University
Fred A. Jacobs, Georgia State University
Jennifer Joe, University of Pittsburgh
Janice R. Mereba, Temple University
Bernard J. Milano, KPMG Peat Marwick
Georgia C. Saemann, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Daniel Shim, Sacred Heart University

Executive Committee Liaison:

Grace Pownall
AAA Vice-President
Emory University

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