American Accounting Association

2000-2001

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, AICPA 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. Evaluate and follow-up on results of 1999-2001 member survey.
  4. Provide a progress report to the Executive Committee liaison in time to be included in the agenda book for each Executive Committee meeting.

Chair:

Professor Ida Robinson-Backmon
Department of Accounting
School of Business & Economics
1601 East Market Street
North Carolina A&T State University
Greensboro, NC 27411
Phone: (336) 334-7581, Ext. 6004
Fax: (336) 334-7093
Email: robinsi@ncat.edu

Members:

Barbara L. Adams, South Carolina State University
Pervaiz Alam, Kent State University
Charles D. Bailey, University of Central Florida
Quinton Booker, Jackson State University
Mark Hale, Blinn College
Linda Holmes, Grambling State University
Alicia Jackson, Tuskegee University
Janice R. Mereba, Delaware State University

Executive Committee Liaison:

Grace Pownall
AAA Vice-President
Emory University

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