Gender Issues in Accounting

Objectives
The Gender Issues in Accounting Section of the American Accounting Association has the overall objective of facilitating interaction among Association members regarding gender issues as they relate to accounting practice, research, and education. Specific objectives include, but are not limited to:

1. Promoting knowledge and encouraging research in gender issues by identifying areas in need of research, facilitating the exchange of ideas and findings, and providing opportunities for exposure of research results;
2. Fostering opportunities to enrich women’s professional lives so they may reach their full potential as scholars and practitioners; facilitating increased participation of women in professional conferences, committees, and editorial boards of publications;
3. Providing a forum in which Association men and women can discuss the impact of women’s increased participation in the workforce, and encouraging interdisciplinary exchanges between accountants and members of other learned groups;
4. Promoting equitable treatment of women in business and academia, and promoting classroom knowledge and sensitivity to gender issues;
5. Increasing the awareness of the policies that assist professional women and men in successfully combining career and family; and
6. Determining to explore those areas in which accountants’ unique financial expertise can improve the economic and social well-being of women and men in contemporary society.

In order to meet its objectives, the Gender Issues in Accounting Section will sponsor the following activities, consistent with American Accounting Association policy:

1. Sessions(s) and appropriate programs at the Annual and Regional meetings of the Association;
2. Publication of a newsletter to disseminate information regarding members’ research, forthcoming Association programs, accounting conferences of interest, topics for potential research, and other relevant issues; and
3. Provide assistance to members for preparation of research, educational materials and programs, employment information, and other activities as needed.

Membership: 319

Dues: $10

2001–2002 Officers

Chairperson
Peggy D. Dwyer
School of Accounting
University of Central Florida
4000 Central Florida Boulevard
Orlando, FL 32816
Phone: (407) 823-2588
Fax: (407) 823-3881
Email: peggy.dwyer@bus.ucf.edu

Chairperson-Elect
Joann Noe Cross
Accounting Team Leader
College of Business Administration
University of Wisconsin–Oshkosh
Oshkosh, WI 54901
Phone: (920) 424-1311
Fax: (920) 424-7413
Email: crossj@vaxa.cis.uwosh.edu

Secretary/Treasurer
Suzanne Pinac-Ward
College of Business Administration
Box 43450
University of Southwestern Louisiana
Hebrard Boulevard
Lafayette, LA 70504-3450
Phone: (318) 482-6085
Fax: (318) 482-5906
Email: spw6813@louisiana.edu

Director of Research
Wayne G. Bremser
Department of Accountancy
College of Commerce and Finance
Villanova University
Villanova, PA 19085
Phone: (610) 519-4314
Fax: (610) 519-5204
Email: drwayne@Bremser.com

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