2009-2010 AAA Section, Group, and Region Officers

Gender Issues and Worklife Balance Section

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Objectives	Officers	Council Representative
Editors	Committee Chairpersons	Regional Coordinators

Objectives

The Gender Issues and Worklife Balance 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:

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;
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;
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;
Promoting equitable treatment of women in business and academia, and promoting classroom knowledge and sensitivity to gender issues;
Increasing the awareness of the policies that assist professional women and men in successfully combining career and family; and
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 and Worklife Balance Section will sponsor the following activities, consistent with American Accounting Association policy:

Sessions(s) and appropriate programs at the Annual and Regional meetings of the Association;
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
Provide assistance to members for preparation of research, educational materials and programs, employment information, and other activities as needed.

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2009-2010 Officers

President Ellen Cook B.I. Moody III College of Business Administration University of Louisiana – Lafayette PO Box 43450 Lafayette, LA 70504-3450 Phone: 337-482-6212 Fax: 337-482-5906 Email: edcook@louisiana.edu	Past President John P. Walker Department of Accounting and Information Systems Queens College–CUNY 65-30 Kissena Blvd, PH 215 Flushing, NY 11367 Phone: 718-997-5070 Email: jpvwalker@aol.com
President–Elect Don Ariail Department of Business Administration Southern Polytechnic State University 1100 S. Marietta Pkwy Marietta, GA 30060-2896 Phone: 210-240-7120 Fax: 210-921-5572 Email: dariail@spsu.edu	Secretary/Treasurer Liz Mulig University of South Florida, St. Petersburg 140 Seventh Avenue South St. Petersburg, FL 33701 Phone: 727-873-4734 Fax: 727- 873-4192 Email: mulig@stpt.usf.edu
Vice President–Research Frederick J. Feucht Department of Accounting, Finance, and Management Information Systems College of Business Prairie View A&M University P.O. Box 638 Prairie View, TX 77446 Phone: 936.857.4011 Fax: 936.857.2628 Email: fred_feucht@pvamu.edu	Vice President–Practice Hema Rao Department of Accounting, Law and Finance School of Business 313 Rich Hall SUNY–Oswego Oswego, NY 13126 Phone: 315.312.2522 Fax: 315.312.5440 Email: hrao@oswego.edu

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Council Representative

Ellen Cook
University of Louisiana – Lafayette
Phone: 337-482-6212
Email: edcook@louisiana.edu

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Editors

Webmaster
Arundhati Rao
Earl Graves School of Business & Management
Morgan State University
1700 East Cold Spring Lane
Baltimore, MD 21251
Phone: 443-885-1693
Fax: 443-885-8251
Email: arao@moac.morgan.edu

Newsletter Editor
L. Murphy Smith
Mays Business School
Department of Accounting
Texas A&M University
4353 TAMU
College Station, TX 77843-4353
Phone: 979-845-3108
Fax: 979-845-0028
Email: Lmsmith@tamu.edu
Website: http://acct.tamu.edu/smith

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Committee Chairpersons

2010 National Meeting Program Coordinator
Peggy Dwyer University of Central Florida Phone: 407-823-2588 Email: pdwyer@bus.ucf.edu	D’Arcy Becker University of Wisconsin at Eau Claire Phone: 715-210-0382 Email: dbecker@uwec.edu
Membership Coordinator Wayne G. Bremser Villanova University Phone: 610-519-4314 Email: wayne.bremser@villanova.edu	Coordinator of Regional Activities L. Murphy Smith Texas A&M University Phone: 979-845-3108 Email: Lmsmith@tamu.edu

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Regional Coordinators

Mid-Atlantic Cathy Duffy Carthage College Phone: 262-554-7657 Email: cduffy@carthage.edu	Midwest D’Arcy Becker University of Wisconsin at Eau Claire Phone: 715-210-0382 Email: dbecker@uwec.edu
Northeast Mindell R. Nitkin Simmons College Phone: 617-521-2391 Email: nitkin@simmons.edu	Ohio Susanne O’Callaghan Pace University Phone: 646-334-4021 Email: socallaghan@pace.edu
Southeast Michelle McEacharn University of Louisiana Monroe Phone: 318-342-1109 Email: mceacharn@ulm.edu	Southwest Ellen Cook University of Louisiana – Lafayette Phone: 337-482-6212 Email: edcook@louisiana.edu
Western Don Ariail Texas A & M University - Kingsville

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