Committee Spotlight

By Jeffrey Cohen

The Auditing Section of the AAA is successful because of the many members who agree to serve on one or more of the Section’s committees.  This new column will profile the activities of one of the Section’s committees.  In this issue of The Auditor’s Report, the Auditing Research Committee is profiled.

The Charge of the Committee includes the following:

Structure: Members appointed for three-year terms, with one-third of committee membership rotating on/off each year. Chair appointed for two-year term.
Charge:

1. Investigate and promote opportunities for auditing and assurance research.
2. Foster innovations in auditing and assurance research.
3. Facilitate the communication of auditing and assurance research findings to members of the practice community.
4. Complete research-related projects assigned by the Section President and/or Executive Committee.
5. Interact with the AAA Research Advisory Committee.
6. Interact with the Auditing Standards Committee concerning their research activities.
7. Communicate the progress and results of Committee activities to Auditing Section members in appropriate ways, including but not limited to the presentation of a brief report at the Section's annual business meeting.

The 2008-2009 Committee Members include:
Jeff Cohen (Chair), Boston College
Jack Krogstad, Creighton University
Greg Jenkins, Virginia Tech
Marshall. K. Pitman, University of Texas at San Antonio
Jaime Schmidt, University of Texas at Austin
Uma Velury, University of Delaware
Marshall. K. Pitman, University of Texas at San Antonio

Targeted Activities of the Committee
The primary goals of the Committee are to promote research opportunities to our section’s members.  To accomplish these goals, the Committee is focused on a number of activities such as the following:

1. One primary objective of the committee is to develop a strategy to elevate the status of the section’s journal AJPT. We will present a plan of action to the executive committee at the 2010 Midyear Audit conference. If anyone has some suggestions on the matter, please email Jeff Cohen at the following email address: cohen@bc.edu
2. The Committee is working to have a research panel at the midyear audit conference on the topic of fraud. Details will be forthcoming.
3. The Committee is working with the CPE committee to plan and deliver a webinar during the Fall of 2009. Our presenter will be Pam Murphy of Queens University who will discuss the state of fraud research. Although the focus of the webinar will be on research, Pam will also present some teaching opportunities on the topic of fraud. Details will be forthcoming.

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