2009 Southwest Regional/FBD Meeting Oklahoma City, Oklahoma FBD – February 24-28, 2009 SWAAA – February 26-28, 2009

Call for Submissions

Members of the American Accounting Association, academicians, practitioners, and doctoral students are invited to participate in the 2009 AAA Southwest Regional Meeting held in conjunction with the FBD meeting at the Renaissance Hotel in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
Participation is invited in the following segments of the meeting:

• Completed papers
• Proposals for panel discussions, workshops, and emerging research
• Proposals for CPE (1.5 hour or 3 hour sessions)
• Teaching strategies forum

Papers, panels, and CPE may encompass any topical area of accounting and may be theoretical or practice-oriented. The program will be structured around the best submissions. The papers will be sent out for "blind referee review." Completed submissions should be received in electronic form no later than October 16, 2008 (EXTENDED DEADLINE).

To submit any of the above for consideration, send an e-mail with the submission as a Word file attachment to the program chair at tmarsh@sfasu.edu. Do not include any author identification on the Word file attachment. However, the e-mail should contain the following:

• Name(s) (Please indicate the contact author)
• Position/Title
• Affiliation
• Complete mailing address
• Telephone numbers (office/fax)
• E-mail address

The topic area of the submission from the list below:

• Accounting, Behavior and Organizations
• Accounting History
• Auditing
• Financial Accounting and Reporting
• Gender Issues in Accounting
• Government and Nonprofit
• Information Systems
• International Accounting
• Management Accounting
• Personal Financial Planning
• Public Interest
• Strategic and Emerging Technologies
• Taxation
• Teaching and Curriculum
• Two-Year College
• Other (Please specify)

Authors may choose whether to publish an abstract or the paper (no more than 10 pages in length) in the meeting proceedings.  Papers may also have been submitted to the American Accounting Association National meeting, but should not have been published elsewhere before the Southwest meeting.
CPE sessions will be scheduled for Thursday afternoon, February 26. Paper presentations, panels, teaching strategies forum, and workshops will be scheduled for Thursday, February 26, Friday, February 27 and Saturday morning, February 28.
In addition, this call solicits participants who will serve as:

• Discussant
• Reviewer
• Session Moderator

If you wish to participate as a reviewer, discussant or moderator, please email the program chair and indicate your interest/preference as a discussant, reviewer, or session moderator and the area in which you would like to participate.
Special Awards
The following awards are expected to be given at the meeting:

1. FBD Outstanding Paper Award
2. Best Education Research Paper and Creative Teaching Award (Both Awards Sponsored by the Teaching and Curriculum Section)

2009 SWAAA Program Chair Contact Information:
Treba Marsh
Gerald W. Schlief School of Accountancy
Stephen F. Austin State University
Box 13005 SFA Station
Nacogdoches, TX  75962
Phone:  936-468-1744
Fax:  936-468-1482
E-Mail:  tmarsh@sfasu.edu

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