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Have You Registered Yet for the 2025 Audit Educator's Bootcamp?
The Auditing Section will be conducting the 2025 Audit Educators’ Bootcamp, from June 24-26, 2025 which is being hosted by PwC at their Chicago, Illinois office.
The bootcamp agenda will include discussions of current practices related to the auditing profession and provide strategies for use in the classroom. Coverage will include various topics including audit planning, internal controls, risk, materiality, and substantive testing. Earn up to 24 CPE credit hours!
Registration is limited to Auditing Section Members through May 1, 2025.
Thank you to PwC for being the Program Sponsor and Host for the 2025 Audit Educators’ Bootcamp!
We would like to thank the additional Program Sponsors for their support of programs that encourage broader consideration of the issues facing our profession and to learn how to bring those issues to the classroom:
Report of the President
2024-2025 Auditing Section President
Chad Stefaniak, University of South Carolina
Greetings from Columbia, South Carolina!
As we move into Spring, I want to thank the Executive Committee team: Jennifer Joe (Past President), Yi-Jing Wu (Vice‐President Academic), James Powell (Vice‐President Practice), Steve Perreault (Treasurer), Marcy Shepardson (Secretary), and Chad Simon (Council Representative). Everyone has been a pleasure to work with and cares greatly for the well-being of the Auditing Section and its members. They have been responsive and creative in the way they have helped lead the Section.
2026 Auditing Section Midyear Meeting
Mark Your Calendar!
January 15-17, 2026 | San Antonio, TX
Join us for the 2026 Auditing Section Midyear Meeting, an event designed to bring together professionals, academics, and thought leaders in the field of auditing. This year's meeting promises a full conference experience, featuring:
- Doctoral Consortium: Stimulate students’ research by exposing them to the latest ideas of leading researchers in auditing, and by providing opportunities for networking with other PhD students.
- Excellence in Auditing Education Workshop: Learn several teaching demonstrations on interactive ways to teach contemporary audit topics.
- Research Papers: Explore cutting-edge papers addressing critical topics in auditing, attestation, and assurance.
- Plenary/Panel Sessions: Gain insights from leading experts through thought-provoking discussions and presentations.
Awards & Honors
2022 Midyear Meeting Awards
Distinguished Service
- Jeff Cohen, Boston College
Notable Contribution to Auditing Literature
- Emily Griffith, University of Wisconsin-Madison
- Jacqueline Hammersley, University of Georgia
- Kathryn Kadous, Emory University
Innovations in Auditing and Assurance Education Award
- Michael Barnes, Truman State University
- Kathryn Enget, University at Albany, SUNY
Audit MYM Best Archival Paper
- Jade Huayu Chen, University of Arizona
Audit MYM Best Behavioral Paper
- Dereck D. Barr-Pulliam, University of Louisville
- Jennifer R. Joe, University of Delaware
- Stephani A. Mason, DePaul University
- Kerri-Ann Sanderson, Bentley University
Audit MYM Best Student Paper
- Yi Luo, Queen's University-Kingston
AJPT Best Paper Award
- Denise H. Downey, Villanova University
- Jean C. Bedard, Bentley University
AJPT Reviewer Awards
- Joshua Gunn, University of Pittsburgh
- Lauren C. Reid, Wake Forest University
- Sarah E. Stein, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Outstanding Audit Dissertation
- Tyler Kleppe, University of Arkansas
Dissertation Co-Chairs:
- Cory A. Cassell and Jonathan E. Shipman, University of Arkansas
Outstanding Audit Educator
- Karla M. Zehms
Recognizing Exemplary and Sustained Contributions to Auditing Education
Click here to see all other midyear meeting award winners
OUR SECTION 2025-2026 ELECTION
Review the Slate Prior to the Election
The Auditing Section Election voting will begin on Wednesday, May 14, 2025. Please take the time to review the slate and statements of intent HERE before the election opens.
Journal
Auditing: A Journal of Practice & Theory
The purpose of Auditing: A Journal of Practice & Theory is to contribute to improving the practice and theory of auditing. The term “auditing” is to be interpreted broadly and encompasses internal and external auditing as well as other attestation activities (phenomena). If you are a AAA member and would like to join the Auditing Section, please contact info@aaahq.org.
Current Issues in Auditing
Current Issues in Auditing is published by the Auditing Section of the American Accounting Association. To promote timely, widespread dissemination of ideas to the academic and practice communities, the journal is published online and is free to all interested parties.
Midyear Meeting
More information about 2026 coming soon!