Objectives

The purpose of the Auditing Section of the American Accounting Association is to give greater attention to the area of auditing. To fulfill this purpose, the Section has established objectives in three areas:


Education—to discuss, test, and disseminate various ways of teaching auditing and audit-related topics.


Research—to encourage, facilitate, and publicize research interests and projects in the audit area.


Profession—to create an opportunity for closer association between the profession and those who instruct in the field.

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President

Chad Stefaniak
University of South Carolina

Past President

Jennifer Joe
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Vice President

Vice President-Academic
Yi-Jing Wu
Texas Tech University

Treasurer

Steve Perreault
Providence College

Secretary

Marcy Shepardson
Indiana University - Bloomington

Council Representative

Chad Simon
Utah State University

Editor

AJPT
Kenneth Bills
Michigan State University
AJPT
Brant Christensen
Brigham Young University
Co-Editor, Practice, Current Issues in Auditing
Steven Davis
Ernst & Young Foundation
AJPT
Matthew Ege
Texas A&M University - College Station
AJPT
Anna Gold
Vrije University Amsterdam
AJPT Editor
Emily Griffith
University of Wisconsin-Madison
AJPT
Jacqueline Hammersley
University of Georgia
AJPT Editor
Christopher Koch
University of Mainz
AJPT
Tamara Lambert
Lehigh University
AJPT Editor
Linda Myers
University of Tennessee-Knoxville
AJPT
Nathan Newton
Florida State University
AJPT Editor
Jaime Schmidt
The University of Texas at Austin
AJPT
Sarah Stein
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
AJPT Editor
Quinn Swanquist
University of Alabama
AJPT
Kim Westermann
California Polytechnic State University - San Luis
Senior Editor-Auditing: A Journal of Practice & Theory
Michael Wilkins
University of Kansas
Academic Co-Editor, Current Issues in Auditing
Nicole Wright
James Madison University
Yuping Zhao
University of Houston

Chairperson

Auditing Standards Committee-Chair
Dereck Barr-Pulliam
University of Louisville
Research Committee-Past Chair
Brant Christensen
Brigham Young University
Research Committee-Vice Chair
Blake Holman
University of Central Florida
Auditing Standards Committee-Vice Chair
John Keyser
Case Western Reserve University
Communications Committee-Chair
Leah Muriel
University of North Florida
Communications Committee-Vice Chair
Kerri-Ann Sanderson
Bentley University
Committee on Scholarships for MACC Students-Chair
D. Scott Showalter
North Carolina State University
Education Committee-Vice Chair
Aaron Zimbelman
University of South Carolina

Section Committee Member

Committee on Scholarships for MACC Students
Emily Blum
Texas A&M University - College Station
Auditing Standards Committee
Colleen Boland
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Auditing Standards Committee
Sean Dennis
University of Central Florida
Committee on Scholarships for MACC Students
Marcus Doxey
University of Alabama-Tuscaloosa
Research Committee
Brent Garza
Texas A&M University - College Station
Committee on Scholarships for MACC Students
Nathan Goldman
North Carolina State University
Committee on Scholarships for MACC Students
Erin Hawkins
Clemson University
Communications Committee
Aretha Hill
Alabama A&M University
Research Committee
Sean Hillison
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Education Committee
Sharif Islam
Southern Illinois University - Carbondale
Education Committee
Leigh Moon
Illinois Wesleyan University
Research Committee-Chair
Erin Nickell
Stetson University
Committee on Scholarships for MACC Students
Jeffrey Pickerd
Brigham Young University
Research Committee
Quinn Swanquist
University of Alabama
Committee on Scholarships for MACC Students
Jenny Ulla
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Communications Committee
Biyu Wu
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Education Committee
Dan Zhou
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Auditing Standards Committee
Aleksandra Zimmerman
Florida State University

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!