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.
President
Yi-Jing Wu
Texas Tech University
Past President
Chad Stefaniak
The University of Mississippi
Vice President
Vice President-Academic (President-Elect)
Helen Brown-Liburd
Rutgers University School of Business - Newark
Treasurer
Kerri-Ann Sanderson
Bentley University
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
Jacqueline Hammersley
University of Georgia
AJPT Editor
Christopher Koch
University of Mainz
AJPT
Tamara Lambert
The University of Manchester
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
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
Midyear Meeting Vice Chair
Anne Albrecht
Texas Christian University
Auditing Standards Committee-Chair
Dereck Barr-Pulliam
University of Louisville
Auditing Standards Committee - Past Chair
Dereck Barr-Pulliam
University of Louisville
Annual Meeting Vice Chair
Dereck Barr-Pulliam
University of Louisville
Midyear Meeting Co-Chair
Nathan Berglund
Mississippi State University
Annual Meeting Vice Chair
Colleen Boland
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Midyear Meeting Co-Chair
Melissa Carlisle
Case Western Reserve University
Education Committee-Chair
Matthew Cobabe
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Annual Meeting Vice Chair
Amanda Convery
University of Delaware
Doctoral Consortium - Vice Chair
Lauren Cunningham
University of Tennessee-Knoxville
Committee on Scholarships for MACC Students - Vice Chair
Marcus Doxey
University of Alabama-Tuscaloosa
Audit Educator's Bootcamp - Chair/Instructor
Christine Earley
Providence College
Excellence in Auditing Education Workshop - Academic Vice Chair
Danielle Gant Booker
Loyola University - Chicago
Annual Meeting Co-Chair
Erin Hamilton
University of Nevada-Las Vegas
Committee on Scholarships for MACC Students - Chair
Erin Hawkins
Clemson University
Research Committee - Chair
Blake Holman
University of South Florida
Auditing Standards Committee - Vice Chair
Travis Holt
Auburn University
Annual Meeting Co-Chair
Andrew Imdieke
University of Notre Dame
Auditing Standards Committee - Chair
John Keyser
Arizona State University
AJPT Best Paper Award Selection Committee - Chair
Jayanthi Krishnan
Temple University
Doctoral Consortium-Chair
Tamara Lambert
The University of Manchester
Midyear Meeting Vice Chair
Stephani Mason
DePaul University
Communications Committee-Chair
Leah Muriel
University of North Florida
Outstanding Auditing Dissertation Selection Committee - Chair
Nathan Newton
Florida State University
Research Committee - Past Chair
Erin Nickell
Stetson University
Innovation in Auditing and Assurance Education Award Selection Committee - Chair
Jonathan Pyzoha
Miami University
Annual Meeting Co-Chair
Eric Rapley
Colorado State University
Excellence in Auditing Education Workshop - Academic Chair
Eric Rapley
Colorado State University
Communications Committee-Vice Chair
Kerri-Ann Sanderson
Bentley University
Audit Educator's Bootcamp - Chair/Instructor
Jason Smith
University of Nevada-Las Vegas
Outstanding Auditing Educator Award Selection Committee - Chair
Chad Stefaniak
The University of Mississippi
Nominating Committee - Chair
Chad Stefaniak
The University of Mississippi
Notable Contributions to the Auditing Literature Award Selection Committee - Chair
Kim Westermann
California Polytechnic State University - San Luis
Excellence in Auditing Education Workshop - Past Chair
Kim Westermann
California Polytechnic State University - San Luis
AJPT Best Paper Award Selection Committee - Vice Chair
Michael Wilkins
University of Kansas
Communications Committee - Vice Chair
Biyu Wu
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Midyear Meeting Vice Chair
Xinning Xiao
Monash University - Caulfield
Education Committee-Vice Chair
Aaron Zimbelman
University of South Carolina
Section Committee Member
Communications Committee
Sanaz Aghazadeh
Louisiana State University
CAQ AAP Review Committee
Christopher Agoglia
University of Massachusetts Amherst
Outstanding Auditing Educator Award Selection Committee
Bright Asante-Appiah
Lehigh University
Distinguished Service in Auditing Award Selection Committee
Mark Beasley
North Carolina State University
Outstanding Auditing Educator Award Selection Committee
Sudip Bhattacharjee
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Committee on Scholarships for MACC Students
Emily Blum
Texas A&M University - College Station
Outstanding Auditing Educator Award Selection Committee
William Buslepp
Louisiana State University
Research Committee
Lawrence Chui
University of St Thomas - Minneapolis
Notable Contributions to the Auditing Literature Award Selection Committee
Steve Dannemiller
Providence College
CAQ AAP Review Committee
Christine Earley
Providence College
Research Committee
Brent Garza
Texas A&M University - College Station
Committee on Scholarships for MACC Students
Nathan Goldman
North Carolina State University
Notable Contributions to the Auditing Literature Award Selection Committee
Jonathan Grenier
Miami University
CAQ AAP Review Committee
Jacqueline Hammersley
University of Georgia
Innovation in Auditing and Assurance Education Award Selection Committee
Matthew Hart
Texas Tech University
Research Committee
Sean Hillison
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Education Committee
Sharif Islam
Southern Illinois University - Carbondale
Outstanding Auditing Dissertation Selection Committee
James Jenkins
Auburn University
AJPT Best Paper Award Selection Committee
Yoon Ju Kang
University of Massachusetts Amherst
Notable Contributions to the Auditing Literature Award Selection Committee
Tao Ma
Texas Tech University
Auditing Standards Committee
Michelle McAllister
Northern Arizona University
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
Innovation in Auditing and Assurance Education Award Selection Committee
Velina Popova
Kennesaw State University
Distinguished Service in Auditing Award Selection Committee
Jeremy Richardson
University of North Carolina at Charlotte
AJPT Best Paper Award Selection Committee
Sarah Stuber
Texas A&M University - College Station
Outstanding Auditing Dissertation Selection Committee
Lili Sun
University of North Texas
Committee on Scholarships for MACC Students
Jenny Ulla
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Notable Contributions to the Auditing Literature Award Selection Committee
Kimberly Walker
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Distinguished Service in Auditing Award Selection Committee
Wei Zhang
University of Massachusetts Amherst
Education Committee
Dan Zhou
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Auditing Standards Committee
Aleksandra Zimmerman
Florida State University
Coordinator
Audit Educator's Bootcamp
Frank Buckless
North Carolina 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
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