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.
Officers
| President Jay Thibodeau Bentley University Phone: 781-891-2564 jthibodeau@bentley.edu | Past President Mark Taylor Case Western Reserve University Phone: 216-368-2073 mht17@case.edu |
| Vice President - Academic Chris Hogan Michigan State University Phone: 517-353-8647 hogan@bus.msu.edu | Vice President - Practice Steven Meisel Pricewaterhouse Coopers LLP steve.meisel@us.pwc.com |
| Treasurer Christine Earley Providence College Phone: 401-865-2056 cearley@providence.edu | Secretary Mark Zimbelman Brigham Young University Phone: 801-422-1227 mz@byu.edu |
| Historian Scott Showalter North Carolina State University Phone: 919-513-0526 scott_showalter@ncsu.edu | Council Representative Audrey Gramling Colorado State University Audrey.Gramling@business.colostate.edu |
Editors
| Auditing: A Journal of Practice & Theory | |
| Senior Editor: Jeff Cohen Boston College Phone: 617-552-3165 jeffrey.cohen.1@bc.edu | |
| Editors: | |
| Yves Gendron Laval University yves.gendron@fsa.ulaval.ca | Jacqueline Hammersley University of Georgia Phone: 706-542-3500 jhammers@uga.edu |
| David Hay University of Auckland d.hay@auckland.ac.nz | Rani Hoitash Bentley University Phone: 781-891-2588 rhoitash@bentley.edu |
| Jennifer Joe University of Delaware Phone: 302-831-6002 jjoe@udel.edu | Karla Johnstone University of Wisconsin at Madison Phone: 608-262-3544 kjohnstone@bus.wisc.edu |
| Vic Naiker Monash University vic.naiker@monash.edu | Susan Scholz |
| Greg Trompeter University of Central Florida Phone: 407-823-2150 trompete@ucf.edu | Marleen Willekens Catholic University of Leuven Phone: +32 1 632 6932 Marleen.Willekens@econ.kuleuven.be |
| The Auditor's Report | |
| Editor: Larry Abbott Department of Accounting University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee School of Business Administration 3202 N. Maryland Milwaukee, WI 53201 abbottl@uwm.edu | Associate Editor: Tamara Lambert Isenberg School of Management University of Massachusetts Amherst Amherst, MA 01003 Phone: 413-545-5653 tlambert@som.umass.edu |
| Current Issues in Auditing | |
| Co-Editors: | |
| Dorsey Baskin Grant Thornton 1717 Main St. Suite 1500 Dallas, TX 75201-9436 Phone: 241-561-2300 Dorsey.baskin@gt.com | Greg Jenkins |
| Other | |
| Webmaster Glen L. Gray California State University, Northridge Phone: 818-677-3948 glen.gray@csun.edu | Section Photographer Julia Higgs Florida Atlantic University Phone: 561-297-3663 jhiggs@fau.edu |
Committee Chairpersons
| Annual Meeting Committee Co-Director 2015 Jayanthi Krishnan Temple Univeristy Phone: 215-204-3085 jaykrish@temple.edu | Annual Meeting Committee Co-Director 2015 |
| Annual Meeting Committee Co-Director 2015 Scott Showalter North Carolina State University Phone: 919-513-0526 scott_showalter@ncsu.edu | |
| Annual Meeting Committee Vice Director 2015 | Annual Meeting Committee Vice Director 2015 |
| Annual Meeting Committee Vice Director 2015 | Annual Meeting Committee Analytical Program Specialist 2015 |
| Midyear Meeting Committee Co-Chair 2015 | Midyear Meeting Committee Co-Chair 2015 |
| Midyear Meeting Committee Vice-Chair 2015 | Midyear Meeting Committee Vice-Chair 2015 |
| Auditing Doctoral Consortium Committee Chairperson 2015 | Auditing Doctoral Consortium Committee Vice-Chairperson 2015 |
| Auditing Standards Committee | Communications Committee Chad Stefaniak Central Michigan University Phone: 989-774-2353 Chad.Stefaniak@cmich.edu |
| Education Committee | Research Committee Natalia Kochetova Saint Mary’s University Phone: 902-420-5800 Natalia.K@smu.ca |
| Membership and Regional Coordinators Committee | Nominations Committee Roger Martin University of Virginia Phone: 434-982-2182 rdm3h@virginia.edu |
| Notable Contributions to the Auditing Literature Award Selection Committee | Outstanding Auditing Dissertation |
| Outstanding Educator Award | Innovation in Auditing and Assurance Education Award Selection Committee |
| Distinguished Service in Auditing Award Selection Committee | AJPT Awards |
Regional Coordinators
| Chair Chad Simon Utah State University Phone: 435-797-9055 chad.simon@usu.edu | Mid-Atlantic Region James McKinney University of Maryland Phone: 301-405-2217 jmckinney@rhsmith.umd.edu |
| Midwest Region Lawrence Chui University of St. Thomas Phone: 651-962-5442 Lawrence.chui@stthomas.edu | Northeast Region Benjamin Luippold Babson College Phone: 781-239-5995 bluippold@babson.edu |
| Ohio Region Ben Hoffman Kent State University Phone: 332-672-1120 bhoffm11@kent.edu | Southeastern Region Aretha Hill Florida A & M University Phone: 850-599-8331 hillaretha@aol.com |
| Southwest Region Lili Sun University of North Texas Phone: 940 565-3077 Lili.Sun@unt.edu | Western Region Kathleen Rupley Portland State University Phone: 503-725-3133 rupleyk@pdx.edu |
| International Anastasia Maggina anastasiamaggina@yahoo.gr |