Teaching, Learning and Curriculum | American Accounting Association

Objectives

The Teaching, Learning and Curriculum Section is dedicated to the continual improvement of accounting education, especially through the development of relevant and innovative curricula, a renewed emphasis of effective and efficient instruction, and the exploration of knowledge-organization issues related to accounting programs. Specific objectives include, but are not limited to:

Teaching:
1. To foster research in methods of learning and their application to the field of accounting instruction;
2. To stimulate discussion and experimentation in instructional means, methods, and materials in general;
3. To raise questions and to disseminate knowledge about teaching and teaching-related materials;
4. To initiate, encourage, and sponsor research in methods of learning and in the improvement of skills and aids used to impart knowledge of accounting and of related fields; and
5. To provide guidance and opportunities for members to both test and improve their teaching skills and instructional materials.
Curriculum matters:
1. To encourage continued consideration of and experimentation in all facets of curriculum development for accounting programs; and
2. To communicate interests, intentions, and information about curriculum developments in accounting programs.
Education:
1. To encourage a broad definition of scholarship that includes a high priority on teaching and curriculum development;
2. To provide a forum for the exchange of ideas and findings about developments related to instruction and curriculum issues in accounting education;
3. To work with other organizations pursuing similar goals; and
4. To encourage qualified individuals to consider opportunities in accounting education by providing appropriate guidance and knowledge about such careers

Officers

President Gail Hoover King Purdue University Calumet 2200 169th Street Hammond, IN 46323-2094 Phone: 219-989-2381 ghkingAAA@gmail.com	Past President Susan Crosson Emory University 1551 Mason Mill Road Atlanta, GA 30329 Phone: 352-219-0770 susan.crosson@emory.edu

Vice President-Academic Natalie Churyk Northern Illinois University Dept Of Accountancy Barsema Hall 345T Dekalb, IL 60115 Phone: 815-753-6210 nchuryk@niu.edu	Vice President-Practice John DeMelis Ernst & Young LLP 5 Times Square New York City, NY Phone: 914-525-3357 john.demelis@ey.com

Treasurer Bambi Hora University of Central Oklahoma Phone: 405-974-2156 bhora@uco.edu	Secretary Tim Naddy Shorter University Phone: 706-331-5455 tnaddy@shorter.edu

Council Representative Susan Crosson Emory University Phone: 352-219-0770 susan.crosson@emory.edu

Editors

The Accounting Educator (Newsletter)
Carol Yacht, Author
McGraw-Hill Higher Education
PO BOX A
Jerome, AZ 86331
Phone: 928-634-0603
carol@carolyacht.com

Committee Chairpersons

Annual Meeting Program Committee Co-Chair Karen Osterheld Bentley University Phone: 781-891-2724 kosterheld@bentley.edu	Annual Meeting Program Committee Co-Chair Dan Jones Assumption College Phone: 508-767-7534 dajones@assumption.edu

Membership Committee Co-Chair Cynthia Bolt-Lee The Citadel Phone: 843-953-6973 cynthia.bolt@citadel.edu	Membership Committee Co-Chair TBA

WOW Event Committee Natalie Churyk Northern Illinois University Phone: 815-753-6210 nchuryk@niu.edu	Innovations in Accounting Chair Tracy Manly University of Tulsa Phone: 918-631-3992 tracy-manly@utulsa.edu

Online Meetings Committee Cathy Scott Navarro College Phone: 903-875-7535 cathy.scott@navarrocollege.edu	Faculty Development Committee Cathleen Burns Thought Leader Phone: 303-726-8091 cathleen.burns@calsco.com

TLC Regional Coordinating Committee Carol Hartley Providence College Phone: 401-865-2154 chartley@providence.edu	TLC Strategic Taskforce Susan Crosson Emory University Phone: 352-219-0770 susan.crosson@emory.edu

Midyear Meeting Program Chair Cathy Scott Navarro College 903-875-7535 cathy.scott@navarrocollege.edu

Regional Coordinators

Mid-Atlantic Co-Coordinator Nina Dorata St. Johns University 718-990-7329 doratan@stjohns.edu	Mid-Atlantic Co-Coordinator TBA

Midwest Co-Coordinator Markus Ahrens Saint Louis Community College-Meramec Phone: 314 984-7507 mahrens@stlcc.edu	Midwest Co-Coordinator Susan Curtis University of Illinois-Champaign Phone: (217) 333-4529 smcurtis@illinois.edu

Northeast Co-Coordinator Carol Hartley Providence College Phone: 401-865-2154 chartley@providence.edu	Northeast Co-Coordinator Yvette Lazdowski Plymouth State University Phone: 603-535-2524 yjlazdowski@plymouth.edu

Ohio Co-Coordinator Marsha Huber Youngstown State University Phone: 614-965-8787 mmhuber@ysu.edu	Southeast Co-Coordinator Susan Swanger Western Carolina University Phone: 828-227-3525 swanger@wcu.edu

Ohio Co-Coordinators TBD	Southeast Co-Coordinators Charlene Spiceland University of Memphis Phone: 901-678-4788 cspice@memphis.edu

	Southeast Co-coordinator Timothy Cairney Georgia Southern University Phone: 912- 478-7157 tcairney@georgiasouthern.edu

Southwest Co-Coordinator Veronda F. Willis UT-Tyler Phone: 903.565.5822 vwillis@uttyler.edu	Southwest Co-Coordinator Tracy Manly University of Tulsa Phone: 918-631-3992 Tracy-Manly@utulsa.edu

Western Co-Coordinator Beth Rolison DeVry University – Westminster Beth.rolison@earthlink.net	Western Co-Coordinators Jane Weiss University of Idaho Phone: (208) 885-5750 jmweiss@uidaho.edu

Nominating Committee

Robert D. Allen, Chair University of Utah Eccles School of Business 1645 E Campus Center Dr Rm #108 Salt Lake City, UT 84112 Phone: 801-581-7208 bob.allen@utah.edu	Susan Crosson Emory University 1551 Mason Mill Road Atlanta, GA 30329 Phone: 352-219-0770 susan.crosson@emory.edu

Markus Ahrens St. Louis Community College mahrens@stlcc.edu	Cassy Budd Brigham Young University cassybudd@byu.edu

Sherry Mills New Mexico State University smills@nmsu.edu	David Stout Youngstown State University davidstout@prodigy.net