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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 Chris Hogan Michigan State University Phone: 517-353-8647 Email: hogan@bus.msu.edu	Past President Jay Thibodeau Bentley University Phone: 781-891-2564 Email: jthibodeau@bentley.edu

Vice President — Academic Karla Johnstone University of Wisconsin – Madison Phone: 608-262-3544 Email: kjohnstone@bus.wisc.edu	Vice President — Practice Steven Meisel Email: smeisel@gmail.com

Treasurer Keith Jones George Mason University Phone: 703-993-4819 Email: kjonesm@gmu.edu	Secretary Mark Zimbelman Brigham Young University Phone: 801-422-1227 Email: mz@byu.edu

Historian Scott Showallter North Carolina State University Phone: 919-513-0526 Email: scott_showalter@ncsu.edu	Council Representative Urton Anderson University of Kentucky Phone: 512-471-5339 Email: urton.anderson@uky.edu

Editors

Auditing: A Journal of Practice & Theory
Senior Editor: Jeff Cohen Boston College Phone: 617-552-3165 Email: jeffrey.cohen.1@bc.edu

Editors: Yves Gendron Universite Laval Phone: Email:

Jacqueline Hammersley The University of Georgia Phone: +418 656 2131 Ext. 2431 Email: yves.gendron@fsa.ulaval.ca	David Hay The University of Auckland Phone: 649-373-7999 Email: d.hay@auckland.ac.nz

Rani Hoitash Bentley University Phone: 781-891-2588 Email: rhoitash@bentley.edu	Jennifer Joe University of Delaware Phone: 302-831-6002 Email: jjoe@udel.edu

Karla Johnstone University of Wisconsin-Madison Phone: 608-262-3544 Email: kjohnstone@bus.wisc.edu	Vic Naiker Monash University Phone: +613 990 32388 Ext. 85172 vic.naiker@monash.edu

Susan Scholz The University of Kansas Phone: 785-864-7554 Email: sscholz@ku.edu	Gregory Trompeter University of Central Florida Phone: 407-823-2150 trompete@ucf.edu

Marleen Willekens Catholic University of Leuven Phone: +321 632 6932 Email: Marleen.Willekens@econ.kuleuven.be

The Auditor's Report
Editor: Larry Abbott University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee Email: abbottl@uwm.edu	Associate Editor: Tamara Lambert University of Massachusetts Amherst Phone: 413-545-5653 Email: tlambert@som.umass.edu

Current Issues in Auditing
Co-Editors:
Dorsey Baskin Grant Thornton Phone: 241-561-2300 Email: Dorsey.baskin@gt.com	Greg Jenkins Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Phone: 540-231-2527 Email: greg.jenkins@vt.edu

Other
Webmaster Glen L. Gray California State University, Northridge Phone: 818-677-3948 Email: glen.gray@csun.edu	Section Photographer Julia Higgs Florida Atlantic University Phone: 561-297-3663 Email: jhiggs@fau.edu

Committee Chairpersons

Annual Meeting Committee Co-Director 2016 Jian Zhou University of Hawaii–Manoa Phone: 808-956-7608 Email: jianzhou@hawaii.edu	Annual Meeting Committee Co-Director 2016 Lisa Gaynor University of South Florida Phone: 813-974-6566 Email: lgaynor@coba.usf.edu

Annual Meeting Committee Co-Director 2016 Barbara Grein Drexel University Phone: 215-895-1454 Email: bmg33@drexel.edu		Annual Meeting Vice Director 2017 Brian Bratten University of Kentucky Phone: 859-257-1947 Email: Brian.Bratten@uky.edu

Annual Meeting Committee Vice Director 2017 David Wood Brigham Young University Phone: 801-422-8642 Email: davidwood@byu.edu	Annual Meeting Committee Vice Director 2017 Nathaniel Stephens Utah State University Phone: 435-797-8016 Email: nate.stephens@usu.edu

Midyear Meeting Committee 2016 Co-Chair Brian Daugherty University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Phone: 414-229-5737 Email: daughert@uwm.edu	Midyear Meeting Committee 2016 Co-Chair Jonathan Stanley Auburn University Phone: 334-844-6206 Email: jds0024@auburn.edu

Midyear Meeting Committee 2016 Vice Chair Ling Lisic George Mason University Phone: 703-993-7584 Email: llidic@gmu.edu	Midyear Meeting Committee 2016 Vice Chair Noel Harding UNSW Australia Business School Phone: +6-129-385-6109 Email: n.harding@unsw.edu.au

Auditing Doctoral Consortium Committee Chairperson 2016 Jennifer Joe University of Delaware Phone: 302-831-6002 Email: jjoe@udel.edu	Auditing Doctoral Consortium Committee Vice-Chairperson 2016 Linda Myers University of Arkansas Phone: 479-575-5227 Email: lmyers@walton.uark.edu

Auditing Standards Committee Karl Hackenbrack Vanderbilt University Phone: 615-322-3641 Email: karl.hackenbrack@vanderbilt.edu	Communications Committee James Long Auburn University Phone: (334) 844-6214 Email: jameslong@auburn.edu

Education Committee Jason Smith University of Nevada-Las Vegas Phone: 702-895-4659 Email: jason.smith@unlv.edu	Research Committee Marsha Keune University of Dayton Phone: 937-229-4639 Email: mkeune1@udayton.edu

Membership and Regional Coordinators Committee Ben Luippold Babson College Phone: 781-239-5995 Email: bluippold@gsu.edu	Nominations Committee Mark Taylor Case Western Reserve University Phone: 216-368-2073 Email: Mht17@case.edu

Notable Contributions to the Auditing Literature Award Selection Committee Jacqueline Hammersley University of Georgia Phone: 706-542-3500 Email: jhammers@uga.edu	Outstanding Auditing Dissertation Selection Committee Chris Agoglia University of Massachusetts-Amherst Phone: 413-545-5582 Email: cpa22@isenberg.umass.edu

Outstanding Educator Award Jay Thibodeau Bentley University Phone: 781-891-2564 Email: jthibodeau@bentley.edu	Innovation in Auditing and Assurance Education Award Selection Committee Mark Kohlbeck Florida Atlantic University Phone: 561-297-1363 Email: mkohlbec@fau.edu

Distinguished Service in Auditing Award Selection Committee Steven Meisel Email: smeisel@gmail.com	AJPT Awards Jeff Cohen Boston College Phone: 617-552-3165 Email: jeffrey.cohen.1@bc.edu

Regional Coordinators

Mid-Atlantic Region James McKinney University of Maryland Phone: 301-588-3266 Email: jmkinney@rhsmith.umb.edu	Midwest Region Jack Armitage University of Nebraska at Omaha Phone: 402-554-2912 Email: jarmitage@unomaha.edu

Northeast Region Stephen Perreault Providence College Phone: 401-865-1892 Email: sperreau@providence.edu	Southeastern Region Aretha Hill Florida A & M University Phone: 850-599-8331 Email: hillaretha@aol.com

Southwest Region Lili Sun University of North Texas Phone: 940 565-3077 Email: Lili.Sun@unt.edu	Ohio Region Ben Hoffman Kent State University Phone: 332-672-1120 Email: bhoffm11@kent.edu

Western Region Kathleen Rupley Portland State University Phone: 503-725-3133 Email: rupleyk@pdx.edu	International Vida Botes The University of Waikato Phone: 64 7 856 2889 x8402 Email: vidab@waikato.ac.nz

Objectives

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 Chris Hogan Michigan State University Phone: 517-353-8647 Email: hogan@bus.msu.edu	Past President Jay Thibodeau Bentley University Phone: 781-891-2564 Email: jthibodeau@bentley.edu

Vice President — Academic Karla Johnstone University of Wisconsin – Madison Phone: 608-262-3544 Email: kjohnstone@bus.wisc.edu	Vice President — Practice Steven Meisel Email: smeisel@gmail.com

Treasurer Keith Jones George Mason University Phone: 703-993-4819 Email: kjonesm@gmu.edu	Secretary Mark Zimbelman Brigham Young University Phone: 801-422-1227 Email: mz@byu.edu

Historian Scott Showallter North Carolina State University Phone: 919-513-0526 Email: scott_showalter@ncsu.edu	Council Representative Urton Anderson University of Kentucky Phone: 512-471-5339 Email: urton.anderson@uky.edu

Editors

Auditing: A Journal of Practice & Theory
Senior Editor: Jeff Cohen Boston College Phone: 617-552-3165 Email: jeffrey.cohen.1@bc.edu

Editors: Yves Gendron Universite Laval Phone: Email:

Jacqueline Hammersley The University of Georgia Phone: +418 656 2131 Ext. 2431 Email: yves.gendron@fsa.ulaval.ca	David Hay The University of Auckland Phone: 649-373-7999 Email: d.hay@auckland.ac.nz

Rani Hoitash Bentley University Phone: 781-891-2588 Email: rhoitash@bentley.edu	Jennifer Joe University of Delaware Phone: 302-831-6002 Email: jjoe@udel.edu

Karla Johnstone University of Wisconsin-Madison Phone: 608-262-3544 Email: kjohnstone@bus.wisc.edu	Vic Naiker Monash University Phone: +613 990 32388 Ext. 85172 vic.naiker@monash.edu

Susan Scholz The University of Kansas Phone: 785-864-7554 Email: sscholz@ku.edu	Gregory Trompeter University of Central Florida Phone: 407-823-2150 trompete@ucf.edu

Marleen Willekens Catholic University of Leuven Phone: +321 632 6932 Email: Marleen.Willekens@econ.kuleuven.be

The Auditor's Report
Editor: Larry Abbott University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee Email: abbottl@uwm.edu	Associate Editor: Tamara Lambert University of Massachusetts Amherst Phone: 413-545-5653 Email: tlambert@som.umass.edu

Current Issues in Auditing
Co-Editors:
Dorsey Baskin Grant Thornton Phone: 241-561-2300 Email: Dorsey.baskin@gt.com	Greg Jenkins Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Phone: 540-231-2527 Email: greg.jenkins@vt.edu

Other
Webmaster Glen L. Gray California State University, Northridge Phone: 818-677-3948 Email: glen.gray@csun.edu	Section Photographer Julia Higgs Florida Atlantic University Phone: 561-297-3663 Email: jhiggs@fau.edu

Committee Chairpersons

Annual Meeting Committee Co-Director 2016 Jian Zhou University of Hawaii–Manoa Phone: 808-956-7608 Email: jianzhou@hawaii.edu	Annual Meeting Committee Co-Director 2016 Lisa Gaynor University of South Florida Phone: 813-974-6566 Email: lgaynor@coba.usf.edu

Annual Meeting Committee Co-Director 2016 Barbara Grein Drexel University Phone: 215-895-1454 Email: bmg33@drexel.edu		Annual Meeting Vice Director 2017 Brian Bratten University of Kentucky Phone: 859-257-1947 Email: Brian.Bratten@uky.edu

Annual Meeting Committee Vice Director 2017 David Wood Brigham Young University Phone: 801-422-8642 Email: davidwood@byu.edu	Annual Meeting Committee Vice Director 2017 Nathaniel Stephens Utah State University Phone: 435-797-8016 Email: nate.stephens@usu.edu

Midyear Meeting Committee 2016 Co-Chair Brian Daugherty University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Phone: 414-229-5737 Email: daughert@uwm.edu	Midyear Meeting Committee 2016 Co-Chair Jonathan Stanley Auburn University Phone: 334-844-6206 Email: jds0024@auburn.edu

Midyear Meeting Committee 2016 Vice Chair Ling Lisic George Mason University Phone: 703-993-7584 Email: llidic@gmu.edu	Midyear Meeting Committee 2016 Vice Chair Noel Harding UNSW Australia Business School Phone: +6-129-385-6109 Email: n.harding@unsw.edu.au

Auditing Doctoral Consortium Committee Chairperson 2016 Jennifer Joe University of Delaware Phone: 302-831-6002 Email: jjoe@udel.edu	Auditing Doctoral Consortium Committee Vice-Chairperson 2016 Linda Myers University of Arkansas Phone: 479-575-5227 Email: lmyers@walton.uark.edu

Auditing Standards Committee Karl Hackenbrack Vanderbilt University Phone: 615-322-3641 Email: karl.hackenbrack@vanderbilt.edu	Communications Committee James Long Auburn University Phone: (334) 844-6214 Email: jameslong@auburn.edu

Education Committee Jason Smith University of Nevada-Las Vegas Phone: 702-895-4659 Email: jason.smith@unlv.edu	Research Committee Marsha Keune University of Dayton Phone: 937-229-4639 Email: mkeune1@udayton.edu

Membership and Regional Coordinators Committee Ben Luippold Babson College Phone: 781-239-5995 Email: bluippold@gsu.edu	Nominations Committee Mark Taylor Case Western Reserve University Phone: 216-368-2073 Email: Mht17@case.edu

Notable Contributions to the Auditing Literature Award Selection Committee Jacqueline Hammersley University of Georgia Phone: 706-542-3500 Email: jhammers@uga.edu	Outstanding Auditing Dissertation Selection Committee Chris Agoglia University of Massachusetts-Amherst Phone: 413-545-5582 Email: cpa22@isenberg.umass.edu

Outstanding Educator Award Jay Thibodeau Bentley University Phone: 781-891-2564 Email: jthibodeau@bentley.edu	Innovation in Auditing and Assurance Education Award Selection Committee Mark Kohlbeck Florida Atlantic University Phone: 561-297-1363 Email: mkohlbec@fau.edu

Distinguished Service in Auditing Award Selection Committee Steven Meisel Email: smeisel@gmail.com	AJPT Awards Jeff Cohen Boston College Phone: 617-552-3165 Email: jeffrey.cohen.1@bc.edu

Regional Coordinators

Mid-Atlantic Region James McKinney University of Maryland Phone: 301-588-3266 Email: jmkinney@rhsmith.umb.edu	Midwest Region Jack Armitage University of Nebraska at Omaha Phone: 402-554-2912 Email: jarmitage@unomaha.edu

Northeast Region Stephen Perreault Providence College Phone: 401-865-1892 Email: sperreau@providence.edu	Southeastern Region Aretha Hill Florida A & M University Phone: 850-599-8331 Email: hillaretha@aol.com

Southwest Region Lili Sun University of North Texas Phone: 940 565-3077 Email: Lili.Sun@unt.edu	Ohio Region Ben Hoffman Kent State University Phone: 332-672-1120 Email: bhoffm11@kent.edu

Western Region Kathleen Rupley Portland State University Phone: 503-725-3133 Email: rupleyk@pdx.edu	International Vida Botes The University of Waikato Phone: 64 7 856 2889 x8402 Email: vidab@waikato.ac.nz

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