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 Email: ghkingAAA@gmail.com	Past President Susan Crosson (formerly of) Emory University Phone: 941-556-4139 Email: susan.crosson@aaahq.org

Vice President-Academic Natalie Churyk Northern Illinois University Department of Accountancy College of Business DeKalb, Illinois 60115 Phone: 815-753-6210 Email: nchuryk@niu.edu	Vice President-Practice Kathy Shoztic Executive Director, Deloitte Foundation Deloitte Services LP Phone: +1-203-761-3248 Email: kshoztic@deloitte.com

Treasurer Tracie Miller Nobles Austin Community College Phone: 512-223-4989 Email: Tracie.nobles@gmail.com	Secretary Cindy Bolt Lee The Citadel Phone: 843-693-5901 Email: cynthia.bolt@citadel.edu

Council Representative Bambi Hora University of Central Oklahoma Phone: 405-974-2156 Email: bhora@uco.edu	TLC Regional Coordinating Committee Carol Hartley Providence College Phone: 401-865-2154 Email: chartley@providence.edu

2015-2016 Editors

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

2015-2016 Committee Chairpersons

Annual Meeting Program Committee Co-Chair Dan Jones Assumption College Phone: 508-767-7534 Email: dajones@assumption.edu	TLC Strategic Task Force Gail Hoover King Purdue University Calument Phone: 219-989-2381 Email: GHKingAAA@gmail.com

Annual Meeting Program Committee Co-Chair: Markus Ahrens St. Louis Community College-Meramec Phone: 314-984-7507 Email: mahrens@stlcc.edu	Membership Committee Kimberly Swanson Church University of Missouri Kansas City Phone: 816-235-2890 Email: churchk@umkc.edu

Online Meetings Committee Karen Osterheld Bentley University Phone: 781-891-2724 Email: kosterheld@bentley.edu	Faculty Development Committee Cathleen Burns Thought Leader Phone: 303-726-8091 Email: cathleen.burns@calsco.com

2015-2016 Regional Coordinators

Mid-Atlantic Co-Coordinators Nina Dorata St. Johns University Phone: 718-990-7329 Email: doratan@stjohns.edu	Joseph Trainor St. Johns University Phone: 718-990-7304 Email: trainorj@stjohns.edu

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

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

Ohio Co-Coordinators Mark Holtzblatt Cleveland State University Phone: 216-875-9711 Email: m.holtzblatt@csuohio.edu	Marsha Huber Youngstown State University Phone: 614-965-8787 Email: mmhuber@ysu.edu

Renee Castrigano Gannon University Phone: 814-871-5783 Email: castriga001@gannon.edu

Southeast Co-Coordinators Susan Swanger Western Carolina University Phone: 828-227-3525 Email: swanger@wcu.edu	Timothy Cairney Georgia Southern University Phone: 912- 478-7157 Email: tcairney@georgiasouthern.edu

Southwest Co-Coordinators Veronda F. Willis University of Texas -Tyler Phone: 903-565-5822 Email: vwillis@uttyler.edu	Cathy Scott Navarro College Phone: 903-875-7535 Email: cathy.scott@navarrocollege.edu

Western Co-Coordinators Beth Rolison, DeVry University-Westminster Phone: 303-280-7468 Email: brescigno@devry.edu	TBA

2016 Awards Committee

Tracy Manly, Chair University of Tulsa Phone: 918-631-3992 Email: tracy-manly@utulsa.edu	Markus Ahrens St. Louis Community college Phone: 314-369-4300 Email: mahrens@stlcc.edu

Billie Cunningham University of Missouri – Columbia Phone: 573-882-5665 Email: cunningham@missouri.edu	Susan Curtis University of Illinois – Champaign Phone: 217-333-4529 Email: smcurtis@illinois.edu

Bambi Hora University of Central Oklahoma Phone: 405-974-2156 Email:bhora@uco.edu	Mark Holtzblatt Cleveland State University Phone: 216-875-9711 Email: m.holtzblatt@csuohio.edu

Sara Melendy Kern Gonzaga University Phone: 509-313-7031 Email: kern@jepson.gonzaga.edu	Carol Yacht, Author McGraw-Hill Higher Education Phone: 928-634-0603 Email: carol@carolyacht.com

Objectives

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 Email: ghkingAAA@gmail.com	Past President Susan Crosson (formerly of) Emory University Phone: 941-556-4139 Email: susan.crosson@aaahq.org

Vice President-Academic Natalie Churyk Northern Illinois University Department of Accountancy College of Business DeKalb, Illinois 60115 Phone: 815-753-6210 Email: nchuryk@niu.edu	Vice President-Practice Kathy Shoztic Executive Director, Deloitte Foundation Deloitte Services LP Phone: +1-203-761-3248 Email: kshoztic@deloitte.com

Treasurer Tracie Miller Nobles Austin Community College Phone: 512-223-4989 Email: Tracie.nobles@gmail.com	Secretary Cindy Bolt Lee The Citadel Phone: 843-693-5901 Email: cynthia.bolt@citadel.edu

Council Representative Bambi Hora University of Central Oklahoma Phone: 405-974-2156 Email: bhora@uco.edu	TLC Regional Coordinating Committee Carol Hartley Providence College Phone: 401-865-2154 Email: chartley@providence.edu

2015-2016 Editors

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

2015-2016 Committee Chairpersons

Annual Meeting Program Committee Co-Chair Dan Jones Assumption College Phone: 508-767-7534 Email: dajones@assumption.edu	TLC Strategic Task Force Gail Hoover King Purdue University Calument Phone: 219-989-2381 Email: GHKingAAA@gmail.com

Annual Meeting Program Committee Co-Chair: Markus Ahrens St. Louis Community College-Meramec Phone: 314-984-7507 Email: mahrens@stlcc.edu	Membership Committee Kimberly Swanson Church University of Missouri Kansas City Phone: 816-235-2890 Email: churchk@umkc.edu

Online Meetings Committee Karen Osterheld Bentley University Phone: 781-891-2724 Email: kosterheld@bentley.edu	Faculty Development Committee Cathleen Burns Thought Leader Phone: 303-726-8091 Email: cathleen.burns@calsco.com

2015-2016 Regional Coordinators

Mid-Atlantic Co-Coordinators Nina Dorata St. Johns University Phone: 718-990-7329 Email: doratan@stjohns.edu	Joseph Trainor St. Johns University Phone: 718-990-7304 Email: trainorj@stjohns.edu

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

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

Ohio Co-Coordinators Mark Holtzblatt Cleveland State University Phone: 216-875-9711 Email: m.holtzblatt@csuohio.edu	Marsha Huber Youngstown State University Phone: 614-965-8787 Email: mmhuber@ysu.edu

Renee Castrigano Gannon University Phone: 814-871-5783 Email: castriga001@gannon.edu

Southeast Co-Coordinators Susan Swanger Western Carolina University Phone: 828-227-3525 Email: swanger@wcu.edu	Timothy Cairney Georgia Southern University Phone: 912- 478-7157 Email: tcairney@georgiasouthern.edu

Southwest Co-Coordinators Veronda F. Willis University of Texas -Tyler Phone: 903-565-5822 Email: vwillis@uttyler.edu	Cathy Scott Navarro College Phone: 903-875-7535 Email: cathy.scott@navarrocollege.edu

Western Co-Coordinators Beth Rolison, DeVry University-Westminster Phone: 303-280-7468 Email: brescigno@devry.edu	TBA

2016 Awards Committee

Tracy Manly, Chair University of Tulsa Phone: 918-631-3992 Email: tracy-manly@utulsa.edu	Markus Ahrens St. Louis Community college Phone: 314-369-4300 Email: mahrens@stlcc.edu

Billie Cunningham University of Missouri – Columbia Phone: 573-882-5665 Email: cunningham@missouri.edu	Susan Curtis University of Illinois – Champaign Phone: 217-333-4529 Email: smcurtis@illinois.edu

Bambi Hora University of Central Oklahoma Phone: 405-974-2156 Email:bhora@uco.edu	Mark Holtzblatt Cleveland State University Phone: 216-875-9711 Email: m.holtzblatt@csuohio.edu

Sara Melendy Kern Gonzaga University Phone: 509-313-7031 Email: kern@jepson.gonzaga.edu	Carol Yacht, Author McGraw-Hill Higher Education Phone: 928-634-0603 Email: carol@carolyacht.com

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Objectives

Officers

2015-2016 Editors

2015-2016 Committee Chairpersons

2015-2016 Regional Coordinators

2016 Awards Committee