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Objectives

To foster the dissemination and publication of information on taxation.

To promote tax educational activities including (but not limited to) curriculum, education-related materials, graduate tax programs, and tax accreditation matters.

To provide an interface among academic disciplines (e.g., law, economics, and accounting) relative to the cross-fertilization and development of tax-oriented educational programs.

To promote research activities involving tax policy, tax proposals, and tax legislation.

To encourage the interaction of academics with tax practitioners and tax professional organizations in professional service activities of mutual interest.

Officers

President LeAnn Luna University of Tennessee-Knoxville 711 Stokely Management Center Knoxville, TN 37996 Phone: 865-974-6080 Email: leann@utk.edu	President-Elect Ben Ayers University of Georgia 335 Brooks Hall Athens, GA 30602 Phone: 706-542-8100 Email: bayers@uga.edu

Vice President Raquel Meyer Alexander Washington and Lee University Williams School of Commerce, Economics and Politics Lexington, VA 24450 Phone: 785-424-0334 Email: alexanderr@wlu.edu	Vice President-Elect Lynn Jones Mercer University Stetson School of Business and Economics Cecil B. Day Campus 3001 Mercer University Drive Atlanta, GA 30341 Phone: 678-547-6179 Email: jones_lc@mercer.edu

Vice President - Finance Shelley Rhoades-Catanach Villanova University School of Business 800 Lancaster Avenue Villanova, PA 19085-1698 Phone: 610-519-4356 Email: shelley.rhoades@villanova.edu	Vice President-Elect - Finance John Barrick Brigham Young University School of Accountancy 540 TNRB Provo, UT 84604 Phone: 801-422-5549 Email: barrick@byu.edu

Secretary Blaise Sonnier University of Colorado- Colorado Springs College of Business Administration 1420 Austin Bluffs Parkway Colorado Springs, CO Email: bsonnier@uccs.edu	Treasurer Brigitte Muehlmann Babson College 231 Forest Street Babson Park, MA 02457 Phone: 781-239-5953 Email: bmuehlmann@babson.edu

Council Representative Nancy Nichols James Madison University MSC 0203, Showker Room 344 Harrisonburg, VA 22807 Phone: (540) 568-8778 Email: nicholnb@jmu.edu	Past President John Robinson Texas A&M University C. Aubrey Smith Professor of Accounting Dept of Accounting/4353 TAMU College of Business Administration College Station, TX 77843 4353 Phone: 979-845-3457 Email: jrobinson@mays.tamu.edu

2017 Trustees

Michael Calegari (2017) Santa Clara University Phone: 408-551-1694 Email: mcalegari@scu.edu	George Ryan Huston (2017) Arizona State University Email: grhuston@exchange.asu.edu

Steven Gill (2017) San Diego State University Phone: 619-594-6273 Email: sgill@mail.sdsu.edu	Scott Dyreng (2017) Duke University Phone: 919-660-8004 Email: scott.dyreng@duke.edu

David P. Weber (2018) Associate Professor of Accounting University of Connecticut Phone: (860) 486-2573 Email: dweber@business.uconn.edu	Michael Donohoe (2018) University of Illinois-Urbana-Champaign Email: mdonohoe@illinois.edu

Sean McGuire (2018) Texas A&M University Phone: (979) 845-7935 Email:smcguire@mays.tamu.edu	Sonja Rego (2018) Indiana University- Bloomington Phone: (812) 855-6356 Email: sorego@indiana.edu

Editors

The Journal of the American Taxation Association Senior Editor: Connie Weaver Texas A&M University Email: CWeaver@mays.tamu.edu	The Journal of the American Taxation Association Editor: Linda Krull University of Oregon Email: lkrull@uoregon.edu

The Journal of the American Taxation Association Editor: Stacie Laplante University of Wisconsin-Madison Email: slaplante@bus.wisc.edu	The Journal of the American Taxation Association Editor: Anne Magro George Mason University Email: amagro@gmu.edu

Webmaster Sonja Pippin University of Nevada – Reno Phone: 775-784-1337 Email: sonjap@unr.edu	The ATA Journal of Legal Tax Research Roby B. Sawyers North Carolina State University Phone: 919-515-4443 Email: roby.sawyers@ncsu.edu

Committee Chairperson

ATA/ Deloitte Teaching Innovation Award Ron Worsham Brigham Young University Phone: (801) 422-2329 Email: ron_worsham@byu.edu	ATA/PricewaterhouseCoopers Doctoral Dissertation Award Stephanie Sikes University of Pennsylvania Phone: 215-898-7783 Email: ssikes@wharton.upenn.edu

ATA Tax Manuscript Award David P. Weber Associate Professor of Accounting University of Connecticut Phone: (860) 486-2573 Email: dweber@business.uconn.edu	Annual Meeting - Tax Program Amy Hageman Kansas State University Phone: (785) 532-4484 Email: h agemana@ksu.edu

Awards Linda Krull University of Oregon Phone: (541) 346-3252 Email: lkrull@uoregon.edu	Concerns of New Faculty Jeffrey Gramlich University of Southern Maine Phone: 207-228-8232 Email: gramlich@maine.edu

ATA/KPMG Doctoral Consortium Danielle Green Fordham University Phone: (716) 417-2390 Email: d green28@fordham.edu	*JATA* Conference Ken Klassen University of Waterloo Phone: 519-888-4567 Email: kklassen@uwaterloo.ca

Legal Research Roby B. Sawyers North Carolina State University Phone: 919-515-4443 Email: roby.sawyers@ncsu.edu	Long-Range Planning Task Force Petro Lisowsky University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign Phone: 217-244-8091 Email: lisowsky@illinois.edu

2017 Midyear Meeting Program Raquel Alexander Washington and Lee University Email: alexanderr@wlu.edu	Regional Programs Committee Amy Santos State College of Florida Phone: Email: santosa@scf.edu

Nominations Nancy Nichols James Madison University Phone: (540) 568-8778 Email: n icholnb@jmu.edu	Publications Michael Calegari Santa Clara University Phone: 408) 551-1694 Email: m caleari@scu.edu

Research Resources and Methodologies Co-Chair Alexander Edwards University of Toronto Phone: 416-978-5278 Email: alex.edwards@rotman.utoronto.ca	Research Resources and Methodologies Co-Chair Casey Schwab University of Georgia Phone:(706) 207-2870 Email: cschwab@uga.edu

Finance John Barrick Brigham Young University Phone: (801) 422-5549 Email: barrick@byu.edu	Tax Educators Conference Julia Camp Providence College Phone: (401) 865-2653 Email: j camp@providence.edu

Tax Research Dissemination Task Force LeAnn Luna University of Tennessee-Knoxville Phone: 865-974-6080 Email: leann@utk.edu	Tax Policy Roy Clemons New Mexico State University Phone: (575)646-4901 Email: rclemon2@fau.edu

Technology Scott Yetmar Cleveland State University Phone: (216) 687-9219 Email: s.yetmar@csuohio.edu	External Relations Ed Schnee University of Alabama- Tuscaloosa Phone: (205) 348-2910 Email: eschnee@cba.ua.edu

Regional Coordinators

Chair Amy Santos State College of Florida-Bradenton Phone: 941-752-5511 Email: santosa@scf.edu	Northeast Cheryl Crespi Central Connecticut State University Phone: 860-832-3239 Email: crespichs@ccsu.edu

Mid-Atlantic Brian Greenstein University of Delaware Phone: (302)831-4226 Email: b riang@udel.edu	Midwest Stephen Gara Drake University Phone: 515-271-2156 Email: stephen.gara@drake.edu

Ohio Jerry Weinstein John Carroll University Phone: 216-397-4609 Email:weinstein@jcu.edu	Southeast Amy Santos State College of Florida-Bradenton Phone: 941-752-5511 Email:santosa@scf.edu

Southwest Megan Burke Texas A&M University - Commerce Phone: (903) 886-5658 Email: megan.burke@tamuc.edu	Western Mark Jackson University of Nevada-Reno Phone: 541-335-9377 Email: markjackson@unr.edu

Objectives

To foster the dissemination and publication of information on taxation.

To promote tax educational activities including (but not limited to) curriculum, education-related materials, graduate tax programs, and tax accreditation matters.

To provide an interface among academic disciplines (e.g., law, economics, and accounting) relative to the cross-fertilization and development of tax-oriented educational programs.

To promote research activities involving tax policy, tax proposals, and tax legislation.

To encourage the interaction of academics with tax practitioners and tax professional organizations in professional service activities of mutual interest.

Officers

President LeAnn Luna University of Tennessee-Knoxville 711 Stokely Management Center Knoxville, TN 37996 Phone: 865-974-6080 Email: leann@utk.edu	President-Elect Ben Ayers University of Georgia 335 Brooks Hall Athens, GA 30602 Phone: 706-542-8100 Email: bayers@uga.edu

Vice President Raquel Meyer Alexander Washington and Lee University Williams School of Commerce, Economics and Politics Lexington, VA 24450 Phone: 785-424-0334 Email: alexanderr@wlu.edu	Vice President-Elect Lynn Jones Mercer University Stetson School of Business and Economics Cecil B. Day Campus 3001 Mercer University Drive Atlanta, GA 30341 Phone: 678-547-6179 Email: jones_lc@mercer.edu

Vice President - Finance Shelley Rhoades-Catanach Villanova University School of Business 800 Lancaster Avenue Villanova, PA 19085-1698 Phone: 610-519-4356 Email: shelley.rhoades@villanova.edu	Vice President-Elect - Finance John Barrick Brigham Young University School of Accountancy 540 TNRB Provo, UT 84604 Phone: 801-422-5549 Email: barrick@byu.edu

Secretary Blaise Sonnier University of Colorado- Colorado Springs College of Business Administration 1420 Austin Bluffs Parkway Colorado Springs, CO Email: bsonnier@uccs.edu	Treasurer Brigitte Muehlmann Babson College 231 Forest Street Babson Park, MA 02457 Phone: 781-239-5953 Email: bmuehlmann@babson.edu

Council Representative Nancy Nichols James Madison University MSC 0203, Showker Room 344 Harrisonburg, VA 22807 Phone: (540) 568-8778 Email: nicholnb@jmu.edu	Past President John Robinson Texas A&M University C. Aubrey Smith Professor of Accounting Dept of Accounting/4353 TAMU College of Business Administration College Station, TX 77843 4353 Phone: 979-845-3457 Email: jrobinson@mays.tamu.edu

2017 Trustees

Michael Calegari (2017) Santa Clara University Phone: 408-551-1694 Email: mcalegari@scu.edu	George Ryan Huston (2017) Arizona State University Email: grhuston@exchange.asu.edu

Steven Gill (2017) San Diego State University Phone: 619-594-6273 Email: sgill@mail.sdsu.edu	Scott Dyreng (2017) Duke University Phone: 919-660-8004 Email: scott.dyreng@duke.edu

David P. Weber (2018) Associate Professor of Accounting University of Connecticut Phone: (860) 486-2573 Email: dweber@business.uconn.edu	Michael Donohoe (2018) University of Illinois-Urbana-Champaign Email: mdonohoe@illinois.edu

Sean McGuire (2018) Texas A&M University Phone: (979) 845-7935 Email:smcguire@mays.tamu.edu	Sonja Rego (2018) Indiana University- Bloomington Phone: (812) 855-6356 Email: sorego@indiana.edu

Editors

The Journal of the American Taxation Association Senior Editor: Connie Weaver Texas A&M University Email: CWeaver@mays.tamu.edu	The Journal of the American Taxation Association Editor: Linda Krull University of Oregon Email: lkrull@uoregon.edu

The Journal of the American Taxation Association Editor: Stacie Laplante University of Wisconsin-Madison Email: slaplante@bus.wisc.edu	The Journal of the American Taxation Association Editor: Anne Magro George Mason University Email: amagro@gmu.edu

Webmaster Sonja Pippin University of Nevada – Reno Phone: 775-784-1337 Email: sonjap@unr.edu	The ATA Journal of Legal Tax Research Roby B. Sawyers North Carolina State University Phone: 919-515-4443 Email: roby.sawyers@ncsu.edu

Committee Chairperson

ATA/ Deloitte Teaching Innovation Award Ron Worsham Brigham Young University Phone: (801) 422-2329 Email: ron_worsham@byu.edu	ATA/PricewaterhouseCoopers Doctoral Dissertation Award Stephanie Sikes University of Pennsylvania Phone: 215-898-7783 Email: ssikes@wharton.upenn.edu

ATA Tax Manuscript Award David P. Weber Associate Professor of Accounting University of Connecticut Phone: (860) 486-2573 Email: dweber@business.uconn.edu	Annual Meeting - Tax Program Amy Hageman Kansas State University Phone: (785) 532-4484 Email: h agemana@ksu.edu

Awards Linda Krull University of Oregon Phone: (541) 346-3252 Email: lkrull@uoregon.edu	Concerns of New Faculty Jeffrey Gramlich University of Southern Maine Phone: 207-228-8232 Email: gramlich@maine.edu

ATA/KPMG Doctoral Consortium Danielle Green Fordham University Phone: (716) 417-2390 Email: d green28@fordham.edu	*JATA* Conference Ken Klassen University of Waterloo Phone: 519-888-4567 Email: kklassen@uwaterloo.ca

Legal Research Roby B. Sawyers North Carolina State University Phone: 919-515-4443 Email: roby.sawyers@ncsu.edu	Long-Range Planning Task Force Petro Lisowsky University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign Phone: 217-244-8091 Email: lisowsky@illinois.edu

2017 Midyear Meeting Program Raquel Alexander Washington and Lee University Email: alexanderr@wlu.edu	Regional Programs Committee Amy Santos State College of Florida Phone: Email: santosa@scf.edu

Nominations Nancy Nichols James Madison University Phone: (540) 568-8778 Email: n icholnb@jmu.edu	Publications Michael Calegari Santa Clara University Phone: 408) 551-1694 Email: m caleari@scu.edu

Research Resources and Methodologies Co-Chair Alexander Edwards University of Toronto Phone: 416-978-5278 Email: alex.edwards@rotman.utoronto.ca	Research Resources and Methodologies Co-Chair Casey Schwab University of Georgia Phone:(706) 207-2870 Email: cschwab@uga.edu

Finance John Barrick Brigham Young University Phone: (801) 422-5549 Email: barrick@byu.edu	Tax Educators Conference Julia Camp Providence College Phone: (401) 865-2653 Email: j camp@providence.edu

Tax Research Dissemination Task Force LeAnn Luna University of Tennessee-Knoxville Phone: 865-974-6080 Email: leann@utk.edu	Tax Policy Roy Clemons New Mexico State University Phone: (575)646-4901 Email: rclemon2@fau.edu

Technology Scott Yetmar Cleveland State University Phone: (216) 687-9219 Email: s.yetmar@csuohio.edu	External Relations Ed Schnee University of Alabama- Tuscaloosa Phone: (205) 348-2910 Email: eschnee@cba.ua.edu

Regional Coordinators

Chair Amy Santos State College of Florida-Bradenton Phone: 941-752-5511 Email: santosa@scf.edu	Northeast Cheryl Crespi Central Connecticut State University Phone: 860-832-3239 Email: crespichs@ccsu.edu

Mid-Atlantic Brian Greenstein University of Delaware Phone: (302)831-4226 Email: b riang@udel.edu	Midwest Stephen Gara Drake University Phone: 515-271-2156 Email: stephen.gara@drake.edu

Ohio Jerry Weinstein John Carroll University Phone: 216-397-4609 Email:weinstein@jcu.edu	Southeast Amy Santos State College of Florida-Bradenton Phone: 941-752-5511 Email:santosa@scf.edu

Southwest Megan Burke Texas A&M University - Commerce Phone: (903) 886-5658 Email: megan.burke@tamuc.edu	Western Mark Jackson University of Nevada-Reno Phone: 541-335-9377 Email: markjackson@unr.edu

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