Financial Accounting and Reporting | American Accounting Association

Objectives

The objective of this Section is to give greater attention to financial accounting and reporting, and to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of education, research, and professional practice by: (1) disseminating and evaluating teaching methods and materials; (2) encouraging, facilitating, and publicizing research interests and projects; and (3) creating opportunities for interchange and cooperation between academics and practitioners.

Officers

President Mark Bradshaw Boston College 140 Commonwealth Ave Fulton 250 Chestnut Hill, MA 02467 Phone: (617)552-3831 Email: mark.bradshaw@bc.edu	Vice President (from Practice) Alan Jagolinzer University of Colorado-Boulder Leeds School of Business Boulder, CO 80309 Phone: (303) 492-7437 Email: jagolinzer@colorado.edu

Immediate Past President Brian Bushee University of Pennsylvania Accounting Dept/Wharton Sch 1317 Steinberg-Dietrich Hall Philadelphia, PA 19104-6365 Phone: (215)898-4872 Email: bushee@wharton.upenn.edu	President-Elect Lisa Koonce University of Texas at Austin McCombs School of Business Dept of Acctg/CBA 4M.202 2110 Speedway, Stop B6400 Austin, TX 78712 Phone: (512) 471-5576 Email: lisa.koonce@mccombs.utexas.edu

Secretary/Treasurer Eddie Riedl Boston University Phone: (617)353-2317 Email: eriedl@bu.edu	Council Representative Marlene A Plumlee University of Utah Phone: (801) 581-3397 Email: marlene.plumlee@utah.edu

Journal of Financial Reporting Editors

Anne Beatty Ohio State University Phone: 614-292-5418 Email: beatty.86@osu.edu	Mary Barth Stanford University Phone: 650-723-8536 Email: mbarth@stanford.edu

Rick Lambert University of Pennsylvania Phone: (215) 898-7782 Email: lambertr@wharton.upenn.edu

On-line Outreach

Webmaster, AAACommons
Editorial Board Member
Richard A. Price
University of Oklahoma
Phone: 405-325-5759
Email: richard.price@ou.edu

Committee Chairpersons

CPE Praveen Sinha California State University- Long Beach Phone: 562-985-7695 Email: psinha@csulb.edu	Best Paper Award Fabrizio Ferri Columbia University Business School Phone:(212) 854-0425 Email: ff2270@columbia.edu

Best Dissertation Award Cristi Gleason University of Iowa Phone: (319) 335-1505 Email: cristi-gleason@uiowa.edu	Lifetime Achievement Award Brian Rountree Rice University Phone: (713) 348-5328 Email: rountree@rice.edu

Midyear Meeting Planning Coordinator Nicole Jenkins University of Kentucky Phone: 859-218-1649 Email: nicole.t.jenkins@uky.edu	Midyear Meeting Planning Coordinator- Elect Christine Petrovits College of William & Mary Phone:(757) 221-7434 Email: christine.petrovits@mason.wm.edu

Midyear Meeting Program Coordinator Brian Bushee University of Pennsylvania Accounting Dept/Wharton Sch Phone: (215)898-4872 Email: bushee@wharton.upenn.edu

Midyear Meeting - Research Sessions Bill Mayew Duke University Phone: 919-660-7781 Email: wmayew@duke.edu	Midyear Meeting - Research Sessions - Elect Alastair Lawrence University of California-Berkeley Phone:(510) 643-1408 Email: lawrence@haas.berkeley.edu

Financial Reporting Policy Committee (FRPC) John Campbell University of Georgia Phone: (336) 575-1244 Email: johnc@uga.edu	National Meeting Co-Coordinator Peter Demerjian University of Washington-Seattle Phone: 206-221-1648 Email: pdemerj@uw.edu

National Meeting Co-Coordinator Nerissa Brown University of Delaware Phone: Email: ncbrown@udel.edu	National Meeting Co-Coordinators- Elect Lian Fen Lee Boston College Phone:(617) 552-3780 Email: lianfen.lee@bc.edu

National Meeting Co-Coordinators- Elect George Serafeim Harvard University Business School Phone: (617) 495-6548 Email: gserafeim@hbs.edu

Regional Coordinators

Mid-Atlantic Dina Elmahdy Morgan State University Phone: (443) 885-3967 Email: dina.elmahdy@morgan.edu	Midwest Matthew Lyle Northwestern University Phone: (847) 491-2664 Email: m-lyle@kellogg.northwestern.edu

Northeast Kelvin Liu Northeastern University Phone: (617) 373-5926 Email: Xi.Liu@neu.edu	Southwest Yan Zhang New Mexico State University Phone: (575) 646-7443 Email: yz@nmsu.edu

Southeast Bob Resutek University of Georgia Phone: (706) 542-3617 Email: rresutek@uga.edu	Western Phillipp Schaberl University of Denver Phone:(513) 307-5879 Email: philipp.schaberl@du.edu

Ohio Laura Rickett Cleveland State University Phone: (216) 687-3672 Email: l.rickett@csuohio.edu

Publications Committee

Russell Lundholm University of British Columbia	Ted Christiansen University of Georgia

Patrick Hopkins Indiana University - Bloomington	Jennifer Wu Tucker University of Florida

Alfred Wagenhofer University of Graz	Cathy Schrand University of Pennsylvania

Steering Board (At-Large Members)

Nicole Jenkins University of Kentucky	Brad Badertscher University of Notre Dame

Linda Myers University of Arkansas-Fayetteville	Frank Zhang Yale University

Anne Beyer Stanford University	Jake Thornock University of Washington-Seattle

Sarah Zechman University of Colorado- Boulder	Nick Seybert University of Maryland-College Park

FRPC Members 2016-17

Chair	John Campbell, The University of Georgia
Member	Clare Wang, Northwestern University
Member	Jayanthi Sunder, The University of Arizona
Member	Asher Curtis, University of Washington, Seattle
Member	Holly Skaife, University of California- Davis
Member	Jeff Burks, University of Notre Dame
Member	Teri Lombardi Yohn, Indiana University- Bloomington
Member	Susan Krische, American University
Member	Kris Allee, University of Wisconsin–Madison

National Meeting Co-Coordinators- Elect

Objectives

Officers

President Mark Bradshaw Boston College 140 Commonwealth Ave Fulton 250 Chestnut Hill, MA 02467 Phone: (617)552-3831 Email: mark.bradshaw@bc.edu	Vice President (from Practice) Alan Jagolinzer University of Colorado-Boulder Leeds School of Business Boulder, CO 80309 Phone: (303) 492-7437 Email: jagolinzer@colorado.edu

Immediate Past President Brian Bushee University of Pennsylvania Accounting Dept/Wharton Sch 1317 Steinberg-Dietrich Hall Philadelphia, PA 19104-6365 Phone: (215)898-4872 Email: bushee@wharton.upenn.edu	President-Elect Lisa Koonce University of Texas at Austin McCombs School of Business Dept of Acctg/CBA 4M.202 2110 Speedway, Stop B6400 Austin, TX 78712 Phone: (512) 471-5576 Email: lisa.koonce@mccombs.utexas.edu

Secretary/Treasurer Eddie Riedl Boston University Phone: (617)353-2317 Email: eriedl@bu.edu	Council Representative Marlene A Plumlee University of Utah Phone: (801) 581-3397 Email: marlene.plumlee@utah.edu

Journal of Financial Reporting Editors

Anne Beatty Ohio State University Phone: 614-292-5418 Email: beatty.86@osu.edu	Mary Barth Stanford University Phone: 650-723-8536 Email: mbarth@stanford.edu

Rick Lambert University of Pennsylvania Phone: (215) 898-7782 Email: lambertr@wharton.upenn.edu

On-line Outreach

Webmaster, AAACommons
Editorial Board Member
Richard A. Price
University of Oklahoma
Phone: 405-325-5759
Email: richard.price@ou.edu

Committee Chairpersons

CPE Praveen Sinha California State University- Long Beach Phone: 562-985-7695 Email: psinha@csulb.edu	Best Paper Award Fabrizio Ferri Columbia University Business School Phone:(212) 854-0425 Email: ff2270@columbia.edu

Best Dissertation Award Cristi Gleason University of Iowa Phone: (319) 335-1505 Email: cristi-gleason@uiowa.edu	Lifetime Achievement Award Brian Rountree Rice University Phone: (713) 348-5328 Email: rountree@rice.edu

Midyear Meeting Planning Coordinator Nicole Jenkins University of Kentucky Phone: 859-218-1649 Email: nicole.t.jenkins@uky.edu	Midyear Meeting Planning Coordinator- Elect Christine Petrovits College of William & Mary Phone:(757) 221-7434 Email: christine.petrovits@mason.wm.edu

Midyear Meeting Program Coordinator Brian Bushee University of Pennsylvania Accounting Dept/Wharton Sch Phone: (215)898-4872 Email: bushee@wharton.upenn.edu

Midyear Meeting - Research Sessions Bill Mayew Duke University Phone: 919-660-7781 Email: wmayew@duke.edu	Midyear Meeting - Research Sessions - Elect Alastair Lawrence University of California-Berkeley Phone:(510) 643-1408 Email: lawrence@haas.berkeley.edu

Financial Reporting Policy Committee (FRPC) John Campbell University of Georgia Phone: (336) 575-1244 Email: johnc@uga.edu	National Meeting Co-Coordinator Peter Demerjian University of Washington-Seattle Phone: 206-221-1648 Email: pdemerj@uw.edu

National Meeting Co-Coordinator Nerissa Brown University of Delaware Phone: Email: ncbrown@udel.edu	National Meeting Co-Coordinators- Elect Lian Fen Lee Boston College Phone:(617) 552-3780 Email: lianfen.lee@bc.edu

National Meeting Co-Coordinators- Elect George Serafeim Harvard University Business School Phone: (617) 495-6548 Email: gserafeim@hbs.edu

Regional Coordinators

Mid-Atlantic Dina Elmahdy Morgan State University Phone: (443) 885-3967 Email: dina.elmahdy@morgan.edu	Midwest Matthew Lyle Northwestern University Phone: (847) 491-2664 Email: m-lyle@kellogg.northwestern.edu

Northeast Kelvin Liu Northeastern University Phone: (617) 373-5926 Email: Xi.Liu@neu.edu	Southwest Yan Zhang New Mexico State University Phone: (575) 646-7443 Email: yz@nmsu.edu

Southeast Bob Resutek University of Georgia Phone: (706) 542-3617 Email: rresutek@uga.edu	Western Phillipp Schaberl University of Denver Phone:(513) 307-5879 Email: philipp.schaberl@du.edu

Ohio Laura Rickett Cleveland State University Phone: (216) 687-3672 Email: l.rickett@csuohio.edu

Publications Committee

Russell Lundholm University of British Columbia	Ted Christiansen University of Georgia

Patrick Hopkins Indiana University - Bloomington	Jennifer Wu Tucker University of Florida

Alfred Wagenhofer University of Graz	Cathy Schrand University of Pennsylvania

Steering Board (At-Large Members)

Nicole Jenkins University of Kentucky	Brad Badertscher University of Notre Dame

Linda Myers University of Arkansas-Fayetteville	Frank Zhang Yale University

Anne Beyer Stanford University	Jake Thornock University of Washington-Seattle

Sarah Zechman University of Colorado- Boulder	Nick Seybert University of Maryland-College Park

FRPC Members 2016-17

Chair	John Campbell, The University of Georgia
Member	Clare Wang, Northwestern University
Member	Jayanthi Sunder, The University of Arizona
Member	Asher Curtis, University of Washington, Seattle
Member	Holly Skaife, University of California- Davis
Member	Jeff Burks, University of Notre Dame
Member	Teri Lombardi Yohn, Indiana University- Bloomington
Member	Susan Krische, American University
Member	Kris Allee, University of Wisconsin–Madison

National Meeting Co-Coordinators- Elect

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Objectives

Officers

Journal of Financial Reporting Editors

On-line Outreach

Committee Chairpersons

Regional Coordinators

Publications Committee

Steering Board (At-Large Members)

FRPC Members 2016-17