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Objectives

The Section shall serve the following purposes:

To encourage, support, and promote interest in all aspects of international accounting through the American Accounting Association, both in the United States and throughout the rest of the world;
To provide means of communication among AAA members, other academicians, and professional accountants interested in international accounting through:
1. Regional and national Section meetings (held concurrently with meetings of the AAA or other organizations) as well as international meetings;
2. An annual Section Midyear Conference;
3. Publication of a newsletter (International Accounting Forum);
4. Preparation of publications relevant to international accounting, particularly the Section journal (Journal of International Accounting Research);
5. Collection and dissemination of information about international accounting courses taught throughout the world;
6. Publication of a Section membership list (with indication of special interest areas); and
7. Support of international liaison activities conducted by the AAA administrative office or other AAA committees, and the encouragement of international faculty exchanges;
To encourage international accounting research by Section members and to provide a forum for exchange of research findings through:
1. Appropriate programs at annual Section Meetings and Regional Meetings;
2. Assisting AAA research committees and providing advisory groups for international accounting projects; and
3. Monitoring of important international accounting events and foreign research;
To facilitate, as far as feasible, special research, teaching, or information needs of Section members as they arise-

Officers

President Chris Skousen Utah State University School of Accountancy 3540 Old Main Hill Logan, UT 84322 Phone: 435-797-2429 Email: chris.skousen@usu.edu	Past-President Mahendra Gujarathi Bentley University Dept of Acctncy/Col Of Bus 175 Forest Street Waltham, MA 02452 Phone: 781-891-3408 Email: MGUJARATHI@bentley.edu

Vice President-Academic (President-Elect) Stephen Lin Florida International University 11200 SW 8th Street Miami, FL 33199 Phone:(786) 210-3688 Email:lins@fiu.edu	Vice President — Practice Paul Munter KPMG LLP Phone: (212) 909-5567 Email: pmunter@kpmg.com

Treasurer Elaine Henry Stevens Institute of Technology Castle Point on Hudson Hoboken, NJ Phone: (203) 253-0309 Email: ehenry777@gmail.com	Secretary Judy Beckman University of Rhode Island Phone: 401-874-4321 Email:beckman@uri.edu

Council Representative F. Greg Burton Brigham Young University School of Accountancy 540 TNRB Provo, UT 84602 Phone: 801-422-8767 Email: fgb@byu.edu

Editors

Journal Editor (Journal of International Accounting Research) Joanna L. Ho University of California, Irvine Phone:(949)824-4041 Email: jlho@uci.edu	AAACommons Editorial Board Members Helen Kang University of New South Wales Phone: 61 2 9385 5824 Email:helen.kang@unsw.edu.au

Committee Chairpersons

Advisory Board Chair Helen Kang University of New South Wales Phone: 61 2 9385 5824 Email:helen.kang@unsw.edu.au	Annual Program Co-Chair Minna Yu Monmouth University Phone: 732-263-5543 Email: miyu@monmouth.edu

Annual Program Co-Chair Siva Nathan Georgia State University Phone: 404-413-7225 Email: snathan@gsu.edu	CPE Committee Co-Chair Eva Jermakowicz Tennesse State University Phone: 615-963-7052 Email: ejermakowicz@tnstate.edu

Membership Committee Chair Helen Kang University of New South Wales Phone: 61 2 9385 5824 Email: helen.kang@unsw.edu.au	JIAR Conference Chair Agnes Cheng Hong Kong Polytechnic University Phone: +88227667772 Email: afagnes@polyu.edu.hk

2018 Midyear Conference Co-Chair Stephani Mason DePaul University Ph: 718-772-1745 Email: smason18@depaul.edu	2018 Midyear Conference Co-Chair Gia Chevis Baylor University Phone: (254) 710-1328 Email: Gia_Chevis@baylor.edu

Midyear Conference Doctoral Consortium Betsy Gordon Temple University office: (215) 204.6422 email: egordon@temple.edu	Nominations Committee Chair Giorgio Gotti University of Texas at El Paso Phone: 915-747-7762 Email: ggotti@utep.edu

Outstanding Dissertation Award Committee Tony Kang University of Nebraska Phone: 402-472-4506 Email: tkang2@unl.edu	Outstanding Educator Award Committee Grace Pownall Emory University Phone: 404-727-0775 Email: grace.pownall@emory.edu

Outstanding Section Service Award Committee Chair Teresa Conover University of South Florida – St Petersburg Phone: (727) 873-4085 Email: tconover@mail.usf.edu	2018 Mid-Year Conference Doctoral Consortium Coordinator Betsy Gordon Temple University Ph: 215-470-8915 Email: egordon@temple.edu

Practice Issues Committee Co-Chair Susan Hughes University of Vermont Ph: (802) 656-0504 Email: shughes@uvm.edu	Practice Issues Committee Co-Chair Paul Munter KPMG LLP Phone: (212) 909-5567 Email: pmunter@kpmg.com

Publications Committee Chair Agnes Cheng Hong Kong Polytechnic University Phone: +88227667772 Email: afagnes@polyu.edu.hk	Research Committee Chair Gerlando Lima University of Illinois Phone: (217)300-6235 Email: gerlando@illinois.edu

Strategic Planning Committee Wolfgang Schultze University of Augsburg Phone: 498215984130 Email: wolfgang.schultze@wiwi.uni-augsburg.de	Section Historian Robert Larson University of Dayton Phone: 937-229-2497 Email: rlarson1@udayton.edu

PhD Student Travel Grant Committee Chair Tami Dinh University of St. Gallen Phone: +41 (0)71 224 74 24 Email: tami.dinh@unisg.ch

Regional Coordinators

Regional Coordinator Chair Gary Braun California State University- Chico Phone: 530-898-6289 Email: gbraun@csuchico.edu	Midwest Region Regional Coordinator Chair Mark Myring Ball State University Phone: 765-285-5100 Email: mmyring@bsu.edu

Mid-Atlantic Region Minna Yu Monmouth University Phone: 732-263-5543 Email: miyu@monmouth.edu	Ohio Region Mark Holtzblatt Cleveland State University Phone: 224-392-7030 Email: m.holtzblatt@csuohio.edu

Northeast Region Norbert Tschakert Salem State University Phone: 619-200-9852 Email: ntschakert@salemstate.edu	Southwest Region Co-Coordinator Kean Wu University of Houston-Clear Lake Phone: 281-283-3108 Email: wukean@uhcl.edu

Southeast Region Murphy Smith Murray State University Phone: 270-809-4297 Email: Msmith93@murraystate.edu	Western Region Gary Braun California State University - Chico Email: gbraun@csuchico.edu

International Coordinators

Australia Gabriel Donleavy University of New England-Australia	Austria Martin Messner University of Innsbruck Phone: 33139677477 Email: Martin.messner@uibk.ac.at

Belgium Ann Gaeremynck KU Leuven Email: Ann.Gaeremynck@econ.kuleuven.be	Canada Samir Trabelsi Brock University Ph: 905-688-5550 Email: samir.trabelsi@brocku.ca

China Paul Gillis Peking University's Guanghua School of Management Ph: Email: gillis@gsm.pku.edu.cn	France Wolfgang Dick

Germany Wolfgang Schultze University of Augsburg Phone: 498215984130 Email: Wolfgang.schultze@wiwi.uni-augsburg.de	Hong Kong/Singapore Nancy Sue

India Gaurav Gupta Pacific Lutheran University Phone: (253) 355-7758 Email: guptaga@plu.edu	Italy Marco Fasan Ca' Foscari University of Venice Phone: +003-934-68467041 Email: marco.fasan@unive.it

Netherlands Willem Buijink Universiteit van Tilburg Phone: 311-346-62756 Email: w.f.j.buijink@tilburguniversity.edu	New Zealand Asheq Rahman Massey University Phone: 649-414-0800 ext 43285 Email: A.R.Rahman@massey.ac.nz



South Africa Vida Botes The University of Waikato NZ idab@waikato.ac.nz	South America and Brazil Gerlando Lima University of Sao Paulo (USP) Phone: 11-30915820 Email: Gerlando@usp.bf

Switzerland Tami Dinh University of St. Gallen Phone: +41 (0)71 224 74 24 Email: tami.dinh@unisg.ch	Thailand KK Boonlert-U-Thai Chulalongkorn University Phone: 011-662-5798 Email: kriengkrai.b@cbs.chula.ac.th

Turkey Mine Aksu Sabanci University Phone: 902164839678 ext 9678 Email: maksu@sabanciuniv.edu

International Relations
Ajay Adhikari
American University
Phone: (202) 885-1993
Email: aadhika@american.edu

Objectives

The Section shall serve the following purposes:

To encourage, support, and promote interest in all aspects of international accounting through the American Accounting Association, both in the United States and throughout the rest of the world;
To provide means of communication among AAA members, other academicians, and professional accountants interested in international accounting through:
1. Regional and national Section meetings (held concurrently with meetings of the AAA or other organizations) as well as international meetings;
2. An annual Section Midyear Conference;
3. Publication of a newsletter (International Accounting Forum);
4. Preparation of publications relevant to international accounting, particularly the Section journal (Journal of International Accounting Research);
5. Collection and dissemination of information about international accounting courses taught throughout the world;
6. Publication of a Section membership list (with indication of special interest areas); and
7. Support of international liaison activities conducted by the AAA administrative office or other AAA committees, and the encouragement of international faculty exchanges;
To encourage international accounting research by Section members and to provide a forum for exchange of research findings through:
1. Appropriate programs at annual Section Meetings and Regional Meetings;
2. Assisting AAA research committees and providing advisory groups for international accounting projects; and
3. Monitoring of important international accounting events and foreign research;
To facilitate, as far as feasible, special research, teaching, or information needs of Section members as they arise-

Officers

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President Chris Skousen Utah State University School of Accountancy 3540 Old Main Hill Logan, UT 84322 Phone: 435-797-2429 Email: chris.skousen@usu.edu	Past-President Mahendra Gujarathi Bentley University Dept of Acctncy/Col Of Bus 175 Forest Street Waltham, MA 02452 Phone: 781-891-3408 Email: MGUJARATHI@bentley.edu

Vice President-Academic (President-Elect) Stephen Lin Florida International University 11200 SW 8th Street Miami, FL 33199 Phone:(786) 210-3688 Email:lins@fiu.edu	Vice President — Practice Paul Munter KPMG LLP Phone: (212) 909-5567 Email: pmunter@kpmg.com

Treasurer Elaine Henry Stevens Institute of Technology Castle Point on Hudson Hoboken, NJ Phone: (203) 253-0309 Email: ehenry777@gmail.com	Secretary Judy Beckman University of Rhode Island Phone: 401-874-4321 Email:beckman@uri.edu

Council Representative F. Greg Burton Brigham Young University School of Accountancy 540 TNRB Provo, UT 84602 Phone: 801-422-8767 Email: fgb@byu.edu

Editors

Journal Editor (Journal of International Accounting Research) Joanna L. Ho University of California, Irvine Phone:(949)824-4041 Email: jlho@uci.edu	AAACommons Editorial Board Members Helen Kang University of New South Wales Phone: 61 2 9385 5824 Email:helen.kang@unsw.edu.au

Committee Chairpersons

Advisory Board Chair Helen Kang University of New South Wales Phone: 61 2 9385 5824 Email:helen.kang@unsw.edu.au	Annual Program Co-Chair Minna Yu Monmouth University Phone: 732-263-5543 Email: miyu@monmouth.edu

Annual Program Co-Chair Siva Nathan Georgia State University Phone: 404-413-7225 Email: snathan@gsu.edu	CPE Committee Co-Chair Eva Jermakowicz Tennesse State University Phone: 615-963-7052 Email: ejermakowicz@tnstate.edu

Membership Committee Chair Helen Kang University of New South Wales Phone: 61 2 9385 5824 Email: helen.kang@unsw.edu.au	JIAR Conference Chair Agnes Cheng Hong Kong Polytechnic University Phone: +88227667772 Email: afagnes@polyu.edu.hk

2018 Midyear Conference Co-Chair Stephani Mason DePaul University Ph: 718-772-1745 Email: smason18@depaul.edu	2018 Midyear Conference Co-Chair Gia Chevis Baylor University Phone: (254) 710-1328 Email: Gia_Chevis@baylor.edu

Midyear Conference Doctoral Consortium Betsy Gordon Temple University office: (215) 204.6422 email: egordon@temple.edu	Nominations Committee Chair Giorgio Gotti University of Texas at El Paso Phone: 915-747-7762 Email: ggotti@utep.edu

Outstanding Dissertation Award Committee Tony Kang University of Nebraska Phone: 402-472-4506 Email: tkang2@unl.edu	Outstanding Educator Award Committee Grace Pownall Emory University Phone: 404-727-0775 Email: grace.pownall@emory.edu

Outstanding Section Service Award Committee Chair Teresa Conover University of South Florida – St Petersburg Phone: (727) 873-4085 Email: tconover@mail.usf.edu	2018 Mid-Year Conference Doctoral Consortium Coordinator Betsy Gordon Temple University Ph: 215-470-8915 Email: egordon@temple.edu

Practice Issues Committee Co-Chair Susan Hughes University of Vermont Ph: (802) 656-0504 Email: shughes@uvm.edu	Practice Issues Committee Co-Chair Paul Munter KPMG LLP Phone: (212) 909-5567 Email: pmunter@kpmg.com

Publications Committee Chair Agnes Cheng Hong Kong Polytechnic University Phone: +88227667772 Email: afagnes@polyu.edu.hk	Research Committee Chair Gerlando Lima University of Illinois Phone: (217)300-6235 Email: gerlando@illinois.edu

Strategic Planning Committee Wolfgang Schultze University of Augsburg Phone: 498215984130 Email: wolfgang.schultze@wiwi.uni-augsburg.de	Section Historian Robert Larson University of Dayton Phone: 937-229-2497 Email: rlarson1@udayton.edu

PhD Student Travel Grant Committee Chair Tami Dinh University of St. Gallen Phone: +41 (0)71 224 74 24 Email: tami.dinh@unisg.ch

Regional Coordinators

Regional Coordinator Chair Gary Braun California State University- Chico Phone: 530-898-6289 Email: gbraun@csuchico.edu	Midwest Region Regional Coordinator Chair Mark Myring Ball State University Phone: 765-285-5100 Email: mmyring@bsu.edu

Mid-Atlantic Region Minna Yu Monmouth University Phone: 732-263-5543 Email: miyu@monmouth.edu	Ohio Region Mark Holtzblatt Cleveland State University Phone: 224-392-7030 Email: m.holtzblatt@csuohio.edu

Northeast Region Norbert Tschakert Salem State University Phone: 619-200-9852 Email: ntschakert@salemstate.edu	Southwest Region Co-Coordinator Kean Wu University of Houston-Clear Lake Phone: 281-283-3108 Email: wukean@uhcl.edu

Southeast Region Murphy Smith Murray State University Phone: 270-809-4297 Email: Msmith93@murraystate.edu	Western Region Gary Braun California State University - Chico Email: gbraun@csuchico.edu

International Coordinators

Australia Gabriel Donleavy University of New England-Australia	Austria Martin Messner University of Innsbruck Phone: 33139677477 Email: Martin.messner@uibk.ac.at

Belgium Ann Gaeremynck KU Leuven Email: Ann.Gaeremynck@econ.kuleuven.be	Canada Samir Trabelsi Brock University Ph: 905-688-5550 Email: samir.trabelsi@brocku.ca

China Paul Gillis Peking University's Guanghua School of Management Ph: Email: gillis@gsm.pku.edu.cn	France Wolfgang Dick

Germany Wolfgang Schultze University of Augsburg Phone: 498215984130 Email: Wolfgang.schultze@wiwi.uni-augsburg.de	Hong Kong/Singapore Nancy Sue

India Gaurav Gupta Pacific Lutheran University Phone: (253) 355-7758 Email: guptaga@plu.edu	Italy Marco Fasan Ca' Foscari University of Venice Phone: +003-934-68467041 Email: marco.fasan@unive.it

Netherlands Willem Buijink Universiteit van Tilburg Phone: 311-346-62756 Email: w.f.j.buijink@tilburguniversity.edu	New Zealand Asheq Rahman Massey University Phone: 649-414-0800 ext 43285 Email: A.R.Rahman@massey.ac.nz



South Africa Vida Botes The University of Waikato NZ idab@waikato.ac.nz	South America and Brazil Gerlando Lima University of Sao Paulo (USP) Phone: 11-30915820 Email: Gerlando@usp.bf

Switzerland Tami Dinh University of St. Gallen Phone: +41 (0)71 224 74 24 Email: tami.dinh@unisg.ch	Thailand KK Boonlert-U-Thai Chulalongkorn University Phone: 011-662-5798 Email: kriengkrai.b@cbs.chula.ac.th

Turkey Mine Aksu Sabanci University Phone: 902164839678 ext 9678 Email: maksu@sabanciuniv.edu

International Relations
Ajay Adhikari
American University
Phone: (202) 885-1993
Email: aadhika@american.edu

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International Coordinators