2026-2027 Mid-Career Faculty Consortium Committee

Charge

  • Plan and hold the Mid-Career Faculty Consortium in accordance with established AAA policies. Specifically:
    • Arrange for the conduct and administration of the consortium.
    • Assure a diversity of topics and speakers for the program to match the diversity of attendees and provide guidance to mid-career faculty on the transition to more senior ranks and long-term career planning.
    • The 2027 Mid-Career Faculty Consortium will take place June 2027.

Membership

  • New Committee members are appointed prior to the Annual Meeting by the AAA Management Team.
  • The Chair, Past Chair, and Chair-Elect constitute the leadership group.
  • One new Committee member each year is named Chair-Elect by the AAA Management Team and this person serves one year each as Chair-Elect, Chair, and Past Chair of the Committee (a three-year term in all).

Meetings

  • Committee meetings will be scheduled at the discretion of the Chair. 

Responsibilities

  • To fulfill the Task Force charge as above.
  • The Chair must submit at least one report per year to the Board of Directors prior to the fall Board meeting. The report should include an overview of highlights of the event, a description of the program and list of participants, actual expenditures compared with the budget and the effectiveness of the program as evaluated by the Chair, Committee members, senior faculty, and faculty participants. The report should be sent to the AAA President, the committee’s Board of Directors Liaison, and Governance Manager, Barbara Gutierrez (barbara.gutierrez@aaahq.org).
  • If the Chair has any questions about the charge or responsibilities of this committee, they should contact the Chief Executive Officer, the President, or the Committee’s Board of Directors Liaison.

Members

Name / Affiliation Contact Term Length Term Expires

Chair
Kris Hoang
The University of Alabama


kjhoang@ua.edu


1


08/2027

Chair-Elect
Brad Lawson
Oklahoma State University

The Chair-Elect serves one year each as Chair-Elect, Chair, and Past Chair of the Committee (a three-year term in all).

 

brad.lawson@okstate.edu


1


08/2027

Past Chair
Amal Said
Northern Kentucky University


saida1@nku.edu


1


08/2027

Michael Clement
The University of Texas at Austin

Michael.Clement@mccombs.utexas.edu

3

08/2027

TBD

 

1

08/2027

Dirk Black
Iowa State University

dirkb@iastate.edu

2

08/2028

TBD

 

2

08/2028

Andrea Kelton
Middle Tennessee State University

andrea.kelton@mtsu.edu

3

08/2029

Rebecca Shortridge
University of Tennessee-Chattanooga

Rebecca-shortridge@utc.edu

3

08/2029

AAA Professional Staff Liaison
Markus Ahrens
Senior Director, Center for Advancing Accounting Education
Ex-Officio Nonvoting Member


markus.ahrens@aaahq.org
 


 

 

AAA Professional Staff Liaison
Erlinda Jones
Senior Director, Meetings and Governance
Ex-Officio Nonvoting Member

erlinda@aaahq.org    

Board of Directors Liaison
Diane Janvrin
Iowa State University
Vice President-Finance



djanvrin@iastate.edu


2


08/2028