Before the election starts, please take a few minutes to get to know the candidates on the 2021 ballot for the following Board of Director offices:

• President-Elect
• Vice President-Finance-Elect
• Vice-President-Research & Publications
• Director-Focusing on Segments

For each position on the ballot, the Board of Directors has provided guidance on the roles and responsibilities and key interests and capabilities for the position based on the Board's analysis of current projects, including ongoing Board positions and mission-related initiatives.

To view the Slate of Officers for the 2021-2022 Board of Directors, please CLICK HERE.

New officers will serve on the Board of Directors for three years beginning at the Annual Meeting in August 2021.

Mark C. Dawkins

Statement of Interest

I have been a AAA member since completing my accounting doctorate in 1994, and during my 26 years as an accounting educator, I have served in multiple AAA leadership roles on various AAA committees. I am exceptionally passionate about diversity, equity, and inclusion, and adamantly believe that the richly deserved time and opportunity exist now for the AAA to make a substantively genuine effort to embrace and serve its diverse membership. I  am a professor at the University of North Florida (regional institution), and was  previously an associate professor at the University of Georgia (R1 institution), and taught at a community college during my doctoral program, and so I have substantial insight and experience about both challenges and opportunities that accounting faculty face at various types of institutions. I completed a 5-year term as Dean this past June and thus am able to offer both an administrative and faculty perspective to the AAA President-Elect position.

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Mark Dawkins is Professor of Accounting in the Coggin College of Business at the University of North Florida (he completed a 5-year term as Dean in June). He served on the accounting faculty at the University of Georgia from 1994-2015 and was the Associate Dean for Academic Programs from 2008-2014. He received his Ph.D. in Accounting from Florida State University, MBA (finance) and M.Acc. (auditing) degrees from the University of Florida, and a BS in Management (accounting) from the Georgia Institute of Technology.

He was the recipient of Outstanding Teacher of the Year Awards in 2006 and 2003 and was one of five inaugural recipients of the EY Inclusive Excellence Award for Accounting and Business School Faculty. His research interests span bankruptcy, accounting information and the capital markets, and accounting education. He has published in The Journal of Finance, Journal of Financial & Quantitative Analysis, Journal of Accounting, Auditing and Finance, Journal of Business, Finance & Accounting, Journal of Banking and Finance, Advances in Accounting, and other journals. 

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Eric D. Bostwick

Statement of Interest

In an organization comprised of accountants, there are numerous highly-qualified individuals who could serve in the position of Vice President Finance-Elect.  My own experiences include responsibility as treasurer for a regional not-for-profit organization, administrative positions as associate dean and dean, and AAA service at both the regional and national levels.

In each of these positions, getting to know and work with terrific people has been my greatest reward, and I would be honored to continue to work with and serve our AAA members as Vice President Finance-Elect.

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Eric D. Bostwick has taught accounting for 26 years, and he is currently professor of accounting at the University of West Florida where he has taught since 2010.  While at UWF, Eric served 5 years as associate dean and 8 months as interim dean during a successful dean search.  Prior to teaching at UWF, Eric was a faculty member, chair, assistant dean, and dean at Pensacola Christian College.  Eric is a CPA, and he earned his Ph.D. from the University of Mississippi.

Although his research has been published in top accounting journals and he has received awards for research and service, Eric values most highly the teaching excellence awards from both students and peers which underscore that his primary calling and passion has always been, and always will be, teaching. 

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Anne M. Farrell 

Statement of Interest

More years ago than I’ll count, I joined the AAA as a doctoral student; since then it’s been an important home. The relationships forged through the AAA impacted my vision of and growth as the scholar I strive to be. I can’t repay AAA members for all they’ve given me, but serving as VP-Finance-Elect is a way to try.

In my leadership roles in the Management Accounting and ABO sections and as Chair of the Segment Reporting Task Force, I gained important insights into the AAA’s operations and finances. I understand the challenges facing the AAA from both the overall organization’s and sections’ perspectives – attracting and retaining members, rising costs, volunteers who are stretched. But new AAA leadership and the pandemic have created opportunities for a different vision and different ways to serve members. I’m eager to help AAA leadership and so many talented volunteers reimagine the AAA’s future. 

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Anne M. Farrell is the PricewaterhouseCoopers Professor of Accountancy at Miami University’s Farmer School of Business. She earned her Ph.D. from Michigan State, her M.S. from George Mason, and her B.B.A. from Notre Dame. Anne has served the AAA, MAS, and ABO in many roles, including MAS President and MAS and ABO Secretary/Treasurer. She chaired the AAA Task Force for Segment Financial Reporting and received the AAA Outstanding Service Award for that work.

Anne’s teaching and research focus on how management accounting influences and facilitates decision-making. Her research is published in top accounting, finance, and neuroscience journals and practitioner publications. She is an associate editor at Management Accounting Research and a former associate editor at Behavioral Research in Accounting. Prior to her doctoral program, Anne spent 14 years in practice in Washington, DC and New York. She is a CPA (inactive) and CGMA, and a member of AAA, CAAA, EAA, Society for Neuroeconomics, Ohio-Miami Valley Chapter of the Society for Neuroscience, AICPA, and IMA.

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Timothy J. Rupert

Statement of Interest

For many AAA members, the segments are the heart of the organization.  They are the place where we make connections with other members with similar interests. When I was asked if I would be willing to be nominated to run for the Director-Focusing on Segments, I agreed because the sections and regions have been critical to my professional development and I want to see them continue to serve this important function for our members. I’ve been involved most extensively with the American Taxation Association and the Northeast region.  But, at various times during my career, I have been involved with the ABO section, the TLC section, the Diversity section, the APLG section and the Public Interest section.  My hope is that my experience with these different segments will help me better understand the different needs of the segments and help ensure that they continue to provide the support and development opportunities that our members expect from them.

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Tim Rupert is a Professor in the Accounting Group of the D’Amore-McKim School of Business at Northeastern University. He also has an honorary appointment at the University of Pretoria in South Africa. He received his B.S. in Accounting and his Master of Taxation from the University of Akron, and his Ph.D. from Penn State University.  He is active in the American Accounting Association and has served as president, vice president and secretary of the American Taxation Association and as president and program chair of the Northeast Region of the AAA. He has published his research in a variety of journals including The Accounting Review, The Journal of the American Taxation Association, and Behavioral Research in Accounting. He currently serves as an editor of The Journal of the American Taxation Association and previously served as a co-editor of Advances in Accounting Education. 

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David M. Stott

Statement of Interest

It is an honor to be nominated for this position. I have served the Association at both the Region and Section level. In addition to my service in these Segments, I also served on Council for many years culminating in my service as Council Chair. Through this experience, I learned the value that Segments serve in advancing the overall mission of the Association. To quote an old phrase, the Segments are “where the love is” in the Association.  I am sure that you all have your favorite Section or Region meeting that you look forward to attending each year. Hopefully more than one!

It is with all of this in mind that I look forward to the opportunity to serve in this role. This Director should be a strong advocate for the 31 Segments and I believe that my experience at both the Segment and national levels make me uniquely qualified to serve in this role. I am truly excited and energized about the opportunity.

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David M. Stott joined Ohio University in 2016 and serves as the Director of the School of Accountancy and the O’Bleness Professor of Accountancy. He previously served as Department Chair at Bowling Green State University where he held the Maurer Family Distinguished Professorship in Accounting.

David received his undergraduate degree from Texas State University and both his MAcc and Ph.D. degrees from Washington State University. He initially received his CPA in Texas and is currently certified in Ohio. David’s research and teaching interests are primarily in financial accounting, auditing, and the conceptual framework. 

David is active in both academic and professional organizations. He is a member of the AAA (recently completing service as Council Chair), the AICPA and the Ohio Society of CPAs. 

Before returning to academia, he spent several years working for Arthur Andersen & Co. in Houston (leaving well before the Enron debacle!). David and his wife Ann have two wonderful adult children – Randi and Michael.

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