Mark S. Beasley

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The AAA has played a vital role in opening doors to so many opportunities throughout my academic career. The interactions with fellow accounting scholars and practitioners made possible by my engagement within the AAA since my doctoral student days have positively influenced how I approach my research, teaching and service. I would not have enjoyed the same career had I not been actively involved in the AAA, particularly through my AAA service responsibilities within the Auditing Section (President, Treasurer, Historian) and at the AAA level (Vice President - Finance, Board of Directors, Audit Committee).  I would be honored to help advance the influence of the AAA in the global business environment and ensure benefits of AAA membership are enhanced for future generations of accounting thought leaders around the world.

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Mark Beasley, PhD, CPA is the Alan T. Dickson Distinguished Professor of Accounting and Founding Director of the Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) Initiative at NC State University (1994-present). Before earning his PhD at Michigan State University, Mark served as a Technical Manager in the AICPA’s Auditing Standards Division (1987-1990) and as Audit Manager in EY’s Nashville, TN office (1982-1987). 

He currently serves on the United Nation’s Internal Control Advisory Council. He previously served on the COSO Board (2005-2011) and helped develop COSO’s ERM Frameworks (2004; 2017).  Mark has published widely in peer-reviewed accounting journals, research monographs, thought papers, and books. 

Mark received the Auditing Section’s Outstanding Educator’s Award (2020), AAA’s Distinguished Contributions to Accounting Literature Award (2010), Auditing Section’s Notable Contributions to the Auditing Literature Award (2002), and AAA Competitive Manuscript Award (1995).  He is a member of NC State’s Academy of Outstanding Teachers and Academy of Outstanding Faculty in Extension and Engagement.

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Anne M. Farrell

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More years back than I dare count, my PhD advisors spoke highly of what the AAA meant to them. What do I have to lose, I thought, by joining? I now know that I had a lot to lose….if I hadn’t joined! Relationships I’ve forged through the AAA have sustained me and opened doors to opportunities I wouldn’t have otherwise had. They’ve shaped the kind of researcher, teacher, colleague, mentor – the kind of scholar – I strive to be. 

I can’t repay the AAA, but I try. For example, I’m now AAA VP-Finance and previously served as Publications Processes Task Force Co-Chair and Segment Reporting Task Force Chair. In sections, I’ve served as MAS President and Secretary/Treasurer and ABO Secretary/Treasurer. In these and other roles, I demonstrated my commitment to hearing all voices and collaboratively driving new initiatives and positive change. That would not waiver if I served as your President.

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Anne Farrell (Annie) is the PwC Professor of Accountancy and Interim Chair at Miami University’s Farmer School of Business. Her scholarship focuses on how the design of performance measurement and control systems affects the processes and outcomes of employee decision-making. Annie is an Editor at Contemporary Accounting Research and Management Accounting Research and former Editor at Behavioral Research in Accounting. She’s received several awards for research, teaching, and service, including the AAA MAS Notable Contribution to Management Accounting Literature Award and Greatest Potential Impact on Management Accounting Practice Award; the IMA/AAA MAS Bulloch Award for Innovations in Management Accounting Education; and the AAA Outstanding Service Award. Annie was formerly on the faculty at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Prior to her Ph.D. program she worked in practice for 12 years in New York City and Washington, DC and was an adjunct professor at American University.

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Christopher P. Agoglia

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I am honored to be a candidate for Vice President of Research & Publications and would be proud to serve the AAA membership in this role. Over my many years as a member, I have served the AAA in a number of roles relevant to this position, including serving on the AAA Research Committee, on the AAA Publications Processes Task Force, and on the AAA Seminal Contributions to the Accounting Literature Award Committee. I also bring experience as a past Senior Editor of Auditing: A Journal of Practice & Theory and a current editor of Contemporary Accounting Research, and I have chaired and presented at numerous AAA section doctoral consortia. Should I be elected, I look forward to contributing to the research mission of our academic community. It is my hope that my background will benefit the AAA and its membership.

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Chris Agoglia is the Richard H. Simpson Endowed Professor at the Isenberg School of Management, University of Massachusetts Amherst. His research focuses on decision making and decision maker behavior in accounting and auditing contexts. He has published in a number of journals including The Accounting Review, Journal of Accounting Research, Contemporary Accounting Research, Accounting, Organizations and Society, Auditing: A Journal of Practice & Theory, Journal of Accounting, Auditing & Finance, and Behavioral Research In Accounting. Chris is a past Senior Editor of Auditing: A Journal of Practice & Theory and is currently an Editor for Contemporary Accounting Research. He has served as an Associate Editor for Behavioral Research In Accounting and on the Editorial Boards of The Accounting Review, Contemporary Accounting Research, Accounting, Organizations and Society, Auditing: A Journal of Practice & Theory, and Behavioral Research In Accounting. He also serves on the Academic Review Committee for the Center for Audit Quality’s Access to Audit Personnel Program and on the Scientific Committee for the International Symposium on Audit Research.

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Jacqueline S. Hammersley

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I am honored to be nominated as the VP - Research and Publications.  I have been a AAA member for almost 30 years and am delighted to be able pay forward a fraction of the benefits I have received as a member.  The AAA has afforded me many opportunities to enhance my research and teaching and to participate in its governance.  I have served as Secretary of the Auditing Section, organized its mid-year meetings, served on many award selection committees, and have participated in many doctoral consortia.  I have also served as an Editor for almost 12 years at The Accounting Review and Auditing: A Journal of Theory and Practice.  Finally, I have served on the Research and Publications Committee and am currently that committee’s Chair-Elect. In these roles, I have taken on policy assignments related to research and publishing that prepare me for this new role.

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Jackie Hammersley is the Harold M. Heckman Chair of Public Accounting at the University of Georgia.  She was an Editor at The Accounting Review from 2017-2020 and has served three terms as Editor or Deputy Senior Editor of Auditing: A Journal of Practice and Theory.  She has published her research in The Accounting Review, Journal of Accounting Research, Contemporary Accounting Research, Review of Accounting Studies, and Auditing: A Journal of Practice and Theory. She is the Chair-Elect of the AAA’s Research and Publications Committee, is a past Secretary of the Auditing Section and serves on several editorial boards.  Her research focuses on auditor judgment and decision making, particularly auditing complex estimates and how auditor-client interactions affect audit quality outcomes.  She received the Competitive Manuscript Award, the Deloitte Foundation Wildman Medal Award, the Notable Contributions in Auditing Award, and the Outstanding Dissertation Advisor Award, among other awards. She earned her PhD at the University of Illinois.

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Jennifer Reynolds-Moehrle

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I am honored by the nomination to stand for election to the AAA Board of Directors as the Director focusing on Segments.  I have been involved as a member and leader of a segment, the AAH Section, and as a member of FARS during my 28 years as a AAA member.  Of particular relevance to this board position, I served as Treasurer of the Academy of Accounting Historians, a 501(c) organization, for 10 years before the academy became a section of AAA.  In that role I had responsibility for budgeting, reporting, and investing decisions over a time period that saw the organization’s net assets increase by 200%. I understand the concerns of segments and appreciate the loyalty that comes with segment involvement, while also fully appreciating the benefits that are possible to members only through the continued strength of the whole organization.

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Dr. Jennifer Reynolds-Moehrle, Professor of Accounting at the University of Missouri – St. Louis, has been a member of AAA since her doctoral student days at Indiana University. Her research interests are in the area of financial reporting and accounting history. Her teaching interests include financial accounting and reporting, professional accounting research, and MBA accounting. She has received a number of teaching awards in recognition of her efforts in the classroom, including the UMSL Chancellor’s Excellence in Teaching award and the Missouri Society of CPA (MOCPA) Educator of the Year.

In addition to her scholarly activities and service to the University, Dr. Reynolds-Moehrle has stayed actively engaged in the CPA profession. She has served on the Board of the Missouri Society of CPAs (MOCPA) and on its executive committee, where she currently serves as the MOCPA Chair-elect.  She also serves as a council member of the AICPA.

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Jay C. Thibodeau

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I am honored to be a candidate for the position of Director-Focused on Segments at the American Accounting Association (AAA). Over the last 15 years, I have had a variety of opportunities to serve members of the AAA, primarily within the Auditing Section (e.g., as President).  I am grateful to have had these leadership opportunities and I now believe the time is right for me to volunteer again and become a leader in the overall AAA.  We are at a critical time in the profession and I want to help in any way that I can.  I have been an academic accountant for over 30 years now and have developed many relationships through my leadership and participation in AAA sponsored activities.  These relationships should be helpful as I hope for the opportunity to begin my journey as a leader in the AAA as a Director that is Focused on Segments.

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Dr. Jay C. Thibodeau is a former auditor and a CPA. He received his BS degree from the University of Connecticut in 1987 and his Ph.D. from the University of Connecticut in 1996.

He is a coauthor of two books, Auditing and Assurance Services and Auditing and Accounting Cases. In addition, he has written over 60 articles and book chapters and has published in journals such as Auditing: A Journal of Practice & Theory, Journal of Information Systems, Accounting Horizons, and Issues in Accounting Education.

Dr. Thibodeau has previously served as the President and the Secretary of the Auditing Section of the AAA. He has also received national recognition for his work nine times, most recently winning both the 2023 Innovation in Assurance Education Award and the 2023 Best Paper Award for Auditing: A Journal of Practice & Theory.

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