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    To establish collaborative relationships across stakeholder groups including doctoral students, faculty, standard-setters, and practitioners, to broaden participation, exchange knowledge, and address emerging challenges in the field. 

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    Letter from Our Section President
    Carlos E. Jimenez-Angueira

    "The strength of our section has always come from our members' willingness to support one another..."

    Dear EAC Section Members and Friends, 

    On behalf of the Engagement, Access & Community (EAC) Section, I would like to invite you to our EAC Section Mixer and Business Meeting at the 2026 AAA Global Connect.

    As I send this invitation, I am reaching out not only to our current members but also to colleagues who have been active in the EAC Section in recent years and have not yet renewed their membership. If the above describes you, we hope you will consider reconnecting with the section. Your voice, ideas, and participation have always been an important part of our community, and we would be delighted to welcome you back. 

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    The Engagement, Access, and Community Section is to be recognized as a Section where a broad range of experiences, ideas, insights, and voices contribute to meaningful progress in accounting education, research, and practice. To drive and support a resilient academic and professional environment with strong connections, open access to opportunities, and active participation.

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    • Receive registration discounts on many of our meetings and low cost Continuing Professional Education (CPE) credits.
    • The opportunity to volunteer for Association-wide committees, serve in Section and Region leadership roles, and network and connect with colleagues at Association meetings.

     

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    To join the EAC Section, you must be a current member of the American Accounting Association.

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    To add a Section, click on the green "Section Membership Add-on" button.

    Select the Sections you wish to add to your membership and follow the checkout process.

    If you have questions about membership click here: info@aaahq.org and your email will go directly to the AAA Member Services.

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    2026 Award Recipients

    Engagement, Access, and Community Innovation in Research Award

    2026 Recipients: Michelle K. Harding, Virginia Tech University, Jennifer Joe, Virginia Tech University, and Kerri-Ann Sanderson, Bentley University for Navigating a Path to Career Success: Black Accounting Faculty in U.S. Business Schools

    Excellence in Service Awards

    2025 Midyear Meeting Chair
    Claire Costin, University of Portland

    2026 Global Connect Program Chair
    Nadra Pencle, Ball State University

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Who We Are

Mission

To serve as a leading forum and Section for advancing engagement, expanding access, and strengthening community across accounting education, research, and practice.


Vision

To be recognized as a Section where a broad range of experiences, ideas, insights, and voices contribute to meaningful progress in accounting education, research, and practice. To drive and support a resilient academic and professional environment with strong connections, open access to opportunities, and active participation.

 

 

Value Propositions

Community

To build a strong, supportive network of accounting doctoral students, educators, and practitioners.

Engaged Research

To encourage and advance research that recognizes the contributions of a broad community, with results that contributes to or amplify thought leadership in accounting education, research, and practice.

Faculty Development

To enhance and support opportunities that empower faculty members, doctoral students, and early-career scholars to thrive in accounting education, research, and practice.

Partnerships

To establish collaborative relationships across stakeholder groups including doctoral students, faculty, standard-setters, and practitioners, to broaden participation, exchange knowledge, and address emerging challenges in the field.

Infrastructure

To deliver high quality, cost-effective support for Section programs, events, and member services.

 

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To join the EAC Section, you must be a current member of the American Accounting Association.

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2023 Joint Meeting of the Diversity and the Teaching, Learning and Curriculum Sections
October 21-23, 2023
Bethesda, Maryland

This fall, the AAA Diversity (DIV) and Teaching, Learning and Curriculum (TLC) Sections will gather together to host their Second Joint Midyear Meeting on October 20-21, 2023 in Bethesda, MD! Our two sections share a passion for fostering diversity, equity, and inclusion and a commitment to developing and promoting pedagogical innovations that infuse these core values throughout the accounting curriculum. We strive to make the field of accounting more welcoming for all students, faculty, and practitioners, and we recognize the crucial role that accounting academics play in preparing students to become globally conscious business leaders.

Combining our midyear meetings into one event will allow our respective section members to meet, interact, and form more meaningful personal and professional bonds. While our members will share plenary sessions, meals, and receptions, our program also will include concurrent sessions organized independently by our two sections, and participants may attend any session. We hope that you are as excited as we are to merge our DIV and TLC meetings in October, and we look forward to seeing you in Bethesda.

REGISTER HERE TODAY!

 

    

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