About Financial Accounting and Reporting Section Menu Officers and Committees Bylaws Minutes FARS History Financial Reporting Policy Committee Charge Objectives The objective of this Section is to give greater attention to financial accounting and reporting, and to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of education, research, and professional practice by: (1) disseminating and evaluating teaching methods and materials; (2) encouraging, facilitating, and publicizing research interests and projects; and (3) creating opportunities for interchange and cooperation between academics and practitioners. View Officer Archives President John (Xuefeng) Jiang Michigan State University President Elect Shana Clor-Proell Texas Christian University Past President Kristina Rennekamp Cornell University Vice President - Practice Adrienna Huffman The Brattle Group Secretary/Treasurer Jennifer Sustersic Stevens Ohio University Council Representative Mary Ellen Carter Boston College Editor Senior Editor, Journal of Financial Reporting Samuel Bonsall Penn State University Co-Senior Editor, The Journal of Financial Reporting Nicole Cade University of Pittsburgh Co-Senior Editor, The Journal of Financial Reporting Henry Friedman University of California-Los Angeles Co-Senior Editor, The Journal of Financial Reporting Jayanthi Sunder University of Arizona Chairperson 2025 AAA National Meeting Track Chair-Debt Markets and Credit Ratings Aleksander Aleszczyk New York University Stern School of Business Best Dissertation Award Committee-Chair Sudipta Basu Temple University 2025 AAA National Meeting Track Chair-Executive Incentives and Compensation Richard Carrizosa University of California - 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McIntire Integrating Research and Practice Committee-Chair Biyu Wu University of Nebraska-Lincoln Best Dissertation Award Committee Ronghuo Zheng The University of Texas at Austin Coordinator 2025 FARS Section Midyear Meeting Planning Coordinator-Elect John Barrios Yale University 2025 Midyear Meeting Doctoral Consortium Planning-Coordinator Khrystyna Bochkay University of Miami 2025 AAA National Meeting FARS Section-Coordinator Christine Cuny New York University Stern School of Business 2025 FARS Section Midyear Meeting Research Track Coordinator-Elect Eric Holzman Indiana University - Bloomington 2025 Midyear Meeting Planning Coordinator-Elect John (Xuefeng) Jiang Michigan State University 2025 AAA National Meeting FARS Section-Coordinator-Elect Ningzhong Li University of Texas at Dallas 2025 Midyear Meeting Planning Coordinator Kristina Rennekamp Cornell University 2025 FARS Section Midyear Meeting Doctoral Consortium-Coordinator-Elect Suhas Sridharan Emory University 2025 FARS Section Midyear Meeting Planning Coordinator Jennifer Tucker University of Florida Editorial Advisory and Review Board Member Hamilton Asay University of Iowa Jennifer Blouin University of Pennsylvania - Wharton School of Business Nerissa Brown University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign John Campbell University of Georgia Margaret Christ University of Georgia Shana Clor-Proell Texas Christian University Lisa De Simone The University of Texas at Austin Gilles Hilary NA - No Affiliation Michael Kimbrough University of Maryland-College Park Lisa Koonce The University of Texas at Austin Sarah McVay University of Washington Beatrice Michaeli University of California-Los Angeles Miguel Minutti-Meza University of Miami Andrea Pawliczek University of Colorado-Boulder Kristina Rennekamp Cornell University Delphine Samuels The University of Chicago Stephen Stubben University of Utah Sara Toynbee The University of Texas at Austin Elaine Wang University of Massachusetts Amherst Clare Wang University of Colorado-Boulder Benjamin Whipple University of Georgia President's Letter John Xuefeng Jiang Michigan State University 2024-2025 FARS Section President Dear Colleagues, I would like to share some updates and recognize the volunteers for their outstanding contributions to the 2024 Annual Meeting. 1. Acknowledgements: Special thanks to Atif Ellahie (Utah) and Christine Cuny (NYU) for organizing the 2024 Annual Meeting in DC. We appreciate the efforts of 18 track chairs and 500 reviewers who processed 475 submissions. Special thanks to Patricia Breuer (Erasmus) for handling 78 submissions and Forester Wong (City University of Hong Kong) for handling 46 submissions. We're pleased to recognize 30 reviewers with the AAA Excellence in Reviewing Awards. Continue Reading... Journal The Journal of Financial Reporting (JFR) is the academic journal of the Financial Accounting and Reporting Section of the American Accounting Association. Learn More Research FARS Research Objectives: A. to encourage, facilitate, and publicize research in financial accounting and reporting. B. to communicate interests, intentions, and actual work-in-process in the area. C. to identify areas in need of research. D. to provide opportunities for public exposure of research results through AAA meetings (annual, regional, and special meetings devoted solely to financial accounting and reporting) and publications (including working papers and a separate journal for financial accounting and reporting, if warranted).
