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. 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Wharton School of Business Coordinator 2024 Doctoral Consortium Coordinator-Elect Khrystyna Bochkay University of Miami 2024 Midyear Meeting Doctoral Consortium Coordinator Andrew Call Arizona State University Midwest Region Po-Chang Chen Miami University 2023 Midyear Meeting Track Chair Lauren Cunningham University of Tennessee-Knoxville 2024 National Meeting Coordinator-Elect Christine Cuny New York University Stern School of Business 2024 National Meeting Coordinator Atif Ellahie University of Utah 2024 Midyear Meeting Track Chair Yadav Gopalan Indiana University - Bloomington 2024 Midyear Meeting Track Chair Andrew Jackson University of New South Wales Mid-Atlantic Region Yiwen Li Villanova University 2024 Midyear Meeting Track Chair Jeremy Michels Purdue University Southeast Region Sunay Mutlu Kennesaw State University Ohio Region Thaddeus Neururer The University of Akron 2024 Midyear Meeting Research Coordinator N. Bugra Ozel University of Texas at Dallas 2024 Midyear Meeting Track Chair Heidi Packard University of Michigan-Ann Arbor 2024 Midyear Meeting Track Chair Kathy Rupar Georgia Institute of Technology 2024 Midyear Meeting Track Chair Sorabh Tomar Southern Methodist University 2024 Midyear Meeting Track Chair Sara Toynbee The University of Texas at Austin 2024 Midyear Meeting Planning Coordinator-Elect Jennifer Tucker University of Florida Northeast Region Shuyang Wang Northeastern University 2024 Midyear Meeting Track Chair K. Philip Wang University of Florida 2024 Midyear Meeting Planning Coordinator Isabel Wang Michigan State University 2024 Midyear Meeting Track Chair Holly Yang Singapore Management University President's Letter Kristi Rennekamp 2023-2024 FARS Section President Dear FARS Members and Visitors, The Financial Accounting and Reporting Section was created in 1993 with 49 members as a provisional section of the AAA. The section has since grown to around 1,500 members from around the world! As we head into our 30th year, this is truly an exciting time to be involved with FARS. In just the past few years, the section has launched initiatives with a focus on (1) integrating research and practice, (2) mentoring junior faculty, and (3) prioritizing diversity and inclusion. This year we will continue these initiatives and look for ways to expand them further in order to best serve our section members. The mission of FARS is enduring, and calls for us “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.” 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 Call for Participants FARS and JFR 3rd Annual Research Proposal Conference (Remote Format) September 21–22, 2023 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).
