Call for Submissions

Accounting educators, students and professionals are invited to submit their work to the 2016 Northeast Region Meeting, to be held in Boston (Quincy), Massachusetts on October 6-8, 2016. Submissions will be accepted for the following sessions:

Paper Sessions
Dialogue Sessions
Effective Learning Strategies (ELS) Poster Sessions Sharing Best Teaching Practices Session

The deadline for all submissions is 11:59 pm EDT on June 1, 2016. To submit your paper (or to volunteer as a Reviewer, Discussant, or Moderator), please CLICK HERE to access the system using your AAA member ID and password. If you have forgotten your AAA member ID/password, click here to retrieve them. If you do not have a AAA member ID/password, please click here to obtain AAA login credentials. Then create an account in this system, using your AAA login credentials. If you have difficulty logging in, please contact Suzanne Mullinnix suzanne@aaahq.org for assistance.

Please consider volunteering to support the 2016 Northeast Region Meeting. Click Here for descriptions of the open volunteer positions.

Paper Sessions – Submission Deadline: June 1, 2016

Paper sessions will include three or four completed papers and cases with discussant(s). Each presenter/discussant will have approximately 20-25 minutes. Papers and case studies may encompass any topical area of accounting and may be theoretical or practice-oriented. Papers can have an academic, practitioner or pedagogical focus.

Papers accepted to Paper Sessions will be considered for the following awards:

1. Best Paper Award
2. Best TLC Education Paper/Case Award (presented by the Teaching, Learning and Curriculum Section)
3. the Best Student Paper Awards for Undergraduate, Masters, or Doctoral students (pending on number of submissions received)

Dialogue Sessions – Submission Deadline: June 1, 2016

Dialogue sessions will allow presentation of, and open dialogue with attendees for, five completed papers. Each presenter will have 20 minutes total for presentation and dialogue. The session allows the author to benefit from a greater variety of perspectives in providing feedback on his/her paper. The Dialogue Facilitator will facilitate the discussion amongst the attendees. Papers and case studies submitted to the Dialogue Session may encompass any topical area of accounting and may be theoretical or practice-oriented. Papers can have an academic, practitioner or pedagogical focus.

Papers accepted to Dialogue Sessions will be considered for the following awards:

1. Best Paper Award
2. Best TLC Education Paper/Case Award (presented by the Teaching, Learning and Curriculum Section)
3. the Best Student Paper Awards for Undergraduate, Masters, or Doctoral students (pending on number of submissions received)

Effective Learning Strategies (ELS) Poster Session – Submission Deadline: June 1, 2016

The ELS Poster Session showcases ideas, teaching strategies and education innovations that support learning in accounting. It offers an interactive format for presenters to engage colleagues and exchange ideas and resources. The ELS Poster Session will take place during the Friday night reception of the Northeast Region Meeting. Poster display sizes and display space will be determined at a later date and presenters will be notified directly of those specifications.

Sharing Best Teaching Practices Session – Submission Deadline: June 15, 2016

Do you have a great teaching technique that you use in your classes? Then we invite you to submit a proposal for a 10-minute teaching tip presentation in our Best Teaching Practices Panel.

We welcome ALL educators, whether early-stage, or advanced, experienced in making dynamic presentations at meetings, or interested to learn how to submit proposals to participate in this session. A member of the national CTLA team will work with presenters to fine-tune their ideas into 10-minute, attention-grabbing presentations. Please submit a 250-word or less description of your teaching technique to David Boynton by Wednesday, June 15. 

Call for Volunteers
Please consider volunteering to support the 2016 Northeast Region Meeting. Click Here for descriptions of the open volunteer positions.