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2025 Annual Meeting Program

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Friday, August 1, 2025
5:30 pm – 7:00 pm

Registration

Member Happiness Desk

Service Project

Saturday, August 2, 2025
7:00 am – 6:00 pm

Registration

Member Happiness Desk

Service Project

8:00 am – 4:30 pm

Pre-Conference Workshops

8:00 am – 7:30 pm

Conference on Teaching and Learning in Accounting (CTLA)

Sunday, August 3, 2025
7:00 am – 6:00 pm

Registration

Member Happiness Desk

Service Project

8:00 am – 1:00 pm

Conference on Teaching and Learning in Accounting (CTLA)

8:00 am – 5:00 pm

Pre-Conference Workshops

8:00 am – 4:45 pm

Ethics Research Symposium

12:00 pm – 1:00 pm Accounting Exemplar Award Luncheon
(Pre-purchase required for lunch. Included for those who registered for the Ethics Research Symposium.)
1:00 pm – 2:30 pm

Two-Year College Section Lunch
(Pre-purchase required for lunch.)

*Thank you to AICPA&CIMA for sponsoring this event.*

12:00 pm – 5:00 pm

Career Center

3:00 pm – 7:00 pm

Exhibit Hall

4:00 pm - 5:30 pm Leadership in Accounting Education Section Reception
(Section membership required)
5:30 pm – 7:00 pm

Early Bird Reception (badge required)
 

Monday, August 4, 2025

7:00 am – 8:00 am

Section Breakfasts 
(Pre-Purchase Required for Breakfast)

Strategic and Emerging Technologies Section

7:00 am – 5:00 pm

Registration

Member Happiness Desk

Service Project

7:30 am - 12:30 pm Career Center
8:00 am – 12:15 pm

Exhibit Hall

8:00 am – 9:45 am

Opening Plenary Session
Insights from 100 years of The Accounting Review

Speakers: Michelle Hanlon, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Eva Labro, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Mark W. Nelson, Cornell University
Richard Sloan, University of Southern California

 

Award Presentations to include:

The AAA/J. Michael and Mary Anne Cook/Deloitte Foundation Prize
Kerry K. Inger, Auburn University -Graduate Prize
Karen Kitching, Georgetown University - Undergraduate Prize
Teresa B. Thompson, West Valley College - Two-Year College Prize

Deloitte Foundation Wildman Medal Award (sponsored by the Deloitte Foundation)
Ashley A. Austin, University of Richmond 
Tina D. Carpenter, University of Georgia
Margaret H. Christ, University of Georgia
Christy S. Nielson, The University of Mississippi

*While the Deloitte Foundation is a proud sponsor of the Wildman Medal Award, the Deloitte Foundation or Deloitte & Touche LLP does not endorse individual recipients or the associated articles, monographs, books, or other works.

9:45 am – 10:15 am

Coffee Break

10:15 am – 11:45 am

Concurrent Sessions

12:00 pm – 1:45 pm

Section Luncheons
(Pre-Purchase Required for Lunch)

Government and Nonprofit Section

International Accounting Section 

1:00 pm - 6:00 pm Career Center
1:30 pm – 5:00 pm

Exhibit Hall

2:00 pm – 3:30 pm

Section Business Meetings

Government and Nonprofit Section

Concurrent Sessions

3:00 pm – 4:30 pm

Effective Learning Strategies 

3:30 pm – 4:00 pm

Coffee Break

4:00 pm – 5:30 pm

 

 

 

 

Section Business Meeting

Public Interest, Ethics, and Sustainability Section


Concurrent Sessions
 

Section Business Meetings and Networking Receptions (Section membership required):

American Taxation Association Business Meeting and Networking Reception

Auditing Section Business Meeting and Networking Reception

Management Accounting Section Business Meeting and Networking Reception

5:00 pm - 5:30 pm 

Section Business Meeting

Gender Issues and Worklife Balance Section

6:00 pm

Welcome Reception

The Accounting Review 100th Celebration

7:00 pm - 8:30 pm

Engagement, Access and Community Section Networking Reception and Business Meeting
(Section membership required. Formerly the Diversity Section.)

Teaching, Learning and Curriculum Section Business Meeting and Networking Dessert Reception
(Section membership required)

Dinner on Your Own

7:30 pm - 9:30 pm MSU Reception to Celebrate Ranjani Krishnan and Coauthors' Seminal Contributions to Literature Award
Tuesday, August 5, 2025
7:00 am - 8:15 am

Section Breakfast with Business Meeting
(Pre-Purchase Required for Breakfast)

Forensic Accounting Section 

7:30 am - 12:30 pm Career Center
8:00 am – 12:15 pm

Exhibit Hall

8:00 am – 5:00 pm

Registration

Member Happiness Desk

Service Project

8:30 am – 9:45 am

Plenary Session

Presidential Scholar: Dana R. Hermanson, Kennesaw State University
Expanding Our Insights, Audiences, and Impact

Presidential Scholar: Kathryn Kadous, Emory University
The Value of Theory-Based Research in Accounting

Award Presentations to include:

Accounting Hall of Fame Inductions
David R. Bean, Director of Research and Technical Activities, Governmental Accounting Standards Board (retired)
Barry C. Melancon, President and CEO of the American Institute of CPAs and CEO of the Association of International Certified Professional Accountants (retired)
Terry Shevlin, University of California, UCI Distinguished Professor (emeritus)
Mary T. Washington Wylie, (1906-2005) Washington, Pittman, & McKeever
 
Outstanding Accounting Educator Award (sponsored by PwC US Group LLC)
Gail Hoover King, Washburn University
and
Timothy J. Rupert, Northeastern University

Issues in Accounting Education Best Paper Award
Xu (Joyce) Cheng, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Ryan T. Dunn, Troy University
Travis Holt, Auburn University
Kerry K. Inger, Auburn University
J. Gregory Jenkins, Auburn University
Jefferson P. Jones, Auburn University
James H. Long, Auburn University
Tina Loraas, Auburn University
Mollie E. Mathis, Auburn University
Jonathan Stanley, Auburn University
David A. Wood, Brigham Young University

Outgoing Editor Recognition - Issues in Accounting Education
Janet Samuels, Arizona State University

9:45 am – 10:15 am

Coffee Break

9:45 am – 11:00 am

Emerging and Innovative Research

10:15 am – 11:45 am

Concurrent Sessions

12:00 pm – 1:45 pm

AAA Luncheon

Speaker: Barry Melancon
A View on our Profession’s Bold Future

Award Presentations to include:

Outstanding Service Award
Anne M. Farrell, Miami University

Lifetime Service Award
Monte R. Swain, Brigham Young University

Ernst & Young Innovation in Accounting Education Award (sponsored by the Ernst & Young Foundation)
Cassy Budd, Brigham Young University
Scott L. Summers, Brigham Young University
T. Jeffrey Wilks, Brigham Young University
David A. Wood, Brigham Young University

Accounting Horizons Best Paper Award
Elizabeth N. Cowle, Colorado State University
Michelle A. Draeger, Colorado State University
Kecia W. Smith, North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University

Distinguished Contributions to Accounting Literature Award
Hans B. Christensen, The University of Chicago
Eric Floyd, University of California San Diego
Lisa Yao Liu, Columbia University
Mark Maffett, University of Miami

Seminal Contributions to Accounting Literature Award
John Harry Evans III, University of Pittsburgh
R. Lynn Hannan, Tulane University
Ranjani Krishnan, Michigan State University
Donald V. Moser, University of Pittsburgh

AAA-AACSB-RRBM Award for Research Impacting Societal Challenges (sponsored by AACSB)
John M. Barrios, Yale University and the National Bureau of Economic Research

1:00 pm - 6:00 pm Career Center
1:30 pm – 4:30 pm

Exhibit Hall

2:00 pm – 3:30 pm

Concurrent Sessions

3:00 pm – 4:30 pm

Research Interaction Forum 

3:30 pm – 4:00 pm

Coffee Break

4:00 pm – 5:30 pm

Concurrent Sessions

Dinner on Your Own

5:30 pm - 6:00 pm

Q&A with AAA

Come get to know the management of the AAA and get a chance to ask them questions. 

 

Dinner on Your Own 

 

Wednesday, August 6, 2025
8:00 am – 11:00 am

Member Happiness Desk

Service Project

8:00 am – 2:00 pm

Registration

8:30 am – 9:45 am

Plenary Session

Speaker: Mark S. Beasley, North Carolina State, President-Elect, American Accounting Association
Innovating for a New Generation

Award Presentations to include:

Competitive Manuscript Award 
Ginger Scanlon, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
and
Zackery Fox, Brigham Young University

The Accounting Review Outstanding Reviewer Award
Daniel Aobdia, The Pennsylvania State University
Daniele Macciocchi, University of Miami
James R. Moon, Georgia Institute of Technology
Paige H. Patrick, University of Illinois at Chicago
Andrew V. Sutherland, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Kristen Valentine, University of Georgia

Notable Contributions to Accounting Literature Award (sponsored by Association of International Certified Professional Accountants) 
William M. Cready, The University of Texas at Dallas
Jiapeng He, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, N.T.
Wenwei Lin, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen
Chengdao Shao, Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd.
Di Wang, Postal Savings Bank of China
Yang Zhang, Shanghai University of Finance and Economics (SUFE)

AICPA Distinguished Achievement in Accounting Education Award
David A. Wood, Brigham Young University

AAA – AICPA – Bea Sanders EDGE in Teaching Award (sponsored by Association of International Certified Professional Accountants) 
Cody Hyman, Bentley University
Caitlin Landy, Bentley University
Jay Thibodeau, University of Central Florida

AAA – George Krull Edge in Teaching Award
Lorraine Lee, The University of North Carolina Wilmington 
Jennifer Parlier, The University of North Carolina Wilmington
Honorable Mention: Wendy M. Tietz, Kent State University  

Beta Alpha Psi Outstanding Faculty Advisor Award

Outgoing Board of Directors and Council Chair Recognitions

Past-President
Mark H. Taylor, University of South Florida

Vice President–Engagement, Access & Community Committee (title change pending bylaw vote)
Norma R. Montague, Wake Forest University

Director–Focusing on Academic/Practitioner Interaction
Bette M. Kozlowski, KPMG LLP

Outgoing Council Chair
Alisa Brink, Virginia Commonwealth University

9:45 am – 10:15 am

Coffee Break

10:15 am – 11:45 am

Concurrent Sessions

10:15 am – 5:30 pm

Faculty-Student Collaborations in Accounting (FASTCA)

2:00 pm – 3:30 pm

Concurrent Sessions

3:30 pm – 4:00 pm

Coffee Break

4:00 pm – 5:30 pm

Concurrent Sessions

5:30 pm – 6:00 pm

Closing Reception