2025 MAS/IMA Teaching Case Conference

June 20-21, 2025

Arizona State University (Tempe, Arizona)

Program - Times are in Mountain Standard Time for those attending in person. Eastern Daylight Time is underneath for those attending virtually. 

Friday, June 20, 2025

   
9:00 am - 12:00 pm

Optional Tour at PING

   

12:00 PM

Lunch on Your Own

   
1:30 PM Registration
   

2:00 pm - 2:10 pm MST

5:00 pm - 5:10 pm EDT

Welcome & Opening Remarks
Stacey Whitecotton, Arizona State University

   

2:10 pm - 3:00 pm MST

5:10 pm - 6:00 pm EDT

Keynote Speaker - The Science Behind the Case Method
Accounting - 1.0 CH

Amy Hillman, Arizona State University

   

3:00 pm - 3:10 pm MST

6:00 pm - 6:10 pm EDT

Break
   

3:10 pm - 4:00 pm MST

6:10 pm - 7:00 pm EDT

Case Session 1:  Product Costing and Capital Budgeting
Accounting - 1.0 CH

Advanced Composite 
Dutch Fayard, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga

Kofi and Sons 
Jennifer Cainas, University of South Florida
Carlos Jimenez-Angueira, University of South Florida

   

4:00 pm - 5:15 pm MST

7:00 pm - 8:15 pm EDT

Session 2: Case Workshop Session (2 Break-out sessions)

Session 2A: Management Decision Making and Lean Strategy
Accounting - 1.2 CH

Proposal 1
Valerie Townsend, Union University
Betsy Pierce, Saginaw Valley State University

Proposal 2
Margaret Shackell, Ithaca College

Proposal 3
Amal Said, University of Northern Kentucky
Laurie Burney, Baylor University


Session 2B:  Flex Budget and Variances
Accounting - 1.2 CH

Proposal 1
Henri Akono, The University of Maine Orono
Kevin Jones, UC Santa Cruz

Proposal 2
Youree Kim, Marymount University

Proposal 3
Cynthia Lloyd, Grambling State University

   
6:00 pm - 7:30 pm Offsite Reception at Culinary Drop-Out
   

Saturday, June 21, 2025

   
8:00 am - 3:00 pm

Registration

   
8:00 am - 8:30 am

Breakfast

Generously Sponsored by McGraw Hill! 

 

   

8:30 am - 9:45 am MST

11:30 am - 12:45 pm EDT

Plenary Session- Group case writing activity (with help from AI)
Accounting - 1.4 CH

Karen Sedatole, Emory University

   

9:45 am - 9:55 am MST

12:45 pm - 12:55 pm EDT

Break

   

9:55 am - 10:45 am MST

12:55 pm - 1:45 pm EDT

Session 3:  Time Driven ABC and Job Costing (Excel)
Accounting - 1.0 CH

OshKosh Community Clinic 
Nathan Stuart, University of Wisconsin, Osh Kosh

Saving Babies and Moms with ERM Excellence
Andrew Dahle, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

   

10:45 am - 12:00 pm MST

1:45 pm - 3:00 pm EDT

Session 4:  Case Workshop Session #2 (2 Break-out sessions)

4A: AI, Fraud, Internal Controls
Accounting - 1.4 CH

Proposal 1
Linval Frazer, SUNY Old Westbury

Proposal 2
Christine Denison, Iowa State University
Nick Fessler, Western Kentucky University
Pinky Rusli, Western Kentucky University 

Proposal 3
Debra Stone, Eastern New Mexico University


Session 4B: Balanced scorecard, non-financial measures, ESG
Accounting - 1.4 CH

Proposal 1
Laurie Burney, Baylor University
Margaret Shackell, Ithaca College

Proposal 2
Xiaohong Fan, Pacific Lutheran University

Proposal 3
Kristine Brands, US Air Force Academy 

   

12:00 pm - 1:00 pm MST

3:00 pm - 4:00 pm EDT

Lunch 

   

1:00 pm - 1:50 pm MST

4:00 pm - 4:50 pm EDT

Session 5:  Data Analytics, Visualization and Decision Making
Accounting - 1.0 CH

National Highway Traffic Safety Recalls
Wendy Tietz, Kent State University
Jennifer Cainas, University of South Florida

Luckin Coffee
Justin Law, Hong Kong Polytechnic University

   

1:55 pm - 2:45 pm MST

4:55 pm - 5:45 pm EDT

IECJ Editor Panel
Accounting - 1.0 CH

Panelists to include:
Margaret Shackell, Ithaca College
Laurie Burney, Baylor University 
Christine Denison, Iowa State University 

   

2:45 pm - 2:55 pm MST

5:45 pm - 5:55 pm EDT

Break

   

3:00 pm - 3:50 pm MST

6:00 pm - 6:50 pm EDT

Session 6: Cost Behavior, Allocation and Decision Making
Accounting - 1.0 CH

Sphere
Wendy Tietz, Kent State University
Jennifer Cainas, University of South Florida

TEP Center
Bol, Valentine, Ward, Hill

   

4:00 pm - 4:30 pm MST

7:00 pm - 7:30 pm EDT

Best Case Award & Closing Remarks
Stacey Whitecotton, Arizona State University 
Dutch Fayard, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga 

   
5:00 pm - 7:00 pm

Optional Happy Hour/Dinner at Pedal Haus Brewery (In-person attendees only)

 

 

Note: The CPE Fields of Study curriculum is divided into twenty subject matter areas. These fields represent the primary knowledge and skill areas needed by accounting licensees to perform professional services in all fields of employment. Each Credit Hour is based on 50 minutes. The Program Level for each of these sessions is Basic, unless otherwise stated. Delivery Method: Group Live

American Accounting Association is registered with the National Association of State Boards of Accountancy (NASBA) as a sponsor of continuing professional education on the National Registry of CPE Sponsors. State boards of accountancy have final authority on the acceptance of individual courses for CPE credit. Complaints regarding registered sponsors may be submitted to the National Registry of CPE Sponsors through its website: www.nasbaregistry.org

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