2026 Accounting Behavior and Organizations Research Conference

October 15–17, 2026

Lord Baltimore Hotel • Baltimore, Maryland

2026 Accounting Behavior and Organizations Doctoral Consortium Program

Session 1: Deans and Administration

The academic career from the institutional and administrative perspective - a discussion of the dos and don'ts and a look behind the curtain at administrative procedures, including how decisions relevant to young researchers (hiring, tenure) are made and why institutional processes often require substantial time and coordination.

  • Romana Autrey — Dean, Atkinson Graduate School of Management, and Associate Professor of Accounting, Willamette University
  • Kelsey Brasel — Chair, Paul W. Parkison Department of Accounting, and Associate Professor of Accounting, Miller College of Business, Ball State University
  • Alisa Brink (Moderator and Discussant) Professor and Chair, Department of Accounting, and KPMG Teaching Excellence Professor, Virginia Commonwealth University
  • Denise Hanes Downey — Associate Chair, Department of Accounting & Information Systems, and KPMG Endowed Professor in Accounting, Villanova School of Business, Villanova University
  • Lorenzo Patelli — Senior Associate Dean and Professor, School of Accountancy, Daniels College of Business, University of Denver
  • Linda Quick — Senior Associate Dean, College of Business, and Associate Professor of Accounting, East Carolina University

Session 2: AI

How AI may disrupt teaching and research - a discussion of the transformative and potentially disruptive effects of artificial intelligence from a broader conceptual perspective.

  • Mandy Cheng — Professor of Accounting, School of Accounting, Auditing and Taxation, UNSW Sydney (UNSW Business School)
  • Margaret Christ — J.M. Tull Chair in Accounting, Professor, and Director of the J.M. Tull School of Accounting, Terry College of Business, University of Georgia
  • Ben Commerford (Moderator and Discussant) Associate Professor and Arthur Andersen Professor in Accountancy, Von Allmen School of Accountancy, Gatton College of Business and Economics, Unive
  • rsity of Kentucky
  • Ryan Guggenmos — Associate Professor of Accounting, Darla Moore School of Business, University of South Carolina
  • Jacqueline Hammersley — Harold M. Heckman Chair of Public Accounting and Professor, J.M. Tull School of Accounting, Terry College of Business, University of Georgia

Session 3: Career Paths in Times of Change

Academic careers in times of uncertainty and disruption, when getting a job can be more tedious and career paths are not always a straight line. The session brings together senior, successful individuals with rich experience to illustrate that there is no single blueprint for a successful academic career, that the profession has always managed to adapt, and that many underlying challenges, tradeoffs, and uncertainties remain similar across eras.

  • Chris Agoglia — Richard H. Simpson Endowed Professor of Accounting, Isenberg School of Management, University of Massachusetts Amherst
  • Lindsay Andiola (Moderator and Discussant) Associate Professor of Accounting, Virginia Commonwealth University
  • Steven Kachelmeier — Thomas O. Hicks Endowed Chair in Business and Professor of Accounting; Chair, Department of Accounting, McCombs School of Business, The University of Texas at Austin
  • Theresa Libby — Kenneth G. Dixon Distinguished Professor of Accounting, Kenneth G. Dixon School of Accounting, University
  • Todd Thornock — Raymond C. Dein Professor of Accountancy and Associate Professor, School of Accountancy, University of Nebraska–Lincoln
  • of Central Florida