2026 Management Accounting Section Midyear Meeting: Research Conference, IMA Doctoral Colloquium, and CGMA Teaching and Practice Symposium

January 8-10, 2026

Nashville, TN

2026 IMA MAS Doctoral Colloquium Preliminary Schedule

Wednesday, January 8, 2026

5:30 pm-7:00 pm

Welcome Reception

 

Thursday, January 9, 2026

7:30 am–5:00 pm

Registration for Doctoral Colloquium

8:15 am-8:30 am

Coffee and socializing

8:30 am-9:00 am

Welcome


Paige Patrick, University of Illinois at Chicago
Co-Lead of the 2026 IMA Doctoral Colloquium
Small group introduction and roundtable discussion (All participants)
9:00 am-9:50 am

Keynote address


Michal Matejka, Arizona State University
Accounting - 1.0 CH
9:50 am-10:10 am

Break

10:10 am-10:20 am

Change tables Small group introduction and roundtable discussion

(All participants)

10:20 pm-11:50 am

Writing Workshop: “Revising your own work”
Personal Development - 1.4 CH

Beth Estes, Vanderbilt Writing Studio
11:50 am-12:50 pm

IMA Doctoral Colloquium Lunch

12:50 pm-1:20 pm

IMA Presentation

1:20 pm-1:30 pm

Small Group Introduction and Roundtable Discussion (All Participants)

(All participants)

1:30 pm–2:20 pm

Panel presentation and Q&A: “Lessons from outstanding reviewers”

Personal Development - 1.0 CH
Jason Brown, Indiana University
Andrea Pawliczek, University of Colorado Boulder
Ivo D. Tafkov, Georgia State University

2:20 pm-2:40 pm

Break

2:40 pm-3:30 pm

Panel presentation and Q&A: “Career paths”

Personal Development - 1.0 CH
Shane Dikolli, University of Virginia
Karl Schuhmacher, Emory University
Jacob Zureich, Lehigh University

3:30 pm-3:50 pm

Break

3:50 pm-4:50 pm

MAS Ph.D. Student Mentorship Program Participants

  • Mentorship Program participants will meet with assigned faculty mentor teams.
  • Please come back to the main colloquium room by 4:50 pm.

Or

Other Participants: Roundtable Q&A with Resident Faculty

  • Roundtable Q&A: Each table carries out a Q&A session with your resident faculty (e.g., coping with pressures and stress in the Ph.D. program, dissertation process, co-authorship, publication process, etc.)
  • Each table presents one or two key takeaways from their Q&A session.
4:50 pm-5:00 pm

Closing & Follow-up Information

Eric Chan, University of Texas at Austin
6:00 pm–7:30 pm

Early Bird Reception / Teaching and Practice Symposium Reception