Objectives

  1. Promoting knowledge and encouraging research in gender issues and worklife balance by identifying areas in need of research, facilitating the exchange of ideas and findings, and providing opportunities for exposure of research results.
  2. Fostering opportunities to enrich women's and men's professional lives so they may reach their full potential as scholars and practitioners; facilitating increased participation of women in professional conferences, committees, and editorial boards of publications.
  3. Providing a forum in which Association men and women can discuss the impact of gender in the workforce, and encouraging interdisciplinary exchanges between accountants and members of other learned groups.
  4. Increasing the awareness of the policies that assist professional women and men in successfully combining career and family.
  5. Determining and exploring those areas in which accountants' unique financial expertise can improve the economic and social well-being of women and men in contemporary society.
  6. Determining and exploring those areas in which accountants' unique financial expertise can improve the economic and social well-being of women and men in contemporary society.

In order to meet its objectives, the Gender Issues and Worklife Balance Section will sponsor the following activities, consistent with American Accounting Association policy:

  1. Session(s) and appropriate programs at the annual and regional meetings of the Association.
  2. Publication of a newsletter to disseminate information regarding members' research, forthcoming Association programs, accounting conferences of interests, topics for potential research, and other relevant issues.
  3. Provide assistance to members for preparation of research, educational materials and programs, employment information, and other activities as needed.


Officers

President
Margaret Tanner
University of Arkansas Fort Smith
Department of Accounting, Economics and Finance
5210 Grand Ave
Fort Smith, AR 72913
Phone: 479-788-7804
margaret.tanner@uafs.edu
Past President
Marsha M. Huber
Youngstown State University
Williamson College of Business
Larricia School of Accounting and Finance
One University Plaza
Youngstown, OH 44555
Phone: 614-965-8787
mmhuber@ysu.edu
   

President-Elect
D. Larry Crumbley
Louisiana State University - Baton Rouge Accounting
2833 Business Education Complex Nicholson Extension
LSU
Baton Rouge, LA 70803
Phone: 2255786231
dcrumbl@lsu.edu

Secretary/Treasurer
Amelia A. Baldwin
Amelia Baldwin
University of Arkansas-Fort Smith
Dept of Accounting, Finance and Economics
5210 Grand Avenue
Fort Smith, AR 72913
Phone: 479-788-7745
Email: amelia.baldwin@uafs.edu
   
Vice President — Research
Stanley Kratchman
Texas A&M University
3810 Barnsley Court
Texas A&M University
Bryan, TX 77802
Phone:
skratchman2001@yahoo.com
Vice President — Practice
Holly Rudolph
Murray State University
   
Council Representative
Don Ariail
Southern Polytechnic State University
Department of Business Administration
1100 S. Marietta Pkwy
Marietta, GA 30060-2896
Phone: 678-915-7387
dariail@spsu.edu
 

 

Editors

Webmaster
Arundhati Rao
Dept of Acctg/Rm 100G Stephens Hall
Towson University
8000 York Rd
Baltimore, MD 21252
Phone: 4107043231
arao@towson.edu
Newsletter Editor
L. Murphy Smith
Department of Accounting
Murray State University
351 Business Bldg.
Murray, KY 42071
Phone: 270 809-4297
dr.murphy.smith@gmail.com
   
AAA Commons Editorial Board Member
TBD
 

 

Committee Chairpersons

2015 National Meeting Program Coordinator
L. Murphy Smith
Murray State University
Phone: 270-809-4297
dr.murphy.smith@gmail.com
Membership Coordinator
TBD
   
Coordinator of Regional Activities
L. Murphy Smith
Department of Accounting
Murray State University
351 Business Bldg.
Murray, KY 42071
Phone: 270 809-4297
dr.murphy.smith@gmail.com
 

 

Regional Coordinators

Mid-Atlantic
Wayne Bremser
Villanova University
Phone: 610-519-4314
wayne.bremser@villanova.edu
Midwest
TBD
   
Northeast
Yvette Lazdowski
Plymouth State University
Phone: 603-535-2524
yjlazdowski@plymouth.edui
Ohio
Wally Wood
University of Cincinnati
Phone: 513-556-7060
woodwr@ucmail.uc.edu

   
Southeast
Don Ariail
Southern Polytechnic State University
Phone: 678-915-7387
dariail@spsu.edu
Southwest
D. Larry Crumbley
Louisiana State University
Phone: 225-578-6231
dcrumbl@lsu.edu
   
Western
TBD
 
   

President

2013-2014   Marsha Huber   University of Louisiana-Monroe
2012-2013   Michelle McEacharn   Youngstown State University
2011-2012   Stanley H. Kratchman   Texas A&M University
2010-2011   Don Ariail   Southern Polytechnic State University
2009-2010   Ellen Cook   University of Louisiana Lafayette
2008-2009     John Walker   CUNY – Queens College
2007-2008   Wayne G. Bremser   Villanova University
2006-2007   Michelle McEacharn   University of Louisiana Monroe
2005-2006   Elizabeth Mulig   Columbus State University
2004-2005   L. Murphy Smith   Texas A&M University
2003-2004   Ellen Cook   University of Louisiana Lafayette
2002-2003   Joann Noe Cross     University of Wisconsin Oshkosh
2001-2002   Peggy Dwyer     University of Central Florida

President-Elect  

2013-2014   Margaret Tanner   University of Arkansas Fort Smith
2012-2013   Marsha Huber   University of Louisiana-Monroe
2011-2012   Michelle McEarcharn   Youngstown State University
2010-2011   Stanley Kratchman   Texas A&M University
2009-2010   Don Ariail   Southern Polytechnic State University
2008-2009   Ellen Cook   University of Louisiana Lafayette
2007-2008   John Walker   CUNY – Queens College
2006-2007   Wayne G. Bremser   Villanova University
2005-2006   Michelle McEacharn   University of Louisiana Monroe
2004-2005   Elizabeth V. Mulig   Columbus State University
2003-2004   L. Murphy Smith     Texas A&M University
2002-2003   Ellen Cook     University of Louisiana Lafayette
2001-2002   Joann Noe Cross      University of Wisconsin Oshkosh

Secretary/Treasurer

2013-2015   Amelia A. Baldwin   University of Arkansas Fort Smith
2008-2012   Liz Mulig   University of of South Florida-St. Petersburg
2005-2008   Ellen D. Cook   University of Louisiana at Lafayette
2003-2005   Bonita A. Daly     University of Southern Maine
2001-2003   Suzanne Pinac-Ward     University of Southwestern Louisiana

National Meeting Coordinator

2011-2012   L. Murphy Smith   Murray State University
2010-2011   Don Ariail   Southern Polytechnic State University
2008-2010   Peggy Dwyer / D’Arcy Becker   University of Central Florida / University of Wisconsin at Eau Claire
2007-2008   Peggy Dwyer   University of Central Florida
2005-2007   Kimberly Charron   University of Nevada-Las Vegas
2004-2005   Ellen Cook   University of Louisiana Lafayette
2003-2004   Dan Ward   University of Louisiana Lafayette
2002-2003   Bambi Hora     University of Northern Oklahoma
2001-2002   Dan Ward   University of Southwestern Louisiana

Vice President-Research

2011-2012   Marsha Huber   Youngstown State Universityl
2006-2011   Fred Feucht   Prairie View A&M University
2001-2006   Wayne Bremser     Villanova University

Vice President-Practice

2011-2012   Linda Espahbodi   College of William & Mary
2004-2011   Hema Rao   SUNY-Oswego
2003-2004   Leslee Higgins     Georgia Southern University

Membership Coordinator

2007-2012   Wayne Bremser   Villanova University
2003-2007   Vida L. Botes     University of South Africa

Council Representative

2011-2014   Don Ariail   Southern Polytechnic State University
2010-2011   Stanley Kratchman   Texas A&M University
2009-2010   Ellen Cook   University of Louisiana – Lafayette
2008-2009   John Walker   CUNY – Queens College
2005-2006   Elizabeth Mulig   Columbus State University
2004-2005   L. Murphy Smith   University of Louisiana Lafayette
2003-2004   Ellen Cook     University of Louisiana Lafayette
2001-2003   Peggy Dwyer     University of Central Florida

Webmaster

2002-2014   Arundhati Rao     Towson University
2001-2002   Robert A. Nehmer     Berry College

Newsletter Editor

2005-2012   L. Murphy Smith   Texas A & M University
2002-2003   Dan Ward     University of Southwestern Louisiana

Coordinator of Regions

2005-2012   L. Murphy Smith   Texas A & M University
2003-2005   Linda Lee Larson    Ball State University
2002-2003   Rob Nehmer     Berry College
2001-2002   Arundhati Rao     Morgan State University

Midatlantic-Coordinator

2007-2012   Cathy Duffy   Carthage College
2001-2002    Bonnie W. Morris    West Virginia University

Midwest-Coordinator

2008-2012   D'Arcy Becker   University of Wisconsin at EauClaire
2005-2006   Linda Lee Larson   Ball State University
2003-2004   Jill Whitley     
2001-2002   Debra L. Lindberg    Illinois State University

Northeast-Coordinator

2007-2012   Mindell Nitkin   Simmons College
2003-2004   Hema Rao     SUNY-Oswego
2001-2003   Gail Wright     Bryant College

Ohio-Coordinator

2008-2012   Susanne O'Callaghan   Pace University
2005-2006   Linda Lee Larson   Ball State University
2003-2004   Bob Okopny    
2001-2003   Timothy Fogarty     Case Western Reserve University

Southeast-Coordinator

2011-2012   Don Ariail    Southern Polytechnic State University 
2007-2011   Michelle McEacharn   University of Louisiana Monroe
2001-2003   Leslee Higgins     Georgia Southern University

Southwest-Coordinator

2011-2012   Stanley H. Kratchman    Texas A&M University 
2006-2011   Ellen Cook   University of Louisiana Lafayette
2003-2004   Suzanne Pinac Ward      University of Louisiana Lafayette
2001-2003   Ellen Cook     University of Louisiana Lafayette

Western-Coordinator

2011-2012   Ellen Coock   University of Louisiana Lafayette
2008-2010   Don Arial   Texas A&M University-Kingsville
2004-2005   Kimberley Charron   University of Nevada Las Vegas
2002-2004   Kimberly Frank     University of Nevada Las Vegas
2001-2002   Linda Lee Larson     Eastern Washington University