Objectives
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Increasing the awareness of the policies that assist professional women and men in successfully combining career and family.
- 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.
- 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:
- Session(s) and appropriate programs at the annual and regional meetings of the Association.
- 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.
- 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 | 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 |