Objectives
The Teaching, Learning and Curriculum Section is dedicated to the continual improvement of accounting education, especially through the development of relevant and innovative curricula, a renewed emphasis of effective and efficient instruction, and the exploration of knowledge-organization issues related to accounting programs. Specific objectives include, but are not limited to:
- Teaching:
- To foster research in methods of learning and their application to the field of accounting instruction;
- To stimulate discussion and experimentation in instructional means, methods, and materials in general;
- To raise questions and to disseminate knowledge about teaching and teaching-related materials;
- To initiate, encourage, and sponsor research in methods of learning and in the improvement of skills and aids used to impart knowledge of accounting and of related fields; and
- To provide guidance and opportunities for members to both test and improve their teaching skills and instructional materials.
- Curriculum matters:
- To encourage continued consideration of and experimentation in all facets of curriculum development for accounting programs; and
- To communicate interests, intentions, and information about curriculum developments in accounting programs.
- Education:
- To encourage a broad definition of scholarship that includes a high priority on teaching and curriculum development;
- To provide a forum for the exchange of ideas and findings about developments related to instruction and curriculum issues in accounting education;
- To work with other organizations pursuing similar goals; and
- To encourage qualified individuals to consider opportunities in accounting education by providing appropriate guidance and knowledge about such careers
Officers
President Gail Hoover King Purdue University Calumet 2200 169th Street Hammond, IN 46323-2094 Phone: 219-989-2381 Email: ghkingAAA@gmail.com | Past President Susan Crosson (formerly of) Emory University Phone: 941-556-4139 Email: susan.crosson@aaahq.org |
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Vice President-Academic Natalie Churyk Northern Illinois University Department of Accountancy College of Business DeKalb, Illinois 60115 Phone: 815-753-6210 Email: nchuryk@niu.edu | Vice President-Practice Kathy Shoztic Executive Director, Deloitte Foundation Deloitte Services LP Phone: +1-203-761-3248 Email: kshoztic@deloitte.com |
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Treasurer Tracie Miller Nobles Austin Community College Phone: 512-223-4989 Email: Tracie.nobles@gmail.com | Secretary Cindy Bolt Lee The Citadel Phone: 843-693-5901 Email: cynthia.bolt@citadel.edu |
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Council Representative Bambi Hora University of Central Oklahoma Phone: 405-974-2156 Email: bhora@uco.edu | TLC Regional Coordinating Committee Carol Hartley Providence College Phone: 401-865-2154 Email: chartley@providence.edu |
2015-2016 Editors
The Accounting Educator (Newsletter) Carol Yacht, Author McGraw-Hill Higher Education PO BOX A Jerome, AZ 86331 Phone: 928-634-0603 Email: carol@carolyacht.com | |
2015-2016 Committee Chairpersons
Annual Meeting Program Committee Co-Chair Dan Jones Assumption College Phone: 508-767-7534 Email: dajones@assumption.edu | TLC Strategic Task Force Gail Hoover King Purdue University Calument Phone: 219-989-2381 Email: GHKingAAA@gmail.com |
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Annual Meeting Program Committee Co-Chair: Markus Ahrens St. Louis Community College-Meramec Phone: 314-984-7507 Email: mahrens@stlcc.edu | Membership Committee Kimberly Swanson Church University of Missouri Kansas City Phone: 816-235-2890 Email: churchk@umkc.edu |
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Online Meetings Committee Karen Osterheld Bentley University Phone: 781-891-2724 Email: kosterheld@bentley.edu | Faculty Development Committee Cathleen Burns Thought Leader Phone: 303-726-8091 Email: cathleen.burns@calsco.com |
2015-2016 Regional Coordinators
2016 Awards Committee