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Objectives

The purpose of the Auditing Section of the American Accounting Association is to give greater attention to the area of auditing. To fulfill this purpose, the Section has established objectives in three areas:

Education—to discuss, test, and disseminate various ways of teaching auditing and audit-related topics.

Research—to encourage, facilitate, and publicize research interests and projects in the audit area.

Profession—to create an opportunity for closer association between the profession and those who instruct in the field.

2017-18 Officers

Officer Archives

President Rick Hatfield University of Alabama-Tuscaloosa Phone: (205) 348-2901 Email: rhatfiel@cba.ua.edu	Past President Karla Johnstone University of Wisconsin – Madison Phone: 608-262-3544 Email: kjohnstone@bus.wisc.edu
Vice President — Academic Kathryn Kadous Emory University Phone: (404) 727-4967 Email:kathryn.kadous@emory.edu	Vice President — Practice Dan Sunderland Deloitte Phone: (203)423-4652 Email: dsunderland@deloitte.com
Treasurer Chad Stefaniak University of South Carolina Phone: (803) 777-7408 Email: chad.stefaniak@moore.sc.edu	Secretary Susan Scholz University of Kansas Phone: (785) 864-7554 Email: sscholz@ku.edu
Historian Mark Taylor Case Western Reserve University Phone: (216)368-2073 Email: m ht17@case.edu	Council Representative Urton Anderson University of Kentucky Phone: 512-471-5339 Email: urton.anderson@uky.edu

Editors

Auditing: A Journal of Practice & Theory
Senior Editor: Christopher P. Agoglia University of Massachusetts Amherst Phone: 413-545-5582 Email: cpa22@isenberg.umass.edu	Deputy Senior Editor: Susan Scholz The University of Kansas Email: Sscholz@ku.edu
Editors: Christine E. Earley Providence College Email: cearley@providence.edu	Lisa Milici Gaynor University of South Florida Email: lgaynor@usf.edu
Yves Gendron Université Laval Email: Yves.Gendron@ctb.ulaval.ca	Udi Hoitash Northeastern University Email: u.hoitash@northeastern.edu
Jayanthi Krishnan Temple University Email: jaykrish@temple.edu	Chan Li University of Pittsburgh Email: chanli@katz.pitt.edu
Linda A. Myers The University of Tennessee Email: lmyers16@utk.edu	Vic Naiker The University of Melbourne Email: vic.naiker@monash.edu
M. David Piercy University of Massachusetts Amherst Email: piercey@isenberg.umass.edu	Douglas F. Prawitt Brigham Young University Email: prawitt@byu.edu
Jamie J. Schmidt The University of Texas at Austin Email: jaime.schmidt@mccombs.utexas.edu	Ann Vanstraelen Maastricht University Email: a.vanstraelen@maastrichtuniversity.nl
Gary Monroe UNSW Sydney Email: g.monroe@unsw.edu.au	Thomas C. Omer University of Nebraska-Lincoln Email: thomas.omer@unl.edu
Consulting Editors: Jeffrey R. Cohen Boston College Email: jeffrey.cohen@bc.edu	Jeffrey A. Pittman Memorial University of Newfoundland Email: jpittman@mun.ca
The Auditor's Report
Editor: Larry Abbott University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee Email: abbottl@uwm.edu	Associate Editor: Tamara Lambert University of Massachusetts Amherst Phone: 413-545-5653 Email: tlambert@som.umass.edu
Current Issues in Auditing Co-Editors:
Dan Sunderland Deloitte Phone: (203)423-452 Email: dsunderland@deloitte.com	Greg Jenkins Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Phone: 540-231-2527 Email: greg.jenkins@vt.edu
Other
Webmaster Glen L. Gray California State University, Northridge Phone: 818-677-3948 Email: glen.gray@csun.edu	Section Photographer Julia Higgs Florida Atlantic University Phone: 561-297-3663 Email: jhiggs@fau.edu

Committee Chairpersons

Annual Meeting Vice Director Brian Bratten University of Kentucky Phone: 859-257-1947 Email: Brian.Bratten@uky.edu	Annual Meeting Committee Vice Director David Wood Brigham Young University Phone: 801-422-8642 Email: davidwood@byu.edu
Annual Meeting Committee Vice Director Nathaniel Stephens Utah State University Phone: 435-797-8016 Email: nate.stephens@usu.edu
Midyear Meeting Committee 2017 Co-Chair Ling Lisic George Mason University Phone: (703) 993-7584 Email: llisic@gmu.edu	Midyear Meeting Committee 2017 Co-Chair Noel Harding University of New South Wales Phone: +61293856109 Email: n.harding@unsw.edu.au
Midyear Meeting Committee 2017 Vice Chair Tina Carpenter University of Georgia Phone: (706) 542-3619 Email: tcarpenter@terry.uga.edu	Midyear Meeting Committee 2017 Vice Chair Margaret Christ University of Georgia Phone: (706) 542-3602 Email: mchrist@uga.edu
Auditing Doctoral Consortium Committee Chairperson 2017 Linda Myers University of Arkansas Phone: 479-575-5227 Email: lmyers@walton.uark.edu	Auditing Doctoral Consortium Committee Vice-Chairperson 2016 Jackie Hammersley University of Georgia Phone: (706) 542-3500 Email: jhammers@uga.edu
Auditing Standards Committee Pamela Roush University of Central Florida Phone: (407) 823-5664 Email: proush@ucf.edu	Communications Committee James Long Auburn University Phone: (334) 844-6214 Email: jameslong@auburn.edu
Education Committee Edward B. Douthett, Jr. George Mason University Phone: (703) 993-4234 Email: edouthet@gmu.edu	Research Committee Carol Callaway Dee University of Colorado-Denver Phone: (303) 315-8463 Email: carol.dee@ucdenver.edu
Membership and Regional Coordinators Committee Ben Luippold Babson College Phone: 781-239-5995 Email: bluippold@babson.edu	Nominations Committee TBA
Notable Contributions to the Auditing Literature Award Selection Committee Linda Myers University of Georgia Phone: 706-542-3500 Email: jhammers@uga.edu	Outstanding Auditing Dissertation Selection Committee Scott Vander Velde University of South Carolina Phone: (803) 777-6075 Email: vandervelde@moore.sc.edu
Outstanding Educator Award Chris Hogan Michigan State University Phone: 517-353-8647 Email: hogan@bus.msu.edu	Innovation in Auditing and Assurance Education Award Selection Committee Tina Carpenter University of Georgia Phone: (706) 542-3619 Email: tcarpenter@terry.uga.edu
Distinguished Service in Auditing Award Selection Committee Dan Sunderland Deloitte Phone: (203)423-452 Email: dsunderland@deloitte.com	AJPT Awards Susan Scholz University of Kansas Phone: (785) 864-7554 Email: sscholz@ku.edu

Regional Coordinators

Mid-Atlantic Region James McKinney University of Maryland Phone: 301-588-3266 Email: jmkinney@rhsmith.umb.edu	Midwest Region Jack Armitage University of Nebraska at Omaha Phone: 402-554-2912 Email: jarmitage@unomaha.edu
Northeast Region Udi Hoitash Northeastern University Phone: (617) 373-5839 Email: u.hoitash@neu.edu	Southeastern Region Aretha Hill Florida A & M University Phone: (850) 599-8331 Email: hillaretha@aol.com
Southwest Region Lili Sun University of North Texas Phone: 940 565-3077 Email: Lili.Sun@unt.edu	Ohio Region Ben Hoffman Kent State University Phone: 332-672-1120 Email: bhoffm11@kent.edu
Western Region Kathleen Rupley Portland State University Phone: 503-725-3133 Email: rupleyk@pdx.edu	International Vida Botes The University of Waikato Phone: 64 7 856 2889 x8402 Email: vidab@waikato.ac.nz

Objectives

Education—to discuss, test, and disseminate various ways of teaching auditing and audit-related topics.

Research—to encourage, facilitate, and publicize research interests and projects in the audit area.

Profession—to create an opportunity for closer association between the profession and those who instruct in the field.

2017-18 Officers

Officer Archives

President Rick Hatfield University of Alabama-Tuscaloosa Phone: (205) 348-2901 Email: rhatfiel@cba.ua.edu	Past President Karla Johnstone University of Wisconsin – Madison Phone: 608-262-3544 Email: kjohnstone@bus.wisc.edu
Vice President — Academic Kathryn Kadous Emory University Phone: (404) 727-4967 Email:kathryn.kadous@emory.edu	Vice President — Practice Dan Sunderland Deloitte Phone: (203)423-4652 Email: dsunderland@deloitte.com
Treasurer Chad Stefaniak University of South Carolina Phone: (803) 777-7408 Email: chad.stefaniak@moore.sc.edu	Secretary Susan Scholz University of Kansas Phone: (785) 864-7554 Email: sscholz@ku.edu
Historian Mark Taylor Case Western Reserve University Phone: (216)368-2073 Email: m ht17@case.edu	Council Representative Urton Anderson University of Kentucky Phone: 512-471-5339 Email: urton.anderson@uky.edu

Editors

Auditing: A Journal of Practice & Theory
Senior Editor: Christopher P. Agoglia University of Massachusetts Amherst Phone: 413-545-5582 Email: cpa22@isenberg.umass.edu	Deputy Senior Editor: Susan Scholz The University of Kansas Email: Sscholz@ku.edu
Editors: Christine E. Earley Providence College Email: cearley@providence.edu	Lisa Milici Gaynor University of South Florida Email: lgaynor@usf.edu
Yves Gendron Université Laval Email: Yves.Gendron@ctb.ulaval.ca	Udi Hoitash Northeastern University Email: u.hoitash@northeastern.edu
Jayanthi Krishnan Temple University Email: jaykrish@temple.edu	Chan Li University of Pittsburgh Email: chanli@katz.pitt.edu
Linda A. Myers The University of Tennessee Email: lmyers16@utk.edu	Vic Naiker The University of Melbourne Email: vic.naiker@monash.edu
M. David Piercy University of Massachusetts Amherst Email: piercey@isenberg.umass.edu	Douglas F. Prawitt Brigham Young University Email: prawitt@byu.edu
Jamie J. Schmidt The University of Texas at Austin Email: jaime.schmidt@mccombs.utexas.edu	Ann Vanstraelen Maastricht University Email: a.vanstraelen@maastrichtuniversity.nl
Gary Monroe UNSW Sydney Email: g.monroe@unsw.edu.au	Thomas C. Omer University of Nebraska-Lincoln Email: thomas.omer@unl.edu
Consulting Editors: Jeffrey R. Cohen Boston College Email: jeffrey.cohen@bc.edu	Jeffrey A. Pittman Memorial University of Newfoundland Email: jpittman@mun.ca
The Auditor's Report
Editor: Larry Abbott University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee Email: abbottl@uwm.edu	Associate Editor: Tamara Lambert University of Massachusetts Amherst Phone: 413-545-5653 Email: tlambert@som.umass.edu
Current Issues in Auditing Co-Editors:
Dan Sunderland Deloitte Phone: (203)423-452 Email: dsunderland@deloitte.com	Greg Jenkins Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Phone: 540-231-2527 Email: greg.jenkins@vt.edu
Other
Webmaster Glen L. Gray California State University, Northridge Phone: 818-677-3948 Email: glen.gray@csun.edu	Section Photographer Julia Higgs Florida Atlantic University Phone: 561-297-3663 Email: jhiggs@fau.edu

Committee Chairpersons

Annual Meeting Vice Director Brian Bratten University of Kentucky Phone: 859-257-1947 Email: Brian.Bratten@uky.edu	Annual Meeting Committee Vice Director David Wood Brigham Young University Phone: 801-422-8642 Email: davidwood@byu.edu
Annual Meeting Committee Vice Director Nathaniel Stephens Utah State University Phone: 435-797-8016 Email: nate.stephens@usu.edu
Midyear Meeting Committee 2017 Co-Chair Ling Lisic George Mason University Phone: (703) 993-7584 Email: llisic@gmu.edu	Midyear Meeting Committee 2017 Co-Chair Noel Harding University of New South Wales Phone: +61293856109 Email: n.harding@unsw.edu.au
Midyear Meeting Committee 2017 Vice Chair Tina Carpenter University of Georgia Phone: (706) 542-3619 Email: tcarpenter@terry.uga.edu	Midyear Meeting Committee 2017 Vice Chair Margaret Christ University of Georgia Phone: (706) 542-3602 Email: mchrist@uga.edu
Auditing Doctoral Consortium Committee Chairperson 2017 Linda Myers University of Arkansas Phone: 479-575-5227 Email: lmyers@walton.uark.edu	Auditing Doctoral Consortium Committee Vice-Chairperson 2016 Jackie Hammersley University of Georgia Phone: (706) 542-3500 Email: jhammers@uga.edu
Auditing Standards Committee Pamela Roush University of Central Florida Phone: (407) 823-5664 Email: proush@ucf.edu	Communications Committee James Long Auburn University Phone: (334) 844-6214 Email: jameslong@auburn.edu
Education Committee Edward B. Douthett, Jr. George Mason University Phone: (703) 993-4234 Email: edouthet@gmu.edu	Research Committee Carol Callaway Dee University of Colorado-Denver Phone: (303) 315-8463 Email: carol.dee@ucdenver.edu
Membership and Regional Coordinators Committee Ben Luippold Babson College Phone: 781-239-5995 Email: bluippold@babson.edu	Nominations Committee TBA
Notable Contributions to the Auditing Literature Award Selection Committee Linda Myers University of Georgia Phone: 706-542-3500 Email: jhammers@uga.edu	Outstanding Auditing Dissertation Selection Committee Scott Vander Velde University of South Carolina Phone: (803) 777-6075 Email: vandervelde@moore.sc.edu
Outstanding Educator Award Chris Hogan Michigan State University Phone: 517-353-8647 Email: hogan@bus.msu.edu	Innovation in Auditing and Assurance Education Award Selection Committee Tina Carpenter University of Georgia Phone: (706) 542-3619 Email: tcarpenter@terry.uga.edu
Distinguished Service in Auditing Award Selection Committee Dan Sunderland Deloitte Phone: (203)423-452 Email: dsunderland@deloitte.com	AJPT Awards Susan Scholz University of Kansas Phone: (785) 864-7554 Email: sscholz@ku.edu

Regional Coordinators

Mid-Atlantic Region James McKinney University of Maryland Phone: 301-588-3266 Email: jmkinney@rhsmith.umb.edu	Midwest Region Jack Armitage University of Nebraska at Omaha Phone: 402-554-2912 Email: jarmitage@unomaha.edu
Northeast Region Udi Hoitash Northeastern University Phone: (617) 373-5839 Email: u.hoitash@neu.edu	Southeastern Region Aretha Hill Florida A & M University Phone: (850) 599-8331 Email: hillaretha@aol.com
Southwest Region Lili Sun University of North Texas Phone: 940 565-3077 Email: Lili.Sun@unt.edu	Ohio Region Ben Hoffman Kent State University Phone: 332-672-1120 Email: bhoffm11@kent.edu
Western Region Kathleen Rupley Portland State University Phone: 503-725-3133 Email: rupleyk@pdx.edu	International Vida Botes The University of Waikato Phone: 64 7 856 2889 x8402 Email: vidab@waikato.ac.nz

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