Call for Submissions

What may I submit?

Papers, Poster Sessions, & Panel Discussions
(topics with academic, practitioner, or pedagogical focus)

When is it due?

30 September 2018  Extended to October 15th

Who can submit?

AAA members, faculty, practitioners, doctoral/masters/undergraduate students

Where do I submit

Click Here

Are awards given

McGraw-Hill Irwin Distinguished Paper, Best Teaching & Learning Manuscript, Best Doctoral Student Paper [Students must self identify when submitting]

All paper and poster submissions will be blind peer-reviewed. Papers may have an academic, practitioner or pedagogical focus. Student papers (doctoral, masters and undergraduate) are especially encouraged. Papers submitted to a regional meeting may have been submitted to the American Accounting Association national meeting or midyear sectional meetings but must NOT have been published elsewhere before our regional meeting. FBD Statement of Academic Integrity: Your paper should not have been previously published or previously presented at FBD. Please indicate to the program chair if your paper is currently under submission to another FBD association. If your paper is later accepted by another FBD association, it is your responsibility to notify the appropriate program chairs.

General Guidelines

Complete Paper Submission
Prepare one double-spaced, 12-point font, 1" margins document for upload. The submission form will include a field for a short abstract (150 or fewer words) of your paper.

Poster Session Submission for Effective Learning Strategies
Submissions are encouraged for poster sessions on ELS topics. Poster display sizes and display space will be determined at a later date and presenters will be notified directly of those specifications. To submit an ELS poster session, log into AAA Southwest Region 2019 Submissions Portal. Click "Submit or Edit an Item," select "Poster," and follow the instructions within the submission form.

Workshop or Panel Discussion Submission
Description (up to 300 words) — If you have an idea for a panel discussion and want to moderate that panel, submit your proposed topic, panel members (names, titles, and employers), and brief description of the topic.

Call for Volunteers
If you are interested in serving as a reviewer, moderator, or discussant, please select “Volunteer Opportunities” from the Submitter Menu.

Questions? Email: Cassy Henderson, 2019 Program Chair, cdh045@shsu.edu  

   

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The Southwest Region of the American Accounting Association consists of Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas

Objectives

  1. To hold regional meetings for the presentation and discussion of subjects in accounting and allied fields of interest to members of the Southwest Regional Association and the national Association.
  2. To support the national Association in the accomplishment of certain of its announced objectives:
    1. To initiate, encourage and sponsor research in accounting, auditing, taxation and management advisory services, and to publish or aid in the publication of the results of research;
    2. To advance accounting instruction and to encourage qualified individuals to enter careers in the teaching of accounting, auditing, taxation and management advisory services; and
    3. To advance a widespread knowledge of accounting, auditing, taxation and management advisory services among qualified students and the public, generally.

Officers

President
Cassy Henderson
Department of Accounting
Sam Houston State University
Box 2056
Huntsville, TX 77341
Office: 936.294.1257
Email: cdh045@shsu.edu
Past President
Kelly Noe 
Schlief School of Accountancy
Stephen F. Austin State University
Nacogdoches, TX 75962
Office Location: McGee Building; Room 292L
Office: 936.468.1530
Email: noekelly@sfasu.edu
   
Program Chair
Cheryl Prachyl
College of Business
Department of Accounting
University of Texas at Arlington
701 South West Street, Ste 409
Arlington, TX 76010
Email: cheryl.prachyl@uta.edu
Coordinating Committee Member
Thomas Stafford
Louisiana Tech University
502 West Texas Avenue
Office COBB 203A
Ruston, LA 71272
Office: 318.257.3886 
Email: stafford@latech.edu
   
Program Chair Elect
Nikki Shoemaker
Gerald W. Schlief School of Accountancy
Stephen F. Austin State University
Nacogdoches, TX 75962
Office: 936.468.1795
Email: shoemakenl@sfasu.edu 
AAA Council Representative
Mary Fischer
College of Business and Technology
University of Texas at Tyler
3900 University Boulevard
Tyler, TX 75799
Office: 903.566.7433
Email: mfischer@uttyler.edu
   
Secretary-Treasurer
Calee Jo Holcombe
Gerald W. Schlief School of Accountancy
Stephen F. Austin State University
Nacogdoches, TX 75962
Office Location: McGee Building; Room 292J
Office: 936.468.3087
Email: holcombecalee@sfasu.edu
Webmaster
Jose Vega
Gerald W. Schlief School of Accountancy
Stephen F. Austin State University
Nacogdoches, TX 75962
Office Location: McGee Building; Room 292M
Office: 936.468.1480
Email: vegajg1@sfasu.edu
   
Historian
Elaine Sanders
College of Business
Department of Accounting
University of Texas – San Antonio
One UTSA Circle
San Antonio, TX 78249
Office: 210-458.5787
Email: elaine.sanders@utsa.edu