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THURSDAY, JUNE 1, 2023

 

10:00 am - 10:45 am ET

Business Meetings

Mid-Atlantic Region
Northeast Region

 

 

10:45 am – 11:00 am ET

Break

 

 

11:00 am – 12:00 pm ET

Welcome: Benjamin Anderson, President, Western Region


Plenary: Update from Recruiting Leaders; Bring Your Questions!
Moderator: 
Karen Osterheld, American Accounting Association

Panelist:
Amir Mazarei, BDO, Scott McQuillan, Deloitte, Alexa Merschel, PwC,
Kathleen Schaum, KPMGJe’nell Griffin,  EY

 

 

12:00 pm – 12:30 pm ET

Lunch Break

 

 

12:30 pm – 1:30 pm ET

Concurrent Session Tracks

Sharpen Your Teaching Skills Sessions

How Are Documents Tagged With XBRL?
Christine Kuglin, University of Denver

 Using Social Media to Enhance an Accounting Analytics Course
 Richard S. Rand, Tennessee Tech University

Four Paper Sessions/Dialogue/Panel Sessions/

 

 

1:30 pm - 2:00 pm ET

Break

 

 

2:00 pm – 3:00 pm ET

Concurrent Session Tracks

Sharpen Your Teaching Skills Session

Introduction: Karen Osterheld, American Accounting Association

Introduction to Mindfulness Workshop   
 DeAnne M. Aussem, PwC 

Four Paper Sessions/Dialogue/Panel Sessions

 

 

3:00 pm - 3:30 pm ET

Break

 

 

3:30 pm - 4:30 pm ET

Concurrent Session Tracks

Sharpen Your Teaching Skills Sessions

ESG Reporting Projects for Introductory Accounting
Wendy Tietz, Kent State University; Tracie Miller, Franklin University
  
 Roundtable Session
Moderator: Dick Walstra, Dominican University

  1. A Classroom Captivated
        Kimberly Young, Greenville Technical College
  2. Cramming Antidote:  How Spacing Out and Circling Back to Concepts Over Time May Help Knowledge Retention
        Rodney Sauder, Messiah University
  3. Fostering Classroom Success in Introductory Accounting with an Embedded Peer Tutor Model
       Angela M. Brown, The Pennsylvania State University

 Four Paper Sessions/Dialogue/Panel Sessions

 

 

4:30 pm - 5:00 pm ET

Break

 

 

5:00 pm - 6:00 pm ET

Concurrent Session Tracks


Sharpen Your Teaching Skills Sessions
 

A Fun Active Data Analysis Problem Solving Case
Margarita M. Lenk, Colorado State University

Ctrl+Engage: Practical and Fun Strategies to Spark Student Engagement in Online Classes
Wendy Tietz, Kent State University

Four Paper Sessions/Dialogue/Panel Sessions

 

 

6:00 pm - 7:00 pm ET

Social Hour

 

 

FRIDAY, JUNE 2, 2023

 

 

10:00 am – 10:45 am ET

Business Meetings

Ohio Region
Midwest Region

 

 

10:45 am – 11:00 am ET

Break

 

 

11:00 am – 12:00 pm ET

Concurrent Session Tracks

 Sharpen Your Teaching Skills Session

 Plante Moran: Maintain YOU in the Middle Market

Moderator, Karen Green, University of Toledo

Plante Moran Panelists:
Holly Morgan, Senior Consultant, Management Consulting
Hope Jefferson, Senior Consultant, Management Consulting
Mara Hillyer, Senior Consultant, Management Consulting
Mark Sommerfeld, Principal, Tax



Four Paper Sessions/Dialogue/Panel Sessions

 

 

12:00 pm - 12:30 pm ET

Lunch Break

 

 

12:30 pm - 1:30 pm ET

Concurrent Session Tracks

 Sharpen Your Teaching Skills Sessions

If You Can’t Beat Them, Join Them: 12 Ways to Use ChatGPT in Teaching
Wendy Tietz, Kent State University; Rachel Gambol, University of Tampa
 

Roundtable Session
Moderator:  Mfon Akpan, Methodist University

  1. Accounting Students Learning by Doing in the VITA Tax Clinic
       Theresa Phipps, Slippery Rock University
  2. Making Accounting Careers Appealing Through Assignments
        Julia S. Frink, Tarrant County College
  3. What Should Accounting Students Know About ESG Reporting?
        Maria H. Sanchez, Rider University; Margaret O'Reilly-Allen, Rider University
Four Paper Sessions/Dialogue/Panel Sessions

 

 

 

1:30 pm - 2:00 pm ET

Break

 

 

2:00 pm - 3:00 pm ET

Concurrent Session Tracks

Sharpen Your Teaching Skills Sessions

How to Include ESG in Your Accounting Courses by Revising Existing Assignments
Marcy Binkley, Lipscomb University; Timothy S. Creel, Lipscomb University; Susan Coomer Galbreath, Lipscomb University

 Spark Your Students' Interest in Data Analysis
 Christine Kuglin, University of Denver

Four Paper Sessions/Dialogue/Panel Sessions

 

 

3:00 pm - 3:30 pm ET

Break

 

 

3:30 pm - 4:30 pm ET

Concurrent Session Tracks

Sharpen Your Teaching Skills Sessions

ChatGPT in the Accounting Classroom: Friend or Foe or …
Mfon Akpan, Methodist University; Scott Dell, Francis Marion University; Richard S. Barnes, None

Neurodiversity in Accounting—The "S" and "G" in ESG
 Christina M. Olear, The Pennsylvania State University Brandywine; Veronica Paz, Indiana University of Pennsylvania; Timothy Creel, Lipscomb University


Four Paper Sessions/Dialogue/Panel Sessions

 

 

4:30 pm - 5:00 pm ET

Helping Your Students Prepare for the New CPA Exam
Angie Brown, Becker

 

 

 

5:00 pm - 6:00 pm ET

Welcome: Oksana Kim, President Midwest Region

Plenary: ESG and Sustainability: What are the Issues in the Profession and How do we Bring them to the Classroom?

Moderator: Karen Osterheld, American Accounting Association

Heather Goryoka, KPMG
Carmen Magee, KPMG
Justin Neff, Moss Adams
Reagan Richmond, EY
Hayley Tilton, Deloitte

 

 

6:00 pm - 6:45 pm ET

Business Meeting

Western Region

 

 

SATURDAY, JUNE 3, 2023

 

 

10:00 am - 10:45 am

Business Meeting

Southeast Region

 

 

10:45 am – 11:00 am

Break

 

 

11:00 am – 12:00 pm

Welcome: Christine Kuglin, Program Chair Western Region

Plenary: Providing Citizens with Transparent Governmental Financial Information
Sheila A. Weinberg, CPA, Truth in Accounting

 

 

12:00 pm – 12:30 pm

Lunch Break

 

 

12:30 pm - 1:30 pm

Concurrent Session Tracks

Sharpen Your Teaching Skills Session

The High School Pipeline as a Feeder to Accounting Majors
Karen Osterheld, American Accounting Association
Veronica Paz, Indiana University of Pennsylvania; Priscilla Davis, Hillside High School
Jennifer Glaser, Silver Creek High School
Evan Statman, Jefferson High School

Four Paper Sessions/Dialogue/Panel Sessions/Effective Learning Strategies Roundtables

 

 

1:30 pm - 2:00 pm

Break

 

 

2:00 pm - 3:00 pm

Concurrent Session Tracks

Sharpen Your Teaching Skills Sessions

Using UDL for Student Inclusion and Success
Richard Walstra, Dominican University

Roundtable Session
Moderator: Julia Frink, Tarrant County College

  1. Creating Unique Risk Assessment Data Sets
       Janet Lynn Souza, Saint Joseph's University; Veronica Paz, Indiana University of Pennsylvania
  2. From Brick to Tech: Enhancing Time Value of Money
       Ann Boyd Davis, Tennessee Tech University
  3. Using Excel to Teach Principles of Accounting Courses
       Julianna Browning, California Baptist University
Four Paper Sessions/Dialogue/Panel Sessions/Effective Learning Strategies Roundtables

 

 

 

3:00 pm - 3:30 pm

Break

 

 

3:30 pm - 4:30 pm

Concurrent Session Tracks

Sharpen Your Teaching Skills Sessions

Continuing to Bridge the Gap: Successes and Future Plans from a Symposium to Help Two-Year Students Transition to Four-Year Accounting Programs
Susan M. McCarthy, Loyola University Chicago
Melissa Stitt, Community College of Baltimore County

 Teaching Lean Management Principles Using NASCAR Race Data
 Jennifer M. Cainas, University of South Florida; Margaret B. Shackell, Ithaca College


Four Paper Sessions/Dialogue/Panel Sessions/Effective Learning Strategies Roundtables

 

 

4:30 pm - 5:00 pm

Break

 

 

5:00 pm - 6:00 pm

Concurrent Session Tracks

Sharpen Your Teaching Skills Sessions

Data Cleansing Tips and Tricks in Tableau Software
Charles (Chuck) Hooper,  Barbara Lamberton, University of Hartford; Robyn L. Raschke, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
 

Using Nano Learning Programs to Close the Gap
Sid C. Bundy, Tennessee Tech University

Four Paper Sessions/Dialogue/Panel Sessions/Effective Learning Strategies Roundtables