2024-2025 Membership Advisory Committee

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Charge


As the American Accounting Association imagines our future, the Membership Advisory Committee will continue to develop the vision of being Thought Leaders in Accounting by: 

  • Encouraging Tenure Track, Professionally Oriented Faculty, Global Scholars, Two-Year Faculty, and Doctoral Students to engage in AAA activities.
  • Promoting non-member engagement by reaching out to non-members to encourage membership in AAA and Segments.
  • Welcoming new members and developing ideas for retaining them.

Membership

  • New Committee members are appointed prior to the Annual Meeting by the AAA Management Team with terms of three years for continuity purposes.
  • The Committee consists of nine members, including the Chair, serving staggered three-year terms.
  • The Committee is chaired by the Director-Focusing on Membership.
  • An ex-officio student member may also serve on the Committee for a one or two year appointment.

Estimated Time Commitment

  • The Committee members could expect to spend approximately 1-5 hours per year with additional hours required as needed based on membership-related activities.
  • The Committee meets as needed at the discretion of the Chair.

Responsibilities

  • Fulfill the Committee charge as above.
  • If the Chair has any questions about the charge or responsibilities of this committee, s/he should contact the Chief Executive Officer or the President..
  • The Chair must submit at least one report per year to the Board of Directors. This report should include accomplishments and suggested modifications and should be sent to the AAA President, the committee’s Board of Directors Liaison, and Governance Manager, Barbara Gutierrez (barbara.gutierrez@aaahq.org).

Members

 

Name / Affiliation Contact Term Length Term Expires

Chair
Linda Parsons
University of Alabama-Tuscaloosa
Director-Focusing on Membership


lmparsons@ua.edu


3


08/2026

Nargess Golshan
University of Kentucky

nargess.golshan@uky.edu

3

08/2025

Willie Reddic
Syracuse University

wdreddic@syr.edu

2

08/2025

Larry Stephens
Austin Community College District

larry.stephens@austincc.edu

3

08/2025

Phebe Davis
Clemson University

phebiad@clemson.edu

3

08/2026

Leah Muriel
University of North Florida

leah.muriel@unf.edu

3

08/2026

Rick Warne
University of San Diego

rwarne@sandiego.edu

3

08/2026

Prince Doliya
Indian Institute of Management Visakhapatnam

princedoliya@iimv.ac.in

3

08/2027

Giorgio Gotti
University of Texas Rio Grande Valley-Edinburg

giorgio.gotti@utrgv.edu

3

08/2027

Katharine Patterson
University of Toronto

k.patterson@utoronto.ca

3

08/2027

Board of Directors Liaison
Linda Parsons
University of Alabama-Tuscaloosa
Director-Focusing on Membership

lparsons@cba.ua.edu