2009 Conference Information:
March 18-20, 2009 with MBAA-International
The Drake Hotel, Chicago, IL

2009 Call for Papers (Word)

Contact Information: For questions or additional information regarding the 2009 conference, please contact:

Harold Wilde, Program Chair and President-Elect
Steve Del Vecchio, President

2008 Conference Program (Word)

2007 Conference Program (PDF)
2006 Conference Program (PDF)

How to Join NAAS

Article IV of the NAAS Constitution describes how to become a member of the Society.

ARTICLE IV - MEMBERSHIP 1. The membership shall consist of those persons who support the objectives of the organization and (A) pay the primary registration fee for the NAAS annual meeting or (B) If the annual registration fee is not paid and the annual meeting is not attended, pay $10 directly to the NAAS Treasurer. For those persons meeting requirement A or B, membership continues to the next registration. 2. The rights to vote, to initiate referenda, to initiate and sign petitions, and to hold office are reserved for members in good standing.

Links of Interest:

American Institute of Certified Public Accountants
Financial Accounting Standards Board
Institute of Management Accountants
International Accounting Standards Board
National Association of State Boards of Accountancy
Public Company Accounting Oversight Board
Securities and Exchange Commission

2008 Distinguished Paper Award - "Factors Associated with Student Performance in Auditing: An Empirical Study in a Diversified Public University'"

Mostafa Maksy (Northeastern Illinois University) and Lin Zheng (Mercer University) received the Distinguished Paper Award for their work on the characteristics of auditing students.

Maksy is Professor of Accounting at Northeastern Illinois University. He teaches financial and intermediate accounting in the undergraduate program and financial statement analysis and research methodologies in accounting in the MBA/MSA program. Mostafa published numerous articles in refereed accounting journals such as The Accounting Review, Accounting & Finance, Accounting & Business Research, and The International Journal of Accounting. Zheng is an Assistant Professor of Accounting at Mercer University. She teaches a variety of undergraduate and graduate accounting courses. Lin has published a number of papers in refereed journals such as Quarterly Journal of Business and Economics, Journal of Economics and Finance, Journal of Contemporary Accounting and Economic, Journal of International Business and Economic.

Mostafa Maksy, 2008 Distinguished Paper Award winner. Lin Zheng was unable to attend the conference.

Maksy says, "we wanted to know some factors that may be motivating and/or helping students to perform well in the auditing course so we can emphasize those factors; and what factors that may be distracting students from earning higher grades so we can inform students to avoid them. We found that reading and writing skills are helping students to perform well but math and listening skills are not. We also found that planning to take the CPA exam or attend graduate school are not motivating our students to earn higher grades. Furthermore, we found that working too many hours per week, even in non-accounting related jobs, and taking on higher course loads were factors that, surprisingly, had no negative effect on students’ performance .”

Steve Del Vecchio, Program Chair for the 2008 NAAS meeting, commented, "I personally found Mostafa and Lin’s paper very interesting because it begins to look at what variable may influence a student’s success in upper level accounting courses. I believe this type of research may help us identify things educators can do at the beginning of a student’s college experience that may make students more successful in their senior and graduate accounting courses."

All of us from the North American Accounting Society congratulate Mostafa and Lin on their success!