Innovation in Accounting Education Award Committee | American Accounting Association

Carry out all activities to select recipients of the Innovation in Accounting Education Award.

Select recipient(s) of the Innovation in Accounting Educator Award which is presented at the AAA Annual Meeting. Specifically:

Actively seek and submit nominations
Review and evaluate nominations
Current Committee members who are nominated for the award will be asked to either recuse themselves from the Committee or remove their nomination from consideration.
Select award recipient(s) based on the award criteria
Chair presents the Award(s) at the AAA Annual Meeting
If the Chair has any questions about the charge or responsibilities of this committee, s/he should contact the Executive Director, the President, or the Committee's Board of Directors Liaison.

Name / Affiliation	Contact	Term Length	Term Expires
Chair
Lynn Clements Florida Southern College	lclements@flsouthern.edu	2	08/2018
Members
Billie Cunningham University of Missouri-Columbia	cunningham@missouri.edu	2	08/2018
Ryan Huston Arizona State University	ryan.huston@asu.edu	1	08/2018
Mehmet Kocakulah University of Wisconsin La Crosse	mkocakulahl@uwlax.edu	1	08/2018
Jack Krogstad Creighton University	jkrogstad@creighton.edu	1	08/2018
Pamela B. Roush University of Central Florida	proush@ucf.edu	1	08/2018
Board of Directors Liaison
Steve Kaplan Vice President–Education Arizona State University-Tempe	steve.kaplan@asu.edu

September 1 – January 31 – Actively seek and submit nominations
February 15 – April 15 – Review nominations, participate on conference calls and email discussions at the discretion of the Chair, and select award recipient(s)
August – Chair and award sponsor representative present the award(s) and check(s) at the AAA Annual Meeting; winner(s) of this award is invited to present their innovation at a concurrent session moderated by the Chair of this Committee on Wednesday afternoon of the Annual Meeting.

September - January 31	February 15 - April 15	June	August
Actively seek and submit nominations	Review nominations, participate on conference calls and email discussions, at the discretion of the Chair Select award recipient(s) based on award criteria Chair notifies the Professional Staff Liaison of the winner(s) by April 15th at awards@aaahq.org	The Chair will have the opportunity to prepare and send a progress report in June which will be available for the Board of Directors to review at their August meeting. This report should include accomplishments and suggested modifications and should be sent to the AAA President, the Committee's Board of Directors Liaison, and Professional Staff Liaison, Barbara Gutierrez. (barbara.gutierrez@aaahq.org) The Chair will write a thank you email to the award sponsor representative for their support of the award.	The Chair and award sponsor representative present the award(s) and check(s) at the AAA Annual Meeting. The winner(s) of the Innovation in Accounting Education Award is invited to present their innovation at a concurrent session on Wednesday, 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm, of the Annual Meeting, to be moderated by the Chair of the Innovation in Accounting Education Award Committee. The award-winning innovation will be eligible for publication in Issues in Accounting Education as a scholarly article, subject to the normal manuscript review process and acceptance of a suitable manuscript by the editor of the journal.

Questions? Please contact Barbara Gutierrez, Professional Staff Liaison, at barbara.gutierrez@aaahq.org or 941-556-4117

New Committee members are appointed annually by the Council Committee on Awards Committee.
Care should be taken that the Committee include members with knowledge about unique approaches and innovations.