2008–2009 AAA COMMITTEES

Charge:

Coordinate all activities necessary to screen candidates for the Notable Contributions to Accounting Literature Award. Specifically:

Identify works of exceptional merit from published accounting books and articles that meet the guidelines for the "Notable Contributions" award, as established by the Executive Committee.
Provide a set of nominees for the selection committee.
Provide a progress report to the Executive Committee liaison in time to be included in the agenda book for each Executive Committee meeting.
Provide suggestions, if any, for improving the process.

Membership

New Committee members are appointed annually by the President.

Meeting

This committee meets as needed.

Responsibilities

Fulfill the committee charter above.
The Chair prepares and sends a progress report twice every term-year, with deadlines of October 29th 2008 and March 4th 2009, to the Executive Committee Liaison, AAA President, and Executive Director regarding accomplishments or modifications.

Chair:

Mark Kohlbeck
Florida Atlantic University
mkohlbec@fau.edu
Members:

Name Affiliation	Email	Term Length	Term Expires
Steven Cahan University of Aukland	s.cahan@auckland.ac.nz	3	08/2011
Mary Ellen Carter Boston College	maryellen.carter@gmail.com	3	08/2011
Zahirul Hoque La Trobe University	z.hoque@latrobe.edu.au	3	08/2011
Cynthia Krom Marist College	cynthia.krom@marist.edu	3	08/2011
Claire Latham Washington State University	clatham@vancouver.wsu.edu	3	08/2011
Jason MacGregor Baylor University	Jason_MacGregor@baylor.edu	3	08/2011
Garen Markarian Instituto de Empresa	garen.markarian@ie.edu	3	08/2011
Sandeep Nabar Oklahoma State University	sandeep.nabar@okstate.edu	3	08/2011
Venkatesh Nagar University of Michigan	venky@umich.edu	3	08/2011
Sarah Nutter George Mason University	snutter@gmu.edu	3	08/2011
Don Pagach North Carolina State University	don@ncsu.edu	3	08/2011
Catherine Shakespeare University of Michigan	shakespe@umich.edu	3	08/2011
Seleshi Sisaye Duquesne University	sisaye@duq.edu	3	08/2011
David Smith Monash University	David.Smith@buseco.monash.edu.au	3	08/2011
Michael Stein Old Dominion University	mstein@odu.edu	3	08/2011
Susan Watts Purdue University	swatts@purdue.edu	3	08/2011
Margaret Weber University of Illinois - Chicago	pegweb@uic.edu	3	08/2011
Valentina Zamora Boston College	zamorav@bc.edu	3	08/2011

EC Liaison:

Jean Bedard
Bentley College
jbedard@bentley.edu