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2012-2013 AAA COMMITTEES

AAA/Grant Thornton Doctoral Dissertation Awards
for Innovation in Accounting Education Committee

Charge
Carry out all activities to select recipients of the AAA/Grant Thornton Doctoral Dissertation Awards for Innovation in Accounting Education. Specifically:

  • Identify and award up to five (5) AAA/Grant Thornton Doctoral Dissertation Awards for Innovation in Accounting Education of $5,000 each to third or fourth year PhD students conducting innovative research in any area of accounting using the criteria as approved by the Board of Directors.

Membership

  • New committee members are appointed annually by the AAA President.
  • Members of this committee will be comprised of eight members drawn broadly from AAA sections.
  • No section shall be represented by more than one member on the committee.
  • A representative of the funding sponsor will be appointed as an Ex-Officio member of the committee.

Meetings

  • The committee meets as needed.

Responsibilities

  • AAA Staff (Barbara Gutierrez) will ensure the Call for Nominations web page is updated in conjunction with the Committee Directory.
  • Beginning in September, the AAA Awards Coordinator will arrange for the Call for Nominations announcement to be included:
    • In the Fall edition of the Accounting Education News
    • On the AAA website and in multi-topic mass emails.
  • The AAA Awards Coordinator will contact the Chair with the dates that the awards Call for Nominations will be included on the AAA website and in multi-topic mass emails.
  • Nominations are due by January 31st.
  • The committee will select award recipient(s) based on award criteria.
  • The Chair will notify the AAA Awards Coordinator of the winner at awards@aaahq.org by April 15th.
  • The AAA Awards Coordinator will notify the AAA President, Board of Directors Liaison, and the Executive Director of the winner.
  • The AAA President will send a congratulatory email/letter to the winner, copying the Executive Director and Chair.
  • After the winner(s) has been notified by the President, the AAA Awards Coordinator will collect biography information for the Annual Meeting Program.
  • A member of the AAA staff will notify the Chair and awardee(s) with Annual Meeting onsite presentation instructions.
  • The Chair will write a thank you note to the Grant Thornton representative for their support of the award.
  • The Chair will have the opportunity three times every term-year to prepare and send a progress report which will be available for the Board of Directors to review at their next 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 staff liaison, Barbara Gutierrez (barbara.gutierrez@aaahq.org).

Members

Name / Affiliation Contact AAA Section Term Length Term Expires
Chair
Timothy Fogarty
Case Western Reserve University		  
timothy.fogarty@case.edu		  
TLC		  
1		  
08/2013
John L. Campbell
University of Georgia 		johnc@uga.edu AUD 1 08/2013
Dina F. el-Mahdy
Morgan State University		 dina.elmahdy@morgan.edu AIS 1 08/2013
Michael Grayson
Texas A&M-Kingsville		 profadd@yahoo.com FIA 1 08/2013
Jeffrey Hales
Georgia Tech		 jeffrey.hales@mgt.gatech.edu ABO 1 08/2013
Thomas Bowe Hansen
Virginia Tech		 bowe.hansen@vt.edu IAS 1 08/2013
Derek Oler
Texas Tech		 derek.oler@ttu.edu FAR 1 08/2013
Steven Salterio
Queens University		 ssalterio@business.queensu.ca MAS 1 08/2013
J. Michael (Mike) McGuire
National Managing Partner – Industry and Market Development		 mike.mcguire@gt.com Grant Thornton LLP 2 08/2013
Board of Directors Liaison
Steven J. Kachelmeier
University of Texas-Austin 		kach@mail.utexas.edu   3 08/2015

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