CALL FOR NOMINATIONS

Outstanding Auditing Dissertation Award

The Section seeks nominations for its annual Outstanding Auditing Dissertation Award. The author of the dissertation judged to make the most outstanding contribution to auditing knowledge, among those dissertations nominated for consideration, will receive the award. The assessment of what constitutes an outstanding contribution will be based on, but not limited to, the following criteria:

An outstanding dissertation can be expected to rate highly with respect to all these criteria. Selection of the award winner will be made by the Sectionís Outstanding Dissertation in Auditing Committee.

A dissertation must be nominated by either the person who authored it or one or more members of the dissertation committee. Nominations will be considered to be complete when the following materials have been submitted:

• a letter from the dissertation chairperson stating that the dissertation is complete and accepted by the degree-granting institution between January 1, 1996 and December 31, 1996;
• five copies of a nomination letter stating why the dissertation is deserving of special recognition; and
• five copies of a paper from the dissertation that meet the criteria for papers submitted to Auditing: A Journal of Practice & Theory (refer to the latest issue for requirements related to length and other matters).
  

Please send all material to: Professor Barry E. Cushing, University of Utah, David Eccles School of Business, Salt Lake City, UT 84112.

Entries must be received by February 28, 1997. The Award recipient will be notified by May 10th and will receive the award during the auditing Sectionís luncheon at the AAA annual meeting in August 1997.

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