Call for Nominations

The Auditing Section seeks nominations for its annual Outstanding Auditing Dissertation Award. The author of the dissertation judged to have made 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:

• the timeliness and importance of the problem(s) addressed;
• the creativity of the research;
• the development of a theoretical framework;
• the appropriateness of the research method and analysis;
• the potential for publication in a scholarly journal; and
• the potential for the results to have an impact on the practice of auditing.

An outstanding dissertation can be expected to rate highly with respect to all of these criteria. Selection of the award winner will be made by the Section’s 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 a dissertation has been completed and accepted by the degree-granting institution between January 1, 1997 and December 31, 1998 (dissertations can be nominated more than once);
• 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, e.g. submission of questionnaires and experimental instruments).

Please send all materials to:

Professor Karen V. Pincus
Department of Accounting
College of Business
University of Arkansas
Fayetteville, AR 72701

Entries must be received by May 1, 1999. The award recipient will be notified by September 1, 1999, and will receive the award during the Midyear Auditing Section meeting in January 2000.

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