Announcement of Next Editor of
Accounting Horizons
Hermanson and Shevlin Named Horizons Co-Editors

Dana Hermanson is Dinos Eminent Scholar Chair of Private Enterprise at Kennesaw State University. He was named the Kennesaw State University Foundation 2007 Distinguished Professor and was named to the 2003 Georgia Trend Magazine “40 Under 40” list of the best and brightest young Georgians. His research has appeared in such journals as Contemporary Accounting Research, Auditing: A Journal of Practice & Theory, Journal of Accounting and Public Policy, Accounting Horizons, Behavioral Research in Accounting, Journal of Information Systems, and Issues in Accounting Education. His research, letters, or quotations have appeared in The Wall Street Journal, Business Week, USA Today, and many other outlets. He is Co-Editor of Current Issues in Auditing and Associate Editor of Accounting Horizons. He was a member of the National Association of Corporate Directors Blue Ribbon Commission on Audit Committees and is co-author of the COSO-sponsored study, Fraudulent Financial Reporting: 1987-1997, An Analysis of U.S. Public Companies.

Terry Shevlin holds the Paul Pigott-PACCAR Professorship in Business Administration at the University of Washington Foster School of Business. His research interests include earnings management, capital markets, employee stock options, and the role of taxes in business decisions. He has published in The Accounting Review, Journal of Accounting Research, Journal of Accounting and Economics, Contemporary Accounting Research, and Journal of the American Taxation Association. He has won the AAA Competitive Manuscript Award twice and the ATA Tax Manuscript Award three times. He was the recipient of the 2005 American Taxation Association Ray M. Sommerfeld Outstanding Tax Educator Award. He has served on AAA Committees including the Doctoral Consortium Committee, the Selection Committees of the AAA Notable Contribution Award and the D&T Wildman Award. He was editor of the Journal of the American Taxation Association 1996-1999, senior editor of The Accounting Review 2002-2005, and serves on the editorial boards of numerous accounting journals. He is the 2007-08 President of the American Taxation Association.

Dana and Terry will assume the co-editor duties in late spring 2009 when current co-editors Ella Mae Matsumura and David Ziebart complete their term.

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