AIS Section Awards

AIS Section Outstanding Dissertation Award

The Accounting Information Systems (AIS) Section invites nominations for the Outstanding Dissertation Award. The purpose of this award is to recognize outstanding dissertation research on an AIS topic. The award winner and dissertation chair will be honored at the 2026 AIS Section Midyear Meeting. The assessment of what constitutes outstanding contribution to AIS research will be based on, but not limited to, the following criteria:

• Relevance and originality of the research question.
• Appropriateness of the research method and analysis.
• Development of a theoretical framework.
• Potential for publication in a scholarly journal.
• Potential for the results to have practical implications for practice.

Eligibility and Nominations:

• Nominations may be made by either the author of the dissertation or by one or more members of the author’s dissertation committee. The author must be a member of the AIS Section at the time of nomination.
• Nominations must include a letter from the dissertation chair stating that the dissertation was completed and accepted by the degree-granting institution during the calendar year 2025.
• Nominating emails should include statements of the importance of the work and its potential for outstanding contribution to AIS research.
• Nominations must include a copy of the dissertation, along with a working paper from the dissertation that meets the criteria for papers submitted to the Journal of Information Systems.

Submit nominations to:

• Andrea Kelton at andrea.kelton@mtsu.edu by Friday, September 19, 2025.