Notable and Distinguished Contributions to Accounting Literature Award Screening Committee

Charge

Coordinate all activities necessary to screen candidates for the Notable Contributions to Accounting Literature Award and the Distinguished Contributions to Accounting Literature Award. Specifically:

Identify works of exceptional merit from published accounting books and articles that meet the guidelines for the "Notable Contributions" award.
Identify works of exceptional merit from published accounting books and articles that meet the guidelines for the "Distinguished Contributions" award.
The Screening Committee for the Notable and Distinguished Contributions to Accounting Literature Award shall be encouraged to submit candidates for the AAA/Deloitte Wildman Award to the Wildman Committee.

Membership

New committee members are appointed annually by the Council Committee on Awards Committee.
The membership of the Screening Committee shall include a representative from each of the AAA Sections.

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, Stephanie Glaser, 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 award's Call for Nominations will be included on the AAA website and in multi-topic mass emails.
Members of the committee are encouraged to submit nominations.
Nominations are due by 11:59 pm Eastern Time on January 31st.
Submissions for this award are collected electronically in Word or PDF format.
The nominator will receive an acknowledgement message from the AAA Awards Coordinator upon receipt of the nomination.
During the first week of February the AAA Awards Coordinator will send to the Chair of the Screening Committee a link to the nominations that have been submitted for the Notable Contributions to Accounting Literature Award and a link to the nominations that have been submitted for the Distinguished Contributions to Accounting Literature Award.
The Screening committee will select nominees for the Notable Contributions award and the Distinguished Contributions awards based on each award's specific criteria.
The Chair of the Screening committee will provide a set of nominees for the Selection Committee for the Notable Contributions award and for the Selection Committee for the Distinguished Contributions award to the AAA Awards Coordinator at awards@aaahq.org by March 2rd.
During the first week of March, the AAA Awards Coordinator will send a link to the nominations that have been accepted by the Screening Committee to the Chair of the Selection Committee for the Notable Contributions award and a link to the nominations that have been accepted by the Screening Committee to the Chair of the Selection Committee for the Distinguished Contributions award.
If the Chair has any questions about the charge or responsibilities of this committee, s/he should contact the Executive Director, the President, or the committee's Board of Directors Liaison.
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	Section	Term Length	Term Expires
Chair Jeffrey Gramlich Washington State University	jeff.gramlich@wsu.edu		1	08/2015
Victoria Dickinson University of Mississippi	vdickins@olemiss.edu	FARS	1	08/2015
Edward Douthett George Mason University	edouthet@gmu.edu	Int’l	1	08/2015
Chan Du University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth	cdu@umassd.edu	TLC	1	08/2015
Parveen Gupta Lehigh University	ppg0@lehigh.edu	APLG	1	08/2015
Brian Hogan University of Pittsburgh	bhogan@katz.pitt.edu	ATA	1	08/2015
Dana Hollie Louisiana State University	danahollie@lsu.edu	Diversity	1	08/2015
Diane Janvrin Iowa State University	djanvrin@iastate.edu	SET	1	08/2015
Cheryl Susan McWatters University of Ottawa	McWatters@telfer.uOttawa.ca	Public Interest	1	08/2015
Pamela R. Murphy Queen's University-Kingston (Canada)	pmurphy@business.queensu.ca	FIA	1	08/2015
Vernon Richardson University of Arkansas	vrichardson@walton.uark.edu	Info Systems	1	08/2015
Paul Ashcroft Missouri State University	PaulAshcroft@MissouriState.edu	GIWB	1	08/2015
Thomas Joseph Smith Florida Atlantic University	tsmit158@fau.edu	Auditing	1	08/2015
Nathan V. Stuart University of Wisconsin Oshkosh	stuartn@uwosh.edu	MAS	1	08/2015
Michael Williamson University of Texas at Austin	Michael.Williamson@ mccombs.utexas.edu	ABO	1	08/2015
Barbara A. Thomas Danville Area Community College	bthomas121@hotmail.com	Two-Year	1	08/2015
Angela Gore George Washington University	agore@gwu.edu	GNP	1	08/2015
Board of Directors Liaison Steven J. Kachelmeier University of Texas-Austin	kach@mail.utexas.edu