Nominations Deadline: January 31 at 11:59 pm Eastern Time

Charge

Carry out all activities to select recipients of the Distinguished Contributions to Accounting Literature Award. 

Select the recipient(s) of the award from those articles, monographs, or books, published in English, identified by the Notable and Distinguished Contributions to Accounting Literature Award Screening Committee as potentially distinguished contributions in accounting literature.

Specifically:

  • Actively seek and submit nominations to the Chair of the Notable and Distinguished Contributions to Accounting Literature Award Screening Committee
  • Review and evaluate nominations identified by the Notable and Distinguished Contributions to Accounting Literature Award Screening Committee
  • Current Committee members who are nominated for the award will be asked to either recuse themselves from the Committee or remove their nomination from consideration.
  • All nominees nominated for a given year’s award – who are not selected for that year’s award – will be automatically considered by the Notable and Distinguished Contributions to Accounting Literature Award Screening Committee for the award for the following 2 years – as long as the nominated work(s) meets the publishing requirements (see award criteria for details). Nominees who were not selected for the 2018 Distinguished Contributions to Accounting Literature Award will be considered during the screening process for the 2019 Award and, if not chosen for the 2019 Award, will also be considered for the 2020 Award.  At the end of the selection process for the 2020 Award, if a qualified nominee has not been chosen as the award recipient or has not been re-nominated, he/she will no longer be considered for the award.
  • Select award recipient(s) based on award criteria
  • Chair presents the Award(s) at the AAA Annual Meeting
  • 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.

Members

Name / Affiliation Contact Term Length Term Expires
Chair

Christian Leuz
The University of Chicago

cleuz@chicagobooth.edu 

 2

08/2019

Members

Shannon Anderson
UC-Davis

swanderson@ucdavis.edu 


 1

 08/2019

Xia Chen
Singapore Management University

xchen@smu.edu.sg 

1

08/2019

C. S. Agnes Cheng
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

afagnes@polyu.edu.hk 

1

08/2019

Jere Francis
University of Missouri-Columbia

francis@missouri.edu 


 1 08/2019

Michelle Hanlon
MIT

mhanlon@mit.edu 

1

08/2019

Raffi Indjejikian
University of Michigan-Ann Arbor

raffii@umich.edu 

1

08/2019

Richard Lambert
University of Pennsylvania

lambertr@wharton.upenn.edu 

 1

 08/2019

Board of Directors Liaison

Mark DeFond
University of Southern California
Vice President–Research & Publications

defond@marshall.usc.edu

 

 

Expected Time Commitment

  • September 1 – January 31 – Actively seek and submit nominations
  • March  – April 15 – Review nominations, participate on conference calls and email discussions at the discretion of the Chair, and select award recipient(s)
  • August – Chair presents the award(s) and check(s) at the AAA Annual Meeting

Roles & Responsibilities Timeline

Chair and Committee Members Responsibilities

September - January 31 March - April 15 June August
  • Actively seek and submit nominations
  • Review nominations identified by the Notable and Distinguished Contributions to Accounting Literature Award Screening Committee, participate on conference calls and email discussions, at the discretion of the Chair
  • Chair is allowed to vote in the award committee's deliberations.
  • Select award recipient(s) based on award criteria
  • Chair notifies the Professional Staff Liaison of the winner(s) by April 15th at barbara.gutierrez@aaahq.org 
  • The Chair will have the opportunity to prepare and send a progress report in June which will be available for the Board of Directors to review at their August 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 Professional Staff Liaison, Barbara Gutierrez. (barbara.gutierrez@aaahq.org)
  • The Chair presents the award(s) and check(s) at the AAA Annual Meeting.

AAA Professional Staff Responsibilities

Committee Composition/Required Knowledge and Expertise

  • New Committee members are appointed annually by the Council Committee on Awards Committee.
  • Care should be taken that the Committee include members with a range of expertise, who are knowledgeable about exceptional, current, accounting research