Notable Contributions to Accounting Literature Award Selection Committee

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

Charge

Carry out all activities to select recipients of the Notable 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 notable contributions in accounting literature.

Coordinate selection with the Deloitte Foundation Wildman Award Committee to assure diversity of awardees. Consider the diversity and breadth of AAA member research activities.

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 two (2) years – as long as the nominated work meets the publishing requirements (see award criteria for details). Nominees who were not selected for the 2019 Notable Contributions to Accounting Literature Award will be considered by the Notable and Distinguished Contributions to Accounting Literature Award Screening Committee during the screening process for the 2020 Award and, if not chosen for the 2020 Award, will also be considered for the 2021 Award. At the end of the selection process for the 2021 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	Representing	Term Length	Term Expires
Chair
Sharon Lassar University of Denver	slassar@du.edu	AICPA	1	08/2020
Members
Ranjani Krishnan Michigan State University	krishnan@bus.msu.edu	AAA	1	08/2020
Alan Reinstein Wayne State University	aa1692@wayne.edu	AAA	1	08/2020
Robin Roberts University of Central Florida	rroberts@bus.ucf.edu	AAA	1	08/2020
Karla M. Zehms University of Wisconsin-Madison	karla.zehms@wisc.edu	AAA	1	08/2020
Nancy Bagranoff University of Richmond	nbagrano@richmond.edu	AICPA	1	08/2020
Lynda Dennis University of Central Florida	lkmdennis@gmail.com	AICPA	1	08/2020
Marshall Pitman The University of Texas at San Antonio	marshall.pitman@utsa.edu	AICPA	1	08/2020
Phil Reckers Arizona State University	philip.reckers@asu.edu	AICPA	1	08/2020
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) 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 will write a thank you email note to the award sponsor representative for their support of the award.	The Chair and award sponsor representative present the award(s) and check(s) at the AAA Annual Meeting.

AAA Professional Staff Responsibilities

Questions? Please contact Barbara Gutierrez, Professional Staff Liaison, at barbara.gutierrez@aaahq.org or 941-556-4117

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 unique and substantive scholarship in accounting.
Five Committee members are appointed annually by the AICPA.
Every other year, an AICPA representative will chair the Committee.