Outstanding Accounting Educator Award Committee | American Accounting Association

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

Charge

Carry out all activities to select recipients of the Outstanding Accounting Educator Award in accordance with the general award criteria as adopted in 1972.

Select at most two recipients of the Outstanding Accounting Educator Award which is presented at the AAA Annual Meeting.

Specifically:

Actively seek and submit nominations
Review and evaluate nominations
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 for the award for the following two (2) years. Therefore, nominees who were not selected for the 2019 AAA Outstanding Accounting Educator Award will be considered during the selection 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 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 at most two recipients of the award based on the 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
Tim Rupert Northeastern University	t.rupert@neu.edu	1	08/2020
Members
Mahendra Gujarathi Bentley University	mgujarathi@bentley.edu	1	08/2020
Mark Kohlbeck Florida Atlantic University	mkohlbec@fau.edu	1	08/2020
Suzanne Lowensohn The University of Vermont	slowens@bsad.uvm.edu	1	08/2020
Brian P. McAllister University of Colorado-Colorado Springs	bmcallis@uccs.edu	1	08/2020
Jason Porter Washington State University	jason.porter@wsu.edu	1	08/2020
Board of Directors Liaison
Steve Kaplan Vice President–Education Arizona State University - Tempe	steve.kaplan@asu.edu

Expected Time Commitment

September 1 – January 31 – actively seek and submit nominations
February 15 – April 15 – review nominations, participate on conference calls and email discussions at the discretion of the Chair, and select at most two recipients
August – Chair presents the award(s) at the AAA Annual Meeting

Roles & Responsibilities Timeline

Chair and Committee Members Responsibilities

September - January 31	February 15 - May 15	June	August
Actively seek and submit nominations	Review nominations, 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 at most two award recipients based on award criteria Chair notifies the Professional Staff Liaison of the winner(s) by April 15th at awards@aaahq.org By May 15th, the Chair will write a Citation (300-500 words) which will be presented at the Annual Meeting and email the document to the Professional Staff Liaison 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 to the award sponsor representative for their support of the award.	The Chair and award sponsor representative present the award(s), check(s), and Citation(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 knowledge about leaders in accounting education who have made sustained and substantive contributions over the course of their careers.