Notable and Distinguished Contributions to Accounting Literature Award Screening Committee

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Identify works of exceptional merit from published accounting books and articles that meet the criteria for the "Notable Contributions" award.
Identify works of exceptional merit from published accounting books and articles that meet the criteria 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 Deloitte Foundation Wildman Award to the Deloitte Foundation Wildman Award Committee.

Actively seek and submit nominations
Review and evaluate nominations
Current Committee members who are nominated for the "Notable Contributions" award or the "Distinguished Contributions" 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 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 2020 Notable Contributions to Accounting Literature Award or for the 2020 Distinguished Contributions to Accounting Literature Award will be considered during the selection process for the 2021 Award and, if not chosen for the 2021 Award, will also be considered for the 2022 Award. At the end of the selection process for the 2022 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.
If the Chair has any questions about the charge or responsibilities of this committee, s/he should contact the Chief Executive Officer, the President, or the Committee's Board of Directors Liaison.

Name / Affiliation	Contact	Section	Term Length	Term Expires
Chair
Beth Blankespoor University of Washington	blankbe@uw.edu	n/a	1	08/2021
Members
Gary Spraakman York University (Canada)	garys@yorku.ca	AAH	1	08/2021
Axel Schulz La Trobe Business School (Australia)	a.schulz@latrobe.edu.au	ABO	1	08/2021
Tina Loraas Auburn University	loraatm@auburn.edu	AIS	1	08/2021
Sharon Lassar University of Denver	slassar@du.edu	APLG	1	08/2021
TBD		ATA	1	08/2021
Linda Myers University of Tennessee-Knoxville	lmyers16@utk.edu	AUDITING	1	08/2021
Henock Louis Penn State University	hul4@psu.edu	DIV	1	08/2021
Brian Rountree Rice University	rountree@rice.edu	FARS	1	08/2021
Sri Ramamoorti University of Dayton	sridhar.ramamoorti@gmail.com	FAS	1	08/2021
Don Ariail Kennesaw State University	dariail1@kennesaw.edu	GIWB	1	08/2021
Jacqueline Reck University of South Florida	jreck@usf.edu	GNP	1	08/2021
Elaine Henry Stevens Institute of Technology	ehenry777@gmail.com	IAS	1	08/2021
Jan Bouwens University of Amsterdam	j.f.m.g.bouwens@uva.nl	MAS	1	08/2021
Tammy Waymire Middle Tennessee State University	Tammy.Waymire@mtsu.edu	PI	1	08/2021
Bill Heninger Brigham Young University	heninger@byu.edu	SET	1	08/2021
Mahendra Gujarathi Bentley University	mgujarathi@bentley.edu	TLC	1	08/2021
Tracie Miller-Nobles Austin Community College	tnobles@austincc.edu	TYC	1	08/2021
Board of Directors Liaison
Mark DeFond University of Southern California Vice President–Research & Publications	defond@marshall.usc.edu

September 1 – January 31 – actively seek and submit nominations
February – March 2 – review nominations, participate on conference calls and email discussions at the discretion of the Chair
Select a set of nominees for the Distinguished Contribution to Accounting Literature Award based on the award criteria
Select a set of nominees for the Notable Contributions to Accounting Literature Award based on the award criteria
By March 2nd, notify the Professional Staff Liaison at awards@aaahq.org of the set of nominees to be forwarded to the Selection Committee for the Distinguished Contribution Award
By March 2nd, notify the Professional Staff Liaison at awards@aaahq.org of the set of nominees to be forwarded to the Selection Committee for the Notable Contributions Award

September - January	February – March 2	June
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 a set of nominees for the Distinguished Contribution to Accounting Literature Award based on the award criteria Select a set of nominees for the Notable Contributions to Accounting Literature Award based on the award criteria By March 2nd, notify the Professional Staff Liaison at barbara.gutierrez@aaahq.org of the set of nominees to be forwarded to the Selection Committee for the Distinguished Contribution Award By March 2nd, notify the Professional Staff Liaison at barbara.gutierrez@aaahq.org of the set of nominees to be forwarded to the Selection Committee for the Notable Contributions Award	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)

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

Committee members plus a voting Chair are appointed annually prior to the Annual Meeting by the Council Committee on Awards Committee.
The Committee must include a representative from each of the AAA Sections.
Care should be taken that the Committee include members with a range of expertise who are knowledgeable about unique and substantive scholarship in accounting.
Care should be taken that the Committee include members with a range of expertise who are knowledgeable about exceptional, current, accounting research.