2021-2022 Notable Contributions to Accounting Literature Award Selection Committee

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


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Charge

Carry out all activities to select recipients of the Notable Contributions to Accounting Literature Award which is presented at the AAA Annual Meeting. Specifically:

  • Actively seek and submit nominations
  • Review and evaluate nominations 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 Medal Award Committee to assure diversity of awardees. Consider the diversity and breadth of AAA member research activities.
  • Select the recipient(s) of the award 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 Chief Executive Officer, the President, or the Committee's Board of Directors Liaison.
     
  • 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 2022 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 2023 Award and, if not chosen for the 2023 Award, will also be considered for the 2024 Award.  At the end of the selection process for the 2024 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.

Members

Name / Affiliation Contact Representing Term Length Term Expires
Chair

Wendy Tietz
Kent State University

wtietz@kent.edu

AICPA

1

08/2022
Members

Michele Frank
Miami University

frankm@miamioh.edu AAA 1 08/2022

Brian Hogan
University of Pittsburgh

bhogan@katz.pitt.edu  AAA 1 08/2022

Wayne Landsman
University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill

wayne_landsman@unc.edu

AAA

1 08/2022

Jesse Robertson
University of North Texas

jesse.robertson@unt.edu  AAA 1 08/2022

Magdy Farag
Cal State Poly University - Pomona

mfarag@cpp.edu

 AICPA

1

08/2022

Elizabeth Gordon
Temple University

egordon@temple.edu

 AICPA

1

08/2022

Aretha Hill
Florida A&M University

aretha.hill@aamu.edu

 AICPA

1

08/2022

Charlene Spiceland
Simmons College, Retired

cspiceland55@gmail.com

 AICPA

1

08/2022

Board of Directors Liaison

Sarah McVay
University of Washington
Vice President–Research & Publications

smcvay@uw.edu  

 

 

Estimated 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)
  • By April 15 – Chair notifies the Professional Staff Liaison of the winner(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) at the AAA Annual Meeting.

AAA Professional Staff Responsibilities

Committee Composition/Required Knowledge and Expertise

  • The Committee consists of 8 members plus a voting Chair.
  • Four Committee members are appointed annually prior to the Annual Meeting by the Council Committee on Awards Committee.
    •  Every other year, an AAA representative will Chair the Committee.
  • Five Committee members are appointed annually prior to the Annual Meeting by the AICPA.
    • Every other year, an AICPA representative will chair the 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.