Notable and Distinguished Contributions to Accounting Literature Award Screening Committee

2021-2022 Notable and Distinguished Contributions to Accounting Literature Award Screening Committee

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

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Charge

Coordinate all activities necessary to screen candidates for the Notable Contributions to Accounting Literature Award and the Distinguished Contributions to Accounting Literature Award. Specifically:

Actively identify and nominate works of exceptional merit from published accounting books and articles that meet the criteria for the "Notable Contributions" award
Actively identify and nominate works of exceptional merit from published accounting books and articles that meet the criteria for the "Distinguished Contributions" award
Submit nominations for the Deloitte Foundation Wildman Award
Review and evaluate nominations
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
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 "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 2022 Notable Contributions to Accounting Literature Award or for the 2022 Distinguished Contributions to Accounting Literature Award will be considered during the selection 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	Section	Term Length	Term Expires
Chair
Tammy Waymire Middle Tennessee State University	T ammy.Waymire@mtsu.edu	n/a	1	08/2022
Members
Martin Persson University of Illinois-Urbana-Champaign	mpersson@illinois.edu	AAH	1	08/2022
Mark Peecher University of Illinois-Urbana-Champaign	peecher@illinois.edu	ABO	1	08/2022
Efrim Boritz University of Waterloo	jeboritz@uwaterloo.ca	AIS	1	08/2022
Sandra Richtermeyer University of Massachusetts Lowell	Sandra_Richtermeyer@uml.edu	APLG	1	08/2022
Jingjing Huang Virginia Tech	jjhuang@vt.edu	ATA	1	08/2022
Vicky Hoffman University of Pittsburgh	vickyh@katz.pitt.edu	AUDITING	1	08/2022
Dahlia Robinson University of South Florida	dmrobinson@usf.edu	DIV	1	08/2022
John J. Wild University of Wisconsin-Madison	john.wild@wisc.edu	FARS	1	08/2022
Vida Botes University of Waikato (New Zealand)	vida.botes@waikato.ac.nz	FAS	1	08/2022
Amelia Baldwin University of South Alabama	baldwin@southalabama.edu	GIWB	1	08/2022
Linda G. Ragland University of New Hampshire	linda.ragland@unh.edu	GNP	1	08/2022
John Changjiang Wang University of Cincinnati	wang2cj@ucmail.uc.edu	IAS	1	08/2022
Xiaotao (Kelvin) Liu Northeastern University	Xi.Liu@northeastern.edu	MAS	1	08/2022
Steven Mintz California Polytechnic State University - San Luis	smintz@calpoly.edu	PI	1	08/2022
Tawei (David) Wang DePaul University	david.wang@depaul.edu	SET	1	08/2022
Angela Spencer Oklahoma State University	angela.spencer@okstate.edu	TLC	1	08/2022
Carolyn B. Hughes, Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College	carolynbhughes@abtech.edu	TYC	1	08/2022
Board of Directors Liaison
Sarah E. McVay University of Washington Vice President–Research & Publications	smcvay@uw.edu

Estimated Time Commitment

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

Roles & Responsibilities Timeline

Chair and Committee Members Responsibilities

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)

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

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.