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2025-2026 Accounting Horizons Steering Committee

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Charge  

• Review the Aims and Scope of Accounting Horizons
• Prepare the call for nominations for the Senior Editor based on the Aims and Scope of the journal


• In 2025, the Research & Publications Committee and AAA Board of Directors approved the Selection and Responsibilities of Senior Editors and Editors for AAA Association Journals Policy (Policy) that governs the selection of Senior Editors for the three AAA association journals: The Accounting Review, Accounting Horizons, and Issues in Accounting Education. The selection of the Senior Editor of a AAA journal involves a rigorous process that involves the respective journal Steering Committee, the AAA  Research and Publications Committee, and the AAA Board of Directors. In summary, the process is as follows:

        1.  The AAA, working with the journal Steering Committee Chair, drafts a call for nominations based on the Aims and Scope of the journal.

• The call for nominations is reviewed and approved by the relevant journal Steering Committee.

        2.  The Steering Committee creates a rubric of criteria for selection that reflects the desired characteristics of a Senior Editor according to the Policy.

• The rubric is reviewed and approved by the Research and Publications Committee during their summer Committee meeting.
• The approved rubric will be made publicly available at the time the call for nominations is posted in early September.

        3.  The Steering Committee reviews nominations and meets to discuss which nominations should receive further consideration as candidates based on the rubric
             established. The Steering Committee will create a list of Senior Editor candidates who are asked to provide a vision statement.

        4.  The Steering Committee reviews the vision statements along with other documentation in support of the candidate, applies the decision rubric to each candidate, and
             recommends two to three candidates to the Research and Publications Committee during their January Committee meeting.

        5.  The Research and Publications Committee reviews candidate materials, ranks the candidates, and prepares a recommendation to the AAA Board of Directors during their February Committee meeting.

        6.  The AAA Board of Directors makes the final decision and notifies the candidates about the final selection during their spring Board meeting.

Schedule for posting the Call for Nominations:

• Accounting Horizons - Fall 2025
• Issues in Accounting Education - Fall 2026
• The Accounting Review  - Fall 2027

Membership

• New Committee members are appointed prior to the Annual Meeting by the AAA Management Team.

Meetings

• Meetings of the Committee may be scheduled at the discretion of the Chair, and can be online, as appropriate.

Responsibilities

• Fulfill the Committee charge as above.
• 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.
• The Chair must submit at least one report per year to the Board of Directors. This report should include accomplishments and suggested modifications and should be sent to the AAA President, the Task Force's Board of Directors Liaison, and Governance Manager, Barbara Gutierrez (barbara.gutierrez@aaahq.org).