2025-2026 Notable Contribution to Accounting Literature Award 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 Contribution 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 of research, research studies, or accounting literature appearing in other types of publications of exceptional merit.
- At its meeting in March 1990, the AAA Executive Committee voted that the Notable Contribution to Accounting Literature Award and the Deloitte Foundation Wildman Medal Award recognize contributions to the literature and practice, respectively, and it would be rare that one work would be the recipient of both of these awards.
- The Board of Directors Liaison may attend committee meetings but may not vote in the committee's deliberations.
- Select the recipient(s) of the award based on award criteria.
- 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 Committee's Board of Directors Liaison, and Professional Staff Liaison, Barbara Gutierrez at barbara.gutierrez@aaahq.org.
- 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.
Committee Composition/Required Knowledge and Expertise/Conflict of Interest Rules
- The Committee consists of nine members including a voting Chair.
- Committee members are appointed annually prior to the Annual Meeting by the Council Committee on Awards Committee.
- Care should be taken that the Committee members have diversity regarding research areas and methods, have published papers in, and reviewed for, top tier research journals, and maintain an active research program.
- 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.
Members
| Name / Affiliation | Contact | Term Length | Term Expires |
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Holly Hawk |
1 |
08/2026 |
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| Members | |||
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Sudipta Basu |
2 |
08/2026 |
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Nicole Cade |
1 |
08/2026 |
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Lisa De Simone |
1 |
08/2026 |
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Michal Matejka |
1 |
08/2026 |
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A. Faye Borthick |
1 |
08/2026 |
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Julia Higgs |
1 |
08/2026 |
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Mary Stone |
1 |
08/2026 |
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David Wood |
1 |
08/2026 |
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| Board of Directors Liaison | |||
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Jackie Hammersley |
3 |
08/2027 |
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Committee Roles & Responsibilities Timeline
| September - January 31 | February - April 15 | June | August |
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- Questions? Please contact Barbara Gutierrez, Professional Staff Liaison, at barbara.gutierrez@aaahq.org.