Financial Accounting and Reporting Section Awards Emerging Scholar Award To recognize the author of an outstanding financial accounting/reporting dissertation. Nomination Deadline: September 15, annually Committee Chair: Darren Roulstone (roulstone.1@osu.edu) Past Recipients Rules and Guidelines Best Dissertation Award To recognize the author of an outstanding financial accounting/reporting dissertation. Nomination Deadline: September 15, annually Committee Chair: Ethan Rouen (eroun@hbs.edu) Past Recipients Rules and Guidelines Midyear Meeting Best Paper Award To recognize the paper presented at the Midyear Meeting that has the most potential to advance our understanding of financial accounting and reporting. Nomination Deadline: March 15, annually Committee Chair: Luo Zho (luozuo@nus.edu.sg) Rules and Guidelines Past Recipients Midyear Meeting Connecting to Practice Award To encourage research that focuses on topics relevant to practitioners, standard-setters, regulators, and other financial reporting users. Nomination Deadline: March 15, annually Committee Chair: Anup Srivastava (anup.srivastava@ucalgary.ca) Past Recipients Rules and Guidelines Lifetime Service Award The Lifetime Service Award recognizes distinguished service contributions to the Financial Accounting and Reporting Section. Nomination Deadline: September 15, annually Committee Chair: John X Jiang (jiangj@msu.edu) Past Recipients Rules and Guidelines Distinguished PhD Mentoring Award To recognize an individual's distinguished efforts in teaching and mentoring doctoral students in the financial accounting research area over the course of his/her career. Nomination Deadline: September 15, annually Committee Chair: Edward Li (Edward.li@baruch.cuny.edu) Past Recipients Rules and Guidelines Nomination Form Excellence in Reviewing Award To recognize reviewers that demonstrate excellence in reviewing papers as part of the paper selection process for the FARS Midyear Meeting and AAA Annual Meeting. Past Recipients Rules and Guidelines Innovation in Financial Accounting Education Award To recognize efforts to develop something new or different that increases student interest in the study of financial accounting or that improves the effectiveness and efficiency of financial accounting education. Nomination Deadline: September 15, annually Committee Chair: Matt Wieland at wielanmm@miamioh.edu Past Recipients Rules and Guidelines Nomination Form Notable Contribution to Financial Accounting Literature Award To enhance interaction among academic and practicing members and provide an incentive for researchers to focus their efforts on topics relevant to the practicing profession and standard-setters. Nomination Deadline: September 15, annually Committee Chair: Hans Christensen (Hans.Christensen@chicagobooth.edu) Past Recipients Rules and Guidelines Lifetime Achievement Award To recognize an individual's achievements in outstanding thought leadership in financial accounting research over the course of his/her career. Nomination Deadline: September 15, annually Committee Chair: Karthik Balakrishnan (karthik.balakrishnan@rice.edu). Rules and Guidelines Nomination Form Outstanding Discussion Award To recognize discussants that provide outstanding discussions of papers presented at the FARS Midyear Meeting. Nomination Deadline: March 15, annually Committee Chair: Luo Zho (luozuo@nus.edu.sg) Rules and Guidelines Past Recipients Placeholder 6 Accessing the Journal 2016 JTLR Editor's Report To access JLTR articles and abstracts go to the AAA publications site View/Download Recently Accepted JLTR Manuscripts Publication Information President's Letter John Xuefeng Jiang Michigan State University 2024-2025 FARS Section President Dear Colleagues, I would like to share some updates and recognize the volunteers for their outstanding contributions to the 2024 Annual Meeting. 1. Acknowledgements: Special thanks to Atif Ellahie (Utah) and Christine Cuny (NYU) for organizing the 2024 Annual Meeting in DC. We appreciate the efforts of 18 track chairs and 500 reviewers who processed 475 submissions. Special thanks to Patricia Breuer (Erasmus) for handling 78 submissions and Forester Wong (City University of Hong Kong) for handling 46 submissions. We're pleased to recognize 30 reviewers with the AAA Excellence in Reviewing Awards. Continue Reading... Journal The Journal of Financial Reporting (JFR) is the academic journal of the Financial Accounting and Reporting Section of the American Accounting Association. Learn More Research FARS Research Objectives: A. to encourage, facilitate, and publicize research in financial accounting and reporting. B. to communicate interests, intentions, and actual work-in-process in the area. C. to identify areas in need of research. D. to provide opportunities for public exposure of research results through AAA meetings (annual, regional, and special meetings devoted solely to financial accounting and reporting) and publications (including working papers and a separate journal for financial accounting and reporting, if warranted).
