Financial Accounting and Reporting Section Awards
Best Dissertation Award
To recognize the author of an outstanding financial accounting/reporting
dissertation.
Nomination Deadline: March 1
Committee Chair: Anna Costello (Anna.Costello@chicagobooth.edu)
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 1
Committee Chair: Andrea Pawliczek (anpa2590@colorado.edu)
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 1
Committee Chair: Nicole Cade (ncade@katz.pitt.edu)
Lifetime Service Award
The Lifetime Service Award recognizes distinguished service contributions to the
Financial Accounting and Reporting Section.
Nomination Deadline: March 1
Committee Chair: Stephen Steubben (Stephen.Stubben@Eccles.Utah.edu)
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: March 1
Committee Chair: Ewa
Sletten (sletten.2@osu.edu)
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.
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: March 1
Committee Chair: Cathryn Meegan (cmeegan@ju.edu)
Best Paper 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: March 1
Committee Chair: Caroline Levine (clevine@udel.edu)
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: March 1
Committee Chair: Ewa
Sletten (sletten.2@osu.edu)
Outstanding Discussion Award
To recognize discussants that provide outstanding discussions of papers presented at
the FARS Midyear Meeting.
Nomination Deadline: March 1
Committee Chair: Andrea Pawliczek (anpa2590@colorado.edu)
President's Letter
Steve Stubben
2022-2023 FARS Section President
Dear FARS Members and Visitors,
The Financial Accounting and Reporting Section was created in 1993 with 49 members as a provisional section of the AAA. The section has since grown to nearly 1,500 members from around the world!
The original mission still stands today, which is “to give greater attention to financial accounting and reporting, and to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of education, research, and professional practice by: (1) disseminating and evaluating teaching methods and materials; (2) encouraging, facilitating, and publicizing research interests and projects; and (3) creating opportunities for interchange and cooperation between academics and practitioners.”
It's truly amazing to reflect on all that’s been done over the past 29 years to fulfill this mission, and the extensive efforts by so many volunteers and AAA staff over the years.
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Journal
The Journal of Financial Reporting (JFR) is the academic journal of the Financial Accounting and Reporting Section of the American Accounting Association.
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Research
Call for Participants
FARS and Journal of Financial Reporting: 2nd Annual Research Mini-Conference
March 3, 2022, 1-4pm EST - Virtual
Midyear Meeting
PowerPoint Slides from FASB Update at 2021 FARS Midyear Meeting
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).