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: Melissa Martin (mamarti@uic.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: Brian Rountree (rountree@rice.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: Stephannie Larocque (larocque.1@nd.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: Kyle Peterson (kylepete@uoregon.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: Gary Taylor (gtaylor@culverhouse.ua.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: Khrystyna Bochkay (kbochkay@bus.miami.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: Kyle Peterson (kylepete@uoregon.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: Brian Rountree (rountree@rice.edu)
President's Letter
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The Financial Accounting and Reporting Section represents a diverse group of academics who, using a variety of research and teaching approaches, deepen our understanding of how financial reporting shapes the business world. We aim to advance research, education and professional practice of financial reporting and analysis.
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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).